A Brand new Day ( the Wiz song ) - wikipedia A Brand new Day ( the Wiz song ) `` A Brand New Day '' Single by Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and Ted Ross ( as The Wiz Stars ) from the album The Wiz : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A-side `` A Brand New Day '' B - side `` Liberation Ballet - A Brand New Day '' Released 1979 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1977 Genre R&B, soul Length 2 : 40 Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Luther Vandross Producer ( s ) Quincy Jones Tom Bahler Michael Jackson singles chronology `` You Ca n't Win '' ( 1979 ) String Module Error : Match not found1979 `` A Brand New Day '' ( 1979 ) String Module Error : Match not found1979 `` Do n't Stop ' Til You Get Enough '' ( 1979 ) Diana Ross singles chronology `` Pops We Love You '' ( 1978 ) Pops We Love You 1978 `` A Brand New Day '' ( 1979 ) A Brand New Day1979 `` The Boss '' ( 1979 ) The Boss 1979 String Module Error : Match not found1979 `` A Brand New Day '', also known as `` Everybody Rejoice '', is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz written by American R&B singer and songwriter Luther Vandross. ( In 1976 Vandross recorded a version of the song for his album Luther, on Cotillion Records. ) In the play, the song is sung to celebrate because Dorothy has killed Evilene, the tyrannical Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow sing the song with the newly freed Winkies, who were ruled and enslaved by Evilene. It was later featured in the 1978 film version, sung by cast members Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross ( credited as The Wiz Stars ). Given the all - Black cast of The Wiz, the song 's many references to freedom and new possibilities ( especially as sung by African American characters who had just been freed from enslavement ) certainly invoked the struggles and history of Blacks in America. In the onscreen version of the song, Nipsey Russell can even be heard exclaiming `` Free at last ! '' -- a reference to civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. ( His impromptu addition to the song is not heard on the soundtrack album version, instead replaced by sung vocals by Diana Ross. ) The film version was released as a single in some continental European countries and peaked at # 1 in Belgium and The Netherlands. Contents 1 Contents 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 References Contents The single release is an edit of the first half of the song, which in its entirety runs 7 : 49 on the film 's soundtrack. It is backed by the second half of the song, which is labeled as `` Liberation Ballet - A Brand New Day. '' The `` Liberation Ballet '' is primarily instrumental and is composed of uptempo dance music in a variety of styles, with the film 's cast and choir cheering and singing `` Can you feel the brand new day '' throughout the piece. The song was also featured in the Family Guy episode `` Barely Legal. '' Personnel Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross - vocals Charts Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position Belgium ( VRT Top 30 ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) References Jump up ^ Halstead, Craig ; Chris Cadman ( 2003 ). Michael Jackson : The Solo Years. Authors OnLine. ISBN 0 - 7552 - 0091 - 8. Diana Ross singles discography 1970s 1970 `` Reach Out and Touch ( Somebody 's Hand ) '' `` Ai n't No Mountain High Enough '' `` Remember Me '' 1971 `` Reach Out ( I 'll Be There ) '' `` Surrender '' `` I 'm Still Waiting '' 1973 `` Good Morning Heartache '' `` Touch Me in the Morning '' `` You 're a Special Part of Me '' ( with Marvin Gaye ) `` Last Time I Saw Him '' `` My Mistake ( Was to Love You ) '' ( with Marvin Gaye ) `` You Are Everything '' `` Do n't Knock My Love '' ( with Marvin Gaye ) `` Stop, Look, Listen ( To Your Heart ) '' ( with Marvin Gaye ) `` Theme from Mahogany ( Do You Know Where You 're Going To ) '' 1976 `` Love Hangover '' 1977 `` Gettin ' Ready for Love '' 1978 `` Ease on Down the Road '' ( with Michael Jackson ) `` A Brand New Day '' ( with Michael Jackson ) `` Pops, We Love You ( A Tribute to Father ) '' ( with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson ) 1979 `` What You Gave Me '' `` The Boss '' `` It 's My House '' 1980s 