New World Coming

"New World Coming"
Single by "Mama" Cass Elliot
from the album Mama's Big Ones
B-side	"Blow Me a Kiss"
Released	January 1970
Genre	Pop
Length	2:12
Label	Dunhill Records
Writer(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)

"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 fourth 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]

Chart performance

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

Weekly charts

Personnel

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

Cover versions

• 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!.
• DíSA covered the song for the 2016 Tim Burton film, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics