The King's Singers - You are the New Day (John David, arr. Peter Knight)

[@itsHeatherKay]

Oh my gosh, I’ve watched this so many times. Anyone else? Or am I weirdly entranced by this?

[@Just_Sara]

I remember singing this back in, oh, maybe 1997? with my school choir. We were on a trip up to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and we were actually sleeping at the aquarium. We all gathered together and sang this to, believe it or not, whales. It is the best out of only a few good memories I have of being a teenager. Thanks for the reminder that there were some really good times back then too. :)

[@beverlyfletcher4458]

what an experience: here's to more in the future.

[@ChristineOlson569]

That was an amazing trip, eh?

[@ChristineOlson569]

Singing to the whales and their response to our voices was a Spiritual moment of oneness that forever touches my heart.

[@Just_Sara]

@@ChristineOlson569 Oh! I remember you!! :D It was one special night.

[@Lardenoy]

Merci, c'est très émouvant ! Angoulême, S.W of France.

[@StephanieYoungChannl]

This has always been my favorite song by the King's Singers. It's a true timeless classic.

[@mmlacijan4127]

22 years ago, a choir of our dearest male friends sang this from the choir loft at my husband's and my wedding.

[@ladytenor9876]

What a beautiful gift and a precious memory.

[@MrXyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

This is a lovely song for a wedding. A friend of mine asked me to sing the bass part as part of a quartet for her wedding. :-)

[@rwt3209]

My husband and I listen to this together every morning to start the new day.

[@christinastanton3263]

Can't listen to them without crying. Just beautiful.

[@MrLatch0208]

Magical.Ever wonder how awesome Jehovah is that he could create beings to sing this?Its like enjoying your favorite food and realizing not only do we need to eat to survive but its quite enjoyable.Praise God.

[@timm7400]

My thought, as well, when I first heard this, seeing Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as The New Day that greets us with life, to better know His love, and grow closer, by the gift of His Grace, to know him, ever more deeply and be immersed fully in His overwhelming, sustaining, life-giving Love Eternal.

[@ladytenor9876]

I sang briefly with the Kings Singers after they performed in Washington, DC. THEY ASKED ME WHICH OF THEIR VAST REPERTOIRE WAS MY FAVORITE. I SAID "THE Rose because of its tenor part. They began singing and so did other people. I am a true tenor and since I quit smoking, my upper range tops out at Second Soprano Thank you for posting this performance. I am smiling with happy tears brought on by this extraordinary performance. One day, we will all be able to sing as much as we can. Wouldn't be wonderful if singers all over the globe would begin singing the Hallelujah chorus? 🎶🎵🎼 .

[@benschroth7717]

perfect.

[@greydaze234]

This song got me through some very tough times in high school and college. Then yesterday after a tough day at work, I log into KZbin and this was the first video recommended to me. I've lost track of how many times I've listened to it again in the past 24 hours. Thank you for this recording.

[@ScottyUrb]

How beautiful! I hope things are better at work now.

[@helgaluisehofmann4619]

Wunderschöne Stimmen!

[@RafaelAlonzoRoque]

You are the new day You are the new day I will love you more than me And more than yesterday If you can but prove to me You are the new day Send the sun in time for dawn Let the birds all hail the morning Love of life will urge me say You are the new day When I lay me down at night Knowing we must pay Thoughts occur that this night might Stay yesterday Thoughts that we as humans small Could slow worlds and end it all Lie around me where they fall Before the new day One more day when time is running out For everyone Like a breath I knew would come I reach for The new day Hope is my philosophy Just needs days in which to be Love of life means hope for me Borne on a new day You are the new day Fuente: LyricFind Compositores: John David

[@Lardenoy]

Merci pour les paroles ! J'ai la traduction en français ; magnifique chanson que je ne connaissais pas !

[@susankuhn9426]

A beloved National Public Radio host in my area played this every day on his show, which I how I discovered it. I had left home after high school, looking for a better life, and this is one of the things I discovered. It's fun to watch this "work at home" recording and see the singers as individuals as well as part of an incredible ensemble.

[@ceesvanhoof9687]

This song was the reason I joined a ale singing group in the Netherlands named Dubbel Zes. Founded in 1964 and still going strong. every time i hear this song a gives me a new hope for a better world.

[@sabrinacarraro5030]

Io vi amo e vi ringrazio per il vostro canto!

