For more information please refer to our Terms of Use. With lyrics written about the Polish Solidaritymovement, 'New Year's Day' is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and the Edge's piano and guitar playing. It is the third track on their 1983 album Warand was released as the album's lead singlein January 1983. Songs are hosted on Youtube and the copyright for music and lyrics is retained by its original creators and/or rightsholders. 'New Year's Day' is a song by Irish rockband U2. First Played in Concert Decemat Tiffanys, Glasgow, Scotland. ![]() (Maybe you can think of a better one.From the third album by Irish rock band U2, New Year’s Day was inspired by Cold War divisions and political movements in Europe, specifically Lech Walesa‘s Solidarity in Poland.Īnd gold is the reason for the wars we wageĬontent on these pages is © Alpha History 2019. From the release War (Album) Total Plays 807 times by U2. a random U2 connection from Sweden to Poland. Apparently the four figures on horseback were all women, dressed similarly to ourselves.' People always ask me: 'Was it difficult riding the horse, in the video?' And I have to tell them that was shot the day after we left. 'New Years Day' was the first U2 song to chart in America, where it reached 53, but the song got a lot of exposure on MTV and attracted the kind of fans that tell their friends. But the video has an epic quality, there was something about that song that seemed to conjure up images of Dr Zhivago and European winterscapes. ![]() 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 is the third track on their 1983 album War and was released as the album's lead single in January 1983. Rowan appeared on the cover of several albums and singles. The cover of the single features Peter Rowan who is the brother of Derek 'Guggi' Rowan. It also appeared on U2's EP and video for Under A Blood Red Sky and the Best of 1980-1990/B-sides compilation. I don't even think he was wearing thermal underwear, just the same clothes he had on when we got off the plane from Dublin.'Įdge: 'Bono's mouth almost froze solid if you watch him lip-syncing his mouth won't quite work. U2 About New Year's Day 'New Year's Day' is a song by Irish rock band U2. New Year's Day was the first single released from the War album. I think Bono sussed that to be in a video you had to look like yourself, so he wasn't wearing wooly hats or anything. It was very basic, us performing in the snow, just kind of wrapped up, so you couldn't really see us. U2: New Year’s Day (1983) From the third album by Irish rock band U2, New Year’s Day was inspired by Cold War divisions and political movements in Europe, specifically Lech Walesa ‘s Solidarity in Poland. 'And these little glimpses of narrative, which are really just excuses for the overarching theme, which was Lech Walesa being put in prison and his wife not being able to see him.'Īdam remembers the video: 'We needed snow so the director suggested northern Sweden. 'Snow as an image of surrender,' explained Bono, talking about the lyric. The song, which made its 360 debut in Dublin a few days ago, was inspired by Lech Walesa, the leader of Solidarity, the trade union in Poland which helped bring down communism. New Year’s Day U2 Track 3 on War The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but was subsequently reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement. ![]() ![]() In December 1982, the band arrived in Sweden with director Meiert Avis to shoot a video for New Year's Day, first single from the their third album 'War'. From The Ground Up: U2.Com Music Edition 18 Am C Em All is quiet on New Year's Day Am C Em A world in white, gets underway Am C Em And I want to be with you, be with you night and day Am C Em Am Nothing changes on New Year's Day Em On.
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