Touch a New Day

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"Touch a New Day"
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Single by Lena
from the album My Cassette Player
B-side "We Can't Go On"
Released3 August 2010 (2010-08-03)
Recorded2010
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s) Stefan Raab
Producer(s) Stefan Raab
Lena singles chronology
"Satellite"
(2010)
"Touch a New Day"
(2010)
"Taken by a Stranger"
(2011)

"Touch a New Day" is a song by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was written and produced by entertainer Stefan Raab for her debut album My Cassette Player (2010). The song was released on 3 August 2010 as the album's second and final single, following Meyer-Landrut's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Touch a New Day" was directed by Marten Persiel. [2] It starts with a couple in their house's front yard, she's watering the grass and he's washing the car. Meyer-Landrut and her friend are behind a bush and Meyer-Landrut calls through the telephone to the house, so the man comes into the house to pick it up and Meyer-Landrut and her friend steal the car. They travel to several places such as France, Spain, they take photos in a photo booth, they have a bath in a lake. Later, they meet a junkman and ask him to remove the upper part of the car, so it becomes a "convertible". In some point they argue for the way to follow but they make up immediately. Finally, they pick up a boy whose roulotte has broken and, in the evening they build a bonfire on a cliff beside the sea.

Formats and track listings

Digital release
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Touch a New Day" Stefan Raab Raab3:07
Maxi single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Touch a New Day" Stefan Raab Raab3:07
2."We Can't Go On"Pär Lammers, Daniel SchaubRaab3:13

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Touch a New Day"
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 26
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 13

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