"New Day" is a song by American hip hop recording artist 50 Cent. The song was released on July 27, 2012, originally as a single from his scrapped album '' Street King Immortal'', but it was eventually removed from the project. The song was produced by Dr. Dre and mixed by Eminem, while co-written by the two along with 50 Cent,

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, Royce da 5'9",

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, Andrew Brissett, Amber Streeter from

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and Lawrence Jr from

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. The song features a verse from Dr. Dre, while the

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is sung by Alicia Keys. Keys also recorded and released her own version of "New Day" which is featured on her fifth album '' Girl on Fire'' (2012). The song first charted on the week of August 6, 2012 debuting at #79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song fell outside of the top 100 during its second week. It also debuted at #66 on ''Billboard''

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and managed to climb to number 43, and at #28 on Digital Songs. Internationally, the song, charted at #43 on Canadian Hot 100, and at #52 on Japan Hot 100.

Background

On July 17, 2012, the single was announced during an interview with Digital Spy, with the cover art being unveiled that same day. The single was premiered with DJ Camilo on New York City radio station

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on July 27, 2012, and then later on Thisis50. The song later was released on iTunes for purchase as digital single on July 30, 2012. On June 28,

had leaked the solo version of his wife

' " New Day" on the internet. Later on August 8, 2012, in an interview with XXL, 50 Cent said the single was originally produced for Dr. Dre's album, ''

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''. They changed the chorus, sending it to Alicia Keys. She later sent it back with the new name, making them change additional strings on it. 50 Cent also revealed that Alicia recorded additional verses for it and leaked the record. Her solo version appears on her fifth studio album '' Girl on Fire'' (2012). In a video uploaded via his YouTube account, 50 Cent also talked about the origins of the song, first meant to be ''This Life Won't Last Forever''. The song's original chorus was vocally recorded and written by

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. It was sent to Alicia Keys, and then she sent it back with the "New Day" concept. He also said that Dr. Dre wanted the record to "feel like a movie". On June 4, 2014, 50 Cent confirmed in an interview that all previous singles released on Interscope that were intended for the album, including "New Day", were scrapped and would not appear on the final track listing.

''A Bronx Tale'' sample

The song contains an eight-second-long spoken-word introduction, indicative of and related to the content of the subsequent music. It an excerpt taken from the highly acclaimed 1993 gangster film, '' A Bronx Tale''. The speaker's voice is that of Robert De Niro, who in the film, plays the role of Lorenzo Anello.

Music video

On August 17, 2012, 50 Cent released the official lyric video for the song via the site

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, where he also explained the lyrics of it. The lyric video featured scenes from others clips by him and Dr. Dre. It also features scenes from

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such as

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. No official music video confirmed yet. Another lyric video was uploaded to 50 Cent's YouTube channel on August 24, 2012. In an interview with

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, 50 Cent spoke on several topics including the death of his manager, Chris Lighty as well as "New Day"'s conception and its accompanying

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that was supposed to begin filming in September 2012: The song and video has received over 14 million views on YouTube.

Live performances

50 Cent performed the song in

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at Atelier Live Music Festival, with

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, Precious Paris and

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Track listing

;Digital download #"New Day" - 4:24

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Billboard chart listing. *

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–

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, Andre Young, Kasseem Dean, Alicia Keys, Ryan D. Montgomery, Marshall Mathers, T. Lawrence Jr, Andrew Brissett, Amber Streeter *

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– Dr. Dre * Mixing – Eminem

Charts

Radio and release history

References

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