1980 `` Upside Down '' `` I 'm Coming Out '' `` My Old Piano '' `` It 's My Turn '' 1981 `` Endless Love '' ( with Lionel Richie ) `` Why Do Fools Fall in Love '' 1982 `` Mirror, Mirror '' `` Muscles '' `` Pieces of Ice '' 1984 `` All of You '' ( with Julio Iglesias ) `` Swept Away '' `` Missing You '' 1985 `` Eaten Alive '' `` Chain Reaction '' 1990s `` When You Tell Me That You Love Me '' `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' ( re-mix ) `` Why Do Fools Fall in Love '' ( re-issue ) / `` I 'm Coming Out '' ( re-mix ) `` I Will Survive '' 1999 `` Not Over You Yet '' 2000s `` Goin ' Back '' 2005 `` When You Tell Me That You Love Me '' ( with Westlife ) 2006 `` I 've Got a Crush on You '' ( with Rod Stewart ) Book Category Template Michael Jackson songs Discography Got to Be There `` Ai n't No Sunshine '' `` I Wanna Be Where You Are '' `` Got to Be There '' `` Rockin ' Robin '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' `` You 've Got a Friend '' Ben `` Ben '' `` Everybody 's Somebody 's Fool '' `` My Girl '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' Music & Me `` With a Child 's Heart '' `` All the Things You Are '' `` Happy '' `` Too Young '' `` Doggin ' Around '' `` Music & Me '' Forever, Michael `` We 're Almost There '' `` One Day in Your Life '' `` Just a Little Bit of You '' Off the Wall `` Do n't Stop ' Til You Get Enough '' `` Rock with You '' `` Workin ' Day and Night '' `` Off the Wall '' `` Girlfriend '' `` She 's Out of My Life '' `` It 's the Falling in Love '' Thriller `` Wanna Be Startin ' Somethin ' '' `` The Girl Is Mine '' `` Thriller '' `` Beat It '' `` Billie Jean '' `` Human Nature '' `` P.Y.T. ( Pretty Young Thing ) '' Bad `` Bad '' `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' `` Speed Demon '' `` Liberian Girl '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` Another Part of Me '' `` Man in the Mirror '' `` I Just Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Dirty Diana '' `` Smooth Criminal '' `` Leave Me Alone '' Dangerous `` Jam '' `` In the Closet '' `` Remember the Time '' `` Ca n't Let Her Get Away '' `` Heal the World '' `` Black or White '' `` Who Is It '' `` Give In to Me '' `` Will You Be There '' `` Gone Too Soon '' `` Dangerous '' HIStory `` Scream '' `` They Do n't Care About Us '' `` Stranger in Moscow '' `` This Time Around '' `` Earth Song '' `` D.S. '' `` Come Together '' `` You Are Not Alone '' `` Childhood '' `` Tabloid Junkie '' `` HIStory '' `` Smile '' Blood on the Dance Floor `` Blood on the Dance Floor '' `` Ghosts '' `` Is It Scary '' Invincible `` Heaven Can Wait '' `` You Rock My World '' `` Butterflies '' `` Speechless '' `` Cry '' Michael `` Hold My Hand '' `` Hollywood Tonight '' `` ( I Like ) The Way You Love Me '' `` Monster '' `` Breaking News '' `` ( I Ca n't Make It ) Another Day '' `` Behind the Mask '' Xscape `` Love Never Felt So Good '' `` Chicago '' `` Loving You '' `` A Place with No Name '' `` Slave to the Rhythm '' `` Blue Gangsta '' Other `` We Are the World '' `` Twenty - Five Miles '' `` On the Line '' `` What More Can I Give '' `` One More Chance '' `` Cheater '' `` Fall Again '' `` This Is It '' `` Mind Is the Magic '' `` Do n't Be Messin ' ' Round '' `` Price of Fame '' Featured `` Night Time Lover '' `` Say Say Say '' `` Somebody 's Watching Me '' `` Tell Me I 'm Not Dreamin ' ( Too Good to Be True ) '' `` Get It '' `` 2300 Jackson Street '' `` Do the Bartman '' `` Whatzupwitu '' `` Why '' `` I Need You '' `` We Be Ballin ' '' `` We Are the World 25 for Haiti '' `` All in Your Name '' `` There Must Be More To Life Than This '' Book Category Portal WikiProject Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Brand_New_Day_(The_Wiz_song)&oldid=798845263 '' Categories : 1975 songs 1979 singles Diana Ross songs Michael Jackson songs Songs written for films Songs from musicals Song recordings produced by Quincy Jones Songs written by Luther Vandross MCA Records singles Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Music infoboxes with malformed table placement Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ελληνικά Galego Polski Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 4 September 2017, at 04 : 37. 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Question: who sings it's a brand new day
Answer: Diana Ross