"New Day" | ||||
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Single by Wyclef Jean featuring Bono | ||||
from the album The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book and Life soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Gone 'Till November" | |||
Released | September 14, 1999 | |||
Format | CD Single | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 4:45 | |||
Label |
Columbia Rockland (1999 Life album) |
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Songwriter(s) | Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis, Wyclef Jean | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis, Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel | |||
Wyclef Jean singles chronology | ||||
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"New Day" is a charity single released by Wyclef Jean and Bono, in aid of charity NetAid. The song appears on the international version of Jean's second album, The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book. Wyclef and Bono performed the song live at Giants Stadium, New Jersey, at the NetAid launch concert on October 9, 1999. New Day entered the UK Singles Chart at #23, its highest chart position, and spent just two weeks on the chart. The song also charted in Finland (#13) and Switzerland (#48). The remix of the track features contributions from Bumpy Knuckles, Marie Antoinette, DJ Red Alert, Reptile and Small World. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film Life, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and featured jazz saxophonist Kenny G.