title: It's a New Day (will.i.am song)
text: # 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 debating whether Obama's victory was really a success. 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
  