[@rclikes2go]

I've been a fan of kings singers since I was 3 years old. My parents were obsessed and played their music all the time. I was a kid of the 90s. New Day has been my favorite song from the first time I heard it. I didn't think the original could be duplicated. This new generation of singers has completely blown me away! I cried tears of joy through this whole song. I'm a music snob, so that's a big deal. Thank you.

[@jurgenwaewitz9377]

I like these singers very much. They have divine voices, which is good for the soul.

[@myrnaleon8464]

Thanks, King Singers , for singing this uplifting song. 👌😊😊😊🙏🏼🎈

[@kristahistand1118]

I love to wake early in the morning to hear the birds singing the air is fresh and new, and the sun is beginning to peak through the trees. Bring in the new day! Thank you so much for sharing so much music, from your homes to our homes! Such lovely harmonies.🎤💗🎶

[@danmcglaun1]

Completely exquisite. Completely King's Singers. New faces, same great music, perfectly executed. Deserves to be listened to as the start of each one of all YOUR new days... Thanks Gentlemen!

[@james_loney]

It is a time of lead. Things are collapsing and the promise of tomorrow is more collapse, Therefore how refreshing to hear this incandescent song that promises us hope and rejuvenation both in the dawn and the dusk. Thank you, King Singers, you may think you are only singing but YOU ARE DOING A LOT TO BUOY US UP

[@koosriedijk3872]

Remember I was overwhelmed by this song when Irish MARY O"HARA (born 1935) sang this in her 2nd career . On her LP Scent of Roses, published 1980 , so some 40 years ago already. Now I am overwhelmed again by the King's Singers' version. What a vocal gem. In the new line up of a young generation, fans can only be extremely grateful for the high vocal level. I hope these six will stay for quite awhile. All voices, without exception, bass, 2 baritons, tenor and 2 countertenors are a blessing for the ear. The two counters blend very well and the last newcomer Edward (2nd from the left) has "popstarlooks" by the way! , if you will excuse my off the record remark. But also the other voices (1 counter and tenor) sometimes pair so well , same with the 2 baritons. There is always something to discover. That's why you have to listen many times and each time concentrate on another singer. Six vocalists keep you busy!! Boys, 12 votes from the Netherlands!

[@Liruzhen]

Such a gem from the Welsh musician John David. Thank you for your lovely performance!

[@suechapin2701]

Had I heard this beautiful song 60years ago in high school, it would have been my favorite my whole life............the ultimate In a Capella singing.

[@NickMVining]

Flawless acapella singing. Thank you for posting. Much appreciated.

[@miltonpound763]

Ms. Glenda Casey was the most amazing choir director and introduced us to this song and the King’s Singers. We had the honor of singing with the King’s Singers at the Myerson Symphony Center and that memory will forever be a highlight of my musical life.

[@한엘리-m4z]

중학생때 들었던 그룹인데 벌써30년전이라니. 하.... 믿기지않네요 오랜만에들어도 노래는 영원하고 가장가까운 타임머신 입니당

[@Dontpanicjonesey]

My favourite KS song by a mile, always takes me back to childhood ❤️

[@loictasquier3486]

You are so 'as one' , you are so young, you are so fresh, you are immense !

[@margaretwhittaker2291]

Sublime. Thank you so very much

[@DCLayclerk]

One of my all time favorite King’s Singers tunes. They sound fantastic, as per usual. 😊 ❤️

[@ahchiu9]

YES! This has been my favorite King's Singers song since I first heard it (and sang it) almost 30 years ago! So happy to see it on YT so a whole new generation can experience it

[@gailmiltimore5961]

A great bouquet of voices, and of human beings!

[@jhill74893]

its just a sublimely beautiful and wonderfully arranged piece of music and the Kings Singers always do it so well

[@phildougharty7176]

This is the song that meant so much to me when I came out and fell in love with a young man...

[@Liruzhen]

Superbly beautiful! THANK YOU.

[@naomicole9706]

I fell in love with A Capella when I heard the King's Singers as a child. Thank you xx

[@abieshleman8313]

I sang this in high school show choir around the year 2001. We adored all the arrangements from King’s Singers! You all sound just immaculate. Lovely!

[@cathyvickers-morton344]

Absolutely stunning. Makes me smile and cry at the same time. Well done gents!

[@skwoods7986]

something about this song always sets my soul longing for something I can't define

[@LouvierLau]

Love it! Thank you King’s Singers for singing beautiful music.

