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 
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 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

Year-end charts

References

2008 singles
2008 songs
Song recordings produced by will.i.am
Songs about Barack Obama
Songs written by will.i.am
Will.i.am songs