Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song. "Child who appeared on U2 album covers for 'Boy,' 'War' all grown up 31 years later". ^ Perricone, Kathleen (19 October 2011).^ "U2 > Discography > Albums > New Year's Day".It also charted in Australia, where it peaked at no. The remix charted in some European countries, including in the UK and in Ireland, where it peaked at no. In May 2001, dance act Musique released a remix of the song, "New Year's Dub". Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "New Year's Day" by U2 Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "New Year's Day" by U2īelgium ( Ultratop 50 Back Catalogue Singles Flanders) Ĭash Box said in its contemporary review of the single that "an agitated yet steady rhythm lays the foundation for this stark, AOR-slanted single by a thinking man’s rock 'n' roll band." Formats and track listings The song was also included in the Pitchfork 500. In 2004, Rolling Stone placed the song at number 427 on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" the song was re-ranked to 435th on the magazine's 2010 version of the list. This was repeated during the U2 360° Tour at the same venue. When the band played "New Year's Day" during the Vertigo Tour performance at Silesian Stadium in Poland, the crowd surprised the band when the lower sections waved red-coloured items while other sections waved white, creating the Polish flag. U2 has never performed in concert the B-side of "New Year's Day", "Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)", although they played an early version known simply as "Pete the Chop" at some concerts in 1980. "New Year's Day" has appeared on many of U2's concert video releases including 1983's U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, Zoo TV: Live from Sydney, PopMart: Live from Mexico City, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, Live from Paris, and U2 3D. In the Top of the Pops performance, Bono is seen playing guitar. Until the Elevation Tour, Clayton normally used a chorus effect on his bass guitar for this song live. The Les Paul the Edge used to write this song was sold for charity. During the 1990s and 2000s, he has alternated between a Gibson Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Standard. In 1980s performances, he used a Fender Stratocaster and a Yamaha CP70 electric grand piano. In concert, the Edge switches between piano and guitar during the song. However, the Innocence + Experience tour only featured three performances of the song.
"New Year's Day", U2's seventh-most frequently performed live song, has been a standard on every U2 tour since its debut on 1 December 1982 at the first show of the War Tour's Pre-Tour. This clip published on YouTube shows a transformation of Poland in the last 20 years mixed with short scenes from today's Warsaw seen from a perspective of a 20-year-old woman. U2 allowed free-of-charge use of this song in a spot prepared by the European Commission. The