"En un mundo nuevo" (English: "In a New World") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Karina with music composed by Rafael Trabucchelli and lyrics written by Tony Luz. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 held in Dublin, placing second. Karina recorded the song in Spanish, English, French, German, and Italian.

Background

Conception

"En un mundo nuevo" was composed by Rafael Trabucchelli with lyrics by Tony Luz. 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, Televisión Española (TVE) produced a –titled Pasaporte a Dublín– to select its performer for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. 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 Dublin hosted by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Karina performed "En un mundo nuevo" sixth on the night accompanied by Trío La La La –María Jesús Aguirre, María Dolores Arenas, and Mercedes Valimaña Macaria– as backing singers, following 's "Diese Welt" by Katja Ebstein and preceding 's "Un jardin sur la terre" by Serge Lama. 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

Other performances

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