It's a New Day (will.i.am song)

"It's a New Day" is a song produced and organized by American rapper and producer will.i.am. It was released as promotional single on November 7, 2008, from the political compilation album Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise (2009). Will performed the song for the first time on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The song was written as a tribute to President Barack Obama's victory. It was used in an episode of the second season of Gossip Girl. A parody of the song was featured on the Boondocks episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman". It was titled "Dick Riding Obama", and featured will.i.am, rapper Thugnificent, Gangstalicious and a George Clooney lookalike. A scene from the episode was released on YouTube before the episode aired as a form of viral marketing.

Music video The song's music video was released in November 2008, and features cameos by various celebrities, including:

Olivia Wilde Kevin Bacon Kyra Sedgwick Taboo Fergie apl.de.ap Kanye West Kerry Washington Gayle King Brian J. White Quincy Jones Aisha Tyler Harold Perrineau, Jr. Joe Biden Barack Obama Jesse Jackson

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "It's a New Day" Chart (2008–2009) Peakposition

Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "It's a New Day" Chart (2009) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 135

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