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“New Year’s Day” is the third song and lead single from U2’s 1983 album, War. The song is driven by Adam Clayton’s distinctive bassline and The Edge’s keyboard. It was the band’s first hit single, breaking the top ten in the UK, peaking at #10 on the singles chart, and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their career. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at #427 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
History
The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but then was reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement.
The video was their first to see heavy rotation on MTV. It was filmed in Sweden in December 1982 and directed by Meiert Avis. The band only appeared in the performance scenes of the video as it was filmed in the dead of the Swedish winter. U2 guitarist Edge revealed in the official U2 biography that the four people riding on horseback in the video that appeared to be the four U2 members were in fact four Swedish teenage girls disguised as the members of U2 riding on horseback with masks over their faces. This was done as the band were frozen from shooting the video in sub-freezing temperatures the day before. Their biography states that Bono refused to wear any headgear despite the cold weather and had a lot of trouble mouthing the lyrics. The video also features footage of Soviet troops advancing in winter during the second world war.
History
The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but then was reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement.
The video was their first to see heavy rotation on MTV. It was filmed in Sweden in December 1982 and directed by Meiert Avis. The band only appeared in the performance scenes of the video as it was filmed in the dead of the Swedish winter. U2 guitarist Edge revealed in the official U2 biography that the four people riding on horseback in the video that appeared to be the four U2 members were in fact four Swedish teenage girls disguised as the members of U2 riding on horseback with masks over their faces. This was done as the band were frozen from shooting the video in sub-freezing temperatures the day before. Their biography states that Bono refused to wear any headgear despite the cold weather and had a lot of trouble mouthing the lyrics. The video also features footage of Soviet troops advancing in winter during the second world war.
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Part of this video was filme on June 18 in Twickenham in London. Vertigo tour.
New Year's Day their first hit single allued to the Polish Solidarity movement.
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ese bajo....
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love it!!!
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i love u2
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love this.
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sinisterman wrote:
more than 30 years of creating music and still sooo unique, unbelievable.
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cluainmeala wrote:
At their best
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MichaelLizard wrote:
bloody good one...
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EdwardVedder wrote:
one of those songs you never get tired of. magical.
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APRILELIZ wrote:
great song
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cardroia wrote:
great ♥
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Tony-- wrote:
Listening this song before going out on New Year's Eve is the best damn feeling.
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Sonster wrote:
one of the best songs of all time
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tommyti wrote:
Best Band of the world
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Arthur-Engler wrote:
linda
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gsalesvz wrote:
The piano melody and the guitar solo are so incredible *-*
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Sizzyneck wrote:
klassiker! wer den nicht in seiner musiksammlung hat, natürlich auf platte, cd und als liveversion.... ist selber schuld!!!
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Berni40 wrote:
Besser gehts nicht
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dfiaes wrote:
wow! great song!
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Iri-neu wrote:
U-2 é fantastico, a banda mais completa que já ví Irineu-sp-BR
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