En un mundo nuevo


”En un mundo nuevo” is a song recorded by the Spanish singer Karina. The song was written by Rafael Trabucchelli and Tony Luz. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, held in Dublin.

Background

The song is an up-tempo number in which Karina sings 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. Karina recorded the song in five languages, Spanish, English, French, German and Italian. Belgian singer Micha Marah recorded the song in Dutch as "Die heerlijke wereld".

Eurovision

The song was performed sixth on the night, following Germany's Katja Ebstein with "Diese Welt" and preceding France's Serge Lama with "Un jardin sur la terre". At the close of voting, it had received 116 points, placing 2nd in a field of 18.
It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 1972 Contest by Jaime Morey with "Amanece".