[@LadyLakeMusic]

Starting off my new year with this beautiful song. I have chosen it to be my anthem as my life changes in many ways. Thank you for this beautiful song ❤

[@dragondancer1814]

I’ve loved this song since I was a kid! I grew up listening to the King’s Singers, and I have some fond memories of this song being the start of a KS tape my parents played on road trips to visit family in South Carolina (we’re talking 8-10 hours on the road) to help pass the time. To this day, that song strikes a chord deep within me and has the power to take me back to those journeys and the excitement of visiting family and the beauty of the views in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. Thanks for the memories!

[@mariaalejandra9614]

You are just amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

[@HaliPuppeh]

I have loved this piece since I was in high school. It's so pretty. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voices and beautiful music with us.

[@Obbsserver]

Just a mention of the composer, John David, whose Berry Hill studio is about a mile from where I live: "The inspiration for New Day was quite simple; I had just had a major blow in my personal life, and was sitting alone late at night on the settee feeling very low, and watching an ominous story on the news about the very real possibility of nuclear war. I started singing to the (hopefully) soon-to arrive New Day like it was an entity, that would rescue me from the depths. If the sun came up and the birds started singing as usual then I could believe that it really was the new day in which life would go on, and in which hope would survive. The tune and the words popped into my head at the same time, and it was all written in about 10 minutes, which is why (to me at least) it’s not perfect. But I didn’t feel I had the right to change anything.”

[@TheAlanView]

I sense a wonderful praise of our creator in this song although He is not named - further thoughts on Hope - rather than just a philosophy: Hebrews Ch11v1 "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." 6"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."

[@cirnet]

thank you for sharing this wonderful quote, OP! and ​@@TheAlanView, I entirely agree - this is the triumph of human spirit that makes deists praise the Creator for gifting them such a beautiful soul, and atheists celebrate the human mind for shining so brightly in the face of the inevitable, heartless entropy of the universe. And in that triumph all such distinctions melt away, the veil that separates each person from every other lifting for just a moment to allow us to see that our neighbor is as dazzled and awestruck as we are. I sang this in my high school choir in 2000, but it has taken me two more decades of life to see this song's greatness.

[@bilcal]

Thank you for recording this classic King's Singers song. I have multiple versions saved and enjoy each one for its own beauty. Thanks!!!!

[@antonionobry4930]

Your great and sublime singing opens our hearts encouraging the faith in the good of the world.

[@jmgalan24]

Mucho muchos años he comenzado cada día escuchando esta canción en la versión antigua porque no encontraba mejor modo de despertarme cada mañana. Vuestro trabajo manteniendo el legado que os dejaron los anteriores cantores es importante.

[@muffliato3456]

This brought me to tears. What a gift this was. 🌈🖤🌱

[@helinajokinen5514]

Thanks... softly and beautifully you sang it 🌞

[@myrnaleon8464]

Love this song. Thank you, for singing this lovely song. 👌👌👌😊❤️😘🎈🎈

[@jbrownbyu]

I’ve enjoyed this group since I was around 5 years old, and every configuration continues to present peerless quality. Thank you for sharing your talents during this stressful, challenging, but hope-filled time 😊

[@stephaniedykes4157]

Absolutely beautiful. A much needed message of hope during these troubled times.

[@Voix-t6v]

Wonderful ~^^♡

[@verdatum]

I love the way the dynamic ebb and flow of the original King's Singers' performance just rolls over you. But this performance, in stripping away the "ahs" and "ooos" and instead tightening everything up, the result is an emotional punch in the chest. I do believe It is a remarkable improvement over an already incredible delivery. This is professionalism in its purest form. I first heard this performance a couple months ago, and I just keep coming back to it. I'm moved every single time.

[@chrisdenio3769]

Yes. The original was gorgeous, with the more flowery arrangement. But I love this one more. Sort of letting the words convey a more straightforward message. My husband had a brain hemorrhage as a young father, and I listened to this on my way to and from the hospital. Means a lot to me.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

@@chrisdenio3769 Hope your husband is doing well.

[@jonathannoles2526]

Thank you for covering this again!! My wife and i played the 1987 original version from the New Day album at our wedding and it remains a favorite to this day. Blessings!

[@cerenaseawell5753]

Thank you! What a joy!

[@RafaelAlonzoRoque]

New king's singers? Congratulatios!

