a random U2 connection from Sweden to Poland. New Years Day (Live at Madison Square Garden) Lyrics: Yeah. 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. 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. 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. '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. 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.It can also be found on the Christmas Of Hope (with proceeds being donated to the City Of Hope), The One And Only 80's Album, Chart Runners Volume One, The Hit Squad's Hits of 1983, and The Tube compilations. Ferry Corsten had also done an unreleased remix of New Year's Day in the spring of 2000. Route 401 also released a single with 5 dance remixes of New Year's Day. The Savitri String Quartet on Strung Out On U2 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Pride: The RPO Plays U2 Prima with two remixes on their New Year's Day single Gigi D'Agostino who released a 12" with 4 cover versions of New Year's Day įront Line Assembly and Tiffany on We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2 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. The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard. In addition to the song being sampled, several artists have covered it:ĢFabiola featuring Medusa on their New Year's Day single 'New Year's Day' is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War. Hyper Logic also used a sample in Only Me. The group Dynamic Base used the sample on their Africa single and Bacon Popper did the same on the Free single. Manchester rappers Kiss AMC sampled the intro for their song A Bit Of U2. With It Guys used the piano line from New Year's Day as a sample in the song Let The Music Take Control. New Year's Day remains a popular song for other artists to sample or cover. 9 in the Best Single category in the Sounds poll and became U2's first top 10 single in the UK. 6 in the Best Single category in the New Musical Express poll and No. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupNew Year's Day (Remastered 2008) U2War 2008 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations LimitedRe.
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