"En un mundo nuevo" (; English: "In a New World") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Karina with music composed by and lyrics written by . It in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1971 The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the 16th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song " All Kinds of Everything" by Dana. Organised by the European Broadcas ...

held in

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, placing second. Karina recorded the song in Spanish, English, French, German, and Italian.

Background

Conception

"En un mundo nuevo" was composed by with lyrics by . It is an up-tempo number about the importance of keeping one's faith and hope for a new and better world, a world in which love and truth will prevail.

Eurovision

Between 17 October and 26 December 1970, (TVE) produced a –titled '– to select its performer for the of the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

. Karina won the competition so she became the for Eurovision. The song "En un mundo nuevo" was later internally selected for her. She recorded it in five languages: Spanish, English –as "Tomorrow I'm Coming Your Way"–, French –as "Un monde plus grand et plus beau"–, German –as "Wir glauben an morgen"–, and Italian –as "Un mondo nuovo"–. On 3 April 1971, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in

hosted by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Karina performed "En un mundo nuevo" sixth on the night accompanied by –María Jesús Aguirre, Cristina Fernández, and Mercedes Valimaña– as backing singers, following 's " Diese Welt" by Katja Ebstein and preceding 's " Un jardin sur la terre" by

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. Waldo de los Ríos conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Spanish entry. The first verse of the song could not be heard, since the sound engineer did not open Karina's microphone until the second verse. At the close of voting, it had received 116 points, placing second in a field of eighteen. It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 1972 contest by " Amanece" by Jaime Morey.

Aftermath

Karina starred in the 1972 film '' En un mundo nuevo'', which was inspired by her participation at the contest and which shows real footage of her performance there.

Chart history

Legacy

Cover versions

* Belgian singer

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recorded the song in Dutch as "Die heerlijke wereld".

Other performances

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performed the song in the show ''Europasión'', aired on La 1 of Televisión Española on 21 May 2008 to choose by popular vote the best song that Spain has sent to Eurovision.

Impersonations

* In the twelfth episode of the seventh season of '' Tu cara me suena'' aired on 18 January 2019 on Antena 3,

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impersonated Karina singing "En un mundo nuevo" replicating her performance at Eurovision.

References

External links

* {{authority control Eurovision songs of Spain Eurovision songs of 1971 Songs in Spanish 1971 songs 1971 singles