Brand New Day (Van Morrison song)

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“Brand New Day”

Song by Van Morrison
Album	Moondance
Released	February 1970
Genre	R & B/Country rock
Length	5:09
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer	Van Morrison
Composer	Van Morrison
Producer	Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein
Moondance track listing
"And It Stoned Me" "Moondance" "Crazy Love" "Caravan" "Into the Mystic" "Come Running" "These Dreams of You" "Brand New Day" "Everyone" "Glad Tidings"

"Brand New Day" is a song written by singer-songwriter Van Morrison and featured on his 1970 album Moondance.

The song is described on the album as one of Morrison's classic compositions, along with "Moondance", "And it Stoned Me", "Caravan" and "Into the Mystic". The song features improvisation on Jack Scroer's alto saxophone and a backing vocal trio.

Morrison described his inspiration for the song:^[1]

"Brand New Day" expressed a lot of hope. I was in Boston and having a hard job getting myself up spiritually...Then one day this song came on the FM station and it had this particular feeling and this particular groove and it was totally fresh. It seemed to me like things were making sense....I didn't know who the hell the artist was. It turned out to be The Band. I looked up at the sky and the sun started to shine and all of a sudden the song just came through my head. I started to write it down, right from "When all the dark clouds roll away"....The song (on FM radio) was either "The Weight" or "I Shall Be Released".