[@dorisdorra3017]

Thank you so much. Absolutely beautifull!!

[@verdatum]

Thank you so much. This arrangement brings me back to my childhood.

[@GAR23LOVMUZ]

Beautiful Gift Of Music Gentlemen. And So Much Needed🎵

[@butidigress1234]

This is the song I heard on PBS 20-odd years ago that moved me. I looked up The King's Singers, and I've been a fan ever since.

[@mandimillermarkandroidwils6108]

Well done, Chris B ! I remember singing this in ensemble myself when I went to blue Mountain community college in USA. Great song

[@antm64]

A breathtaking performance under strange circumstances. THANK YOU!!

[@susancampbell703]

I need this now.

[@blaxlandpianopathways]

This is a lovely new recording of a great song. It beats the other King's Singers videos of the song on KZbin. It is great to see this choral group still going, through so many incarnations.

[@mamymimma]

Fabulous 👏

[@lgaryadams2835]

Thank you all, I needed this! Well done.

[@ladytenor9876]

The lyrics are moving and beautiful in their simplicity. 🎼🎵🎶 I have sung the tenor part when our choir performed this composition.

[@pamelakefalas8495]

Thank you.

[@bethfranklin2789]

Exquisite!!!! I am crying at my work! THANK YOU!

[@marie-liesseducrot7041]

M’y favorite King’s singers song. Thank you.

[@sukiwashington8719]

I LOVED THIS SING SINCE SESAME STREET..ITS BEAUTIFUL

[@itzrandalll6077]

soooo many memories from all state chorus in this songs, gives me chills! AMAZING fellas!!

[@nenyieduafo-sackey]

Wow. It's sublime. Great job guys. I'm dreaming of already singing with you

[@manjarichatterji9349]

I had the great luck to hear them perform at Lawrence University

[@mhlpmb]

thank you for sharing this beautiful and deep voice :) I can feel ! Many blessings!

[@jaimecarter3988]

This has been my favourite piece of choral music for as long as I can remember. It's beautiful and simple and powerful. I'm so excited to get to sing this piece with my university chorale this spring.

[@susanfarr7202]

I have always loved this.

[@MrMalvolio29]

Eddie Button has heavenly eyes.

[@yegscaper6444]

Still remember workshopping this song with you (former members) in 1997 at Festival 500 in St. John’s, Canada with my high school choir!

[@garyhinkle5736]

Beautiful Gentlemen🎵

[@normanalston4531]

Good song I like it

[@bahrss]

This is the best mental treatment I've ever got

[@wenglishsal]

OMG such brilliance, as wonderful as ever.. KS you are all amazing.. Thank you for sharing your wonderous voices with us all, at these strange unsettled times.. *SIGHS* Best wishes to all, from Wales.. PS: I had to watch this 6 times, just to focus on you all individually, as well as listening to your beautiful harmonies..

[@AcShekora4]

Liked and shared from ACSHEKORA Network Boston Massachusetts 💜🌹💜

[@semitono6750]

Precioso! Saludos desde Buenos Ayres

[@ChroniclerEons]

Obviously this was posted ages ago now. But this song means so much. My high school chamber choir was called the New Day Singers, but my two years in the ensemble coincided with Covid, so I never got to perform it live. It both breaks and mends my heart to hear it.

[@mozzo1050]

Спасибо за то, что вы делаете! ❤️

[@suethompson6387]

Just saw these guys last night at Perth concert hall. Magnificent!❤🎉

[@6732dda]

One of my long time favorites. I have the CD The New Day. Thank you!

[@annedefrance2872]

More then beautiful! 👌

[@deondrej.jackson8129]

I was waiting on this one!!! Beautiful

[@chrissheppard8351]

PBS brought me here!

[@rowenkrantz6931]

I’m amazed by the range they all have with their voices, and Every part of their ranges has such clear and preside pitch and tone

[@garyingersoll2460]

so beautiful...

[@itsHeatherKay]

Oh my gosh- I just got SO excited when I saw YOU made a version of this- which, of course, is my new favorite!

[@martinborup1157]

God, how this is beautiful! You guys are completely amazing, love hearing all the things you are up to! Congratulations on all of the positive response on your recent album, btw. You totally deserve it!

[@TJRadway]

That was amazing performance

[@MarcelloSerafini]

Always the best! I was at one of your Italian concert at Villa Emo (Treviso) years ago. Wonderful evening.