"New Tomorrow" is a 2011 English language

English language

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 song by Danish

Denmark

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 pop/rock band A Friend in London

A Friend in London

A Friend in London is a Danish indie pop and rock band that represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany in the second semi-final with the song "New Tomorrow" and took a 5th place in the final with 134 points.-Members:...

. It represented Denmark

Denmark

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 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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, held in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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, Germany

Germany

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. On 26 February 2011, the song won the Danish preselection contest Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2011

Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2011, organised by Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio .-Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2011:...

. It is the first single from their yet-untitled debut album.

Immediately after, the single was released in Denmark, making it straight to #3 in its first week of release (chart dated 4 March 2011).

Controversy

"New Tomorrow" was written and composed by Lise Cabble

Lise Cabble

Lise Cabble is a Danish singer and songwriter.1986 to 1997 she was the front singer in the rock band Miss B. Haven. In 1995 the song "Fra Mols til Skagen" by Lise Cabble and Mette Mathiesen Lise Cabble (born 10 January 1958, Amager) is a Danish singer and songwriter.1986 to 1997 she was the front...

 and Jakob Glæsner. However, even before it was chosen to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest, it was accused of plagiarising several different songs, e.g. "Herz an Herz" by German NDW band Paso Doble, "Sing for Me

Sing for Me

"Sing for Me" is an English language song by Swedish singer Andreas Johnson that he presented in Melodifestivalen 2006 in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest...

" by Swedish singer-songwriter Andreas Johnson

Andreas Johnson

Andreas Johnson is a Swedish pop/rock singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:...

, "Face 2 Face" by Future Trance United, "Super Star

Super Star (S.H.E album)

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" by Taiwanese girl band S.H.E., "Silk Road" a Chinese folk tune interpreted by Kitaro

Kitaro

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, "Yasashii Uta" by MUCC

MUCC

is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 1997. Named after a character from the Japanese children's TV show Hirake! Ponkikki, the band is also known by the nickname 69 since "six nine" can be pronounced "muku" in Japanese...

, and "Shine

Shine (Take That song)

"Shine" is the second single taken from Take That's comeback album Beautiful World.-Song information:"Shine" was released on 26 February 2007 and features lead vocals by Mark Owen....

" by Take That

Take That

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.

One of the co-writers Jacob Glæsner commented that "the song is very popular in its expression and consist basically only of five tones. It is unavoidable that it doesn’t remind of a song one has already heard".

Performance

A Friend in London performed the song during Eurovision 2011 finishing fifth overall with 134 points, including 12 points from Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands and 10 points from Sweden and Estonia and 8 points from Slovenia.

Charts

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Chart (2011)	Peak position
Lithuania (M-1)	6

Certifications

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Denmark	25 February 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
Worldwide	8 March 2011