NEW
YEAR'S DAY
U 2
SONGWRITERS: Adam
Clayton; Bono; Larry Mullen, Jr. & The Edge
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ÁLBUM: WAR
LABEL: COLUMBIA
GÊNERO: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1982
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono (lead
vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry
Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Initially
rooted in post-punk,
U2's musical style has evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an
anthemic quality built on Bono's expressive vocals and the Edge's chiming, effects-based
guitar sounds. Their
lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and
sociopolitical themes. Popular for their live performances, the group have
staged several ambitious and elaborate tours over their career.
The band was formed when the members were
teenaged pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive School and had limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed
with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy (1980). Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album, War (1983), and the singles "Sunday
Bloody Sunday" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
helped establish U2's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group.
By the mid-1980s, they had become renowned globally for their live act,
highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in 1985. The group's fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international superstars and was their greatest
critical and commercial success. Topping music charts around the world, it produced their
only number-one singles in the US to date: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What
I'm Looking For".
Facing creative stagnation and a backlash to
their documentary/double album, Rattle
and Hum (1988), U2 reinvented themselves in
the 1990s. Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album, Achtung Baby (1991), and the multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour,
the band pursued a new musical direction influenced by alternative rock,
electronic
dance music, and industrial music,
and they embraced a more ironic, flippant image. This experimentation continued
through their ninth album, Pop (1997), and the PopMart
Tour, which were mixed successes. U2 regained
critical and commercial favour with the records All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004),
which established a more conventional, mainstream sound for the group. Their U2 360º Tour of 2009–2011 set records for the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour,
both of which were surpassed in 2019. The group most recently released the
companion albums Songs of Innocence (2014) and Songs of Experience (2017), the
former of which received criticism for its pervasive, no-cost release through
the iTunes Store.
U2 have released 14 studio albums and are one
of the world's best-selling music artists, having
sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards,
more than any other band, and in 2005, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first
year of eligibility. Rolling
Stone ranked U2 at number 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All
Time". Throughout their career, as a
band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and social justice
causes, including Amnesty
International, Jubilee 2000,
the ONE/DATA campaigns,
Product Red,
War
Child, and Music
Rising.
"New Year's Day" is a song by Irish
rock band U2. It is
the third track on their 1983 album War and was released as the album's lead single in January 1983. With lyrics written about the Polish Solidarity movement, "New Year's
Day" is driven by Adam
Clayton's distinctive bassline and the Edge's
piano and guitar playing. It was the band's first UK hit single, peaking at
number 10, and was also their first international hit, reaching for number 9 in
Norway, number 11 on the Dutch Top 40, number 17 in Sweden, and number 53 on
the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
In 2010, Rolling
Stone magazine placed the single at number
435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
This song was also included in the
Pitchfork 500.
The UK cover features a photograph of Peter
Rowen, who grew up near U2 lead vocalista Bono in Ireland.
Yeah
All is quiet on New
Year's Day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you, be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
I will be with you
again
I will be with you again
Under a blood-red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspaper says, says
Say it's true, it's true
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one
I, I will be with you
again
I, I will begin again
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh
Oh, maybe the time is right
Oh, maybe tonight
I will be with you again
I will be with you again
And so we are told
this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day.
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