New World Coming

"New World Coming" is a pop song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It became a hit for Cass Elliot in early 1970, and was the first release from her third solo album. On December 1, 1969, she performed the song live on the ABC-TV series The Music Scene with host David Steinberg, just before the release of the single.[1]

"New World Coming"
Single by "Mama" Cass Elliot
from the album Mama's Big Ones
B-side"Blow Me a Kiss"
ReleasedJanuary 1970
GenrePop
Length2:12
LabelDunhill Records
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Producer(s)Steve Barri, Joel Sill
"Mama" Cass Elliot singles chronology
"Make Your Own Kind of Music"
(1969)		 "New World Coming"
(1970)		 "One Way Ticket"
(1970)
Music video
Listen to "New World Coming" (1969 television performance) on YouTube

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 30 on Cash Box.[2] It was a bigger hit in Canada, reaching number 22 on the pop singles chart.[3] It also reached number four on both the American and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts.

Weekly charts
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 22
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 42
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] 4
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 30

Personnel

The horns and strings were arranged by Jimmie Haskell. The song was engineered by Phil Kaye.

Covers and later uses
  • Nina Simone covered the song on her 1971 album Here Comes the Sun.
  • Melba Moore recorded the song for her 1972 album Melba Moore Live!.
  • In 1979, it was sung by cult members on 'The Young and the Restless'
  • DíSA covered the song for the 2016 Tim Burton film Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.[9]
  • In 2016, the song was included in a scene in an episode of Transparent. Episode three of season two is titled "New World Coming" and features a female trio recording the song in a studio. The Nina Simone version plays over the closing credits.
  • In 2020, Engie used the song in one of their ads.
  • In 2020 the Hulu television series The Great uses the song as its endpiece to episode 9.

References
  1. http://www.tv.com/shows/the-music-scene/episodes/
  2. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, April 4, 1970". Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  3. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3775&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3775.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3775
  4. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3775&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3775.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3775
  5. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3778&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3778.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3778
  6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  7. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1970-03-07
  8. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, April 4, 1970". Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  9. https://genius.com/Disa-new-world-coming-lyrics
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