Brand New Day (Sting song)

"Brand New Day"
Single by Sting
from the album Brand New Day
Released13 September 1999 (1999-09-13)
Length
  • 6:19 (album version)
  • 4:04 (radio edit)
LabelA&M
SongwriterSting
Producers
Sting singles chronology
"Roxanne '97"
(1997) 		"Brand New Day"
(1999) 		"Desert Rose"
(2000)
Music video
"Brand New Day" on YouTube

"Brand New Day" is a song by British musician Sting, the title track of his sixth studio album (1999). The song features Stevie Wonder on harmonica.[1] It was released as a single on 13 September 1999, peaking at number 13 in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 40 on two Canadian charts. In the United States, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2000.[2]

Background

Sting said that he wrote "Brand New Day" as "a kind of homage to Stevie [Wonder]", who also played harmonica on the song.[3] Kipper, who co-produced Brand New Day with Sting, recalled that the song possessed a "Stevie Wonder vibe to it from day one" once the synth bass was added, which Kipper believed "suggested a Stevie Wonder chord sequence."[4] According to Sting and Kipper, Wonder encountered some difficulties playing the song on his chromatic harmonica, saying that the song's key of B major was "a nightmare" for the instrument. After spending around 20 minutes getting acclimated to the key, Wonder completed a satisfactory part after two takes.[3][4]

Track listings

European maxi-CD single 1

  1. "Brand New Day" (Edit) – 3:59
  2. "Windmills of Your Mind" – 4:19
  3. "End of the Game" – 6:36
  4. "Brand New Day" – 6:20

European maxi-CD single 2[5][6]

  1. "Brand New Day" (Edit) – 3:59
  2. "Fields of Gold" – 3:40
  3. "Englishman in New York" – 4:25
  4. "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" - 6:43

European CD single

  1. "Brand New Day" (Edit) – 3:59
  2. "Brand New Day" – 6:20

UK CD1

  1. "Brand New Day" (Edit) – 3:59
  2. "Windmills of Your Mind" – 4:19
  3. "End of the Game" – 6:36

UK CD2

  1. "Brand New Day" (Edit) – 3:59
  2. "Fields of Gold" – 3:40
  3. "Englishman in New York" – 4:25

2019 version

On 31 December 2018 (New Year's Eve), Sting freely released "Brand New Day 2019", a new version of the song, through his Facebook page.[7] The song was first performed live in Times Square on the same day.[8]

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 13 September 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 A&M [33]
United States 20 September 1999
[34]
Japan 22 September 1999 CD [35]
United States 16 November 1999 Contemporary hit radio [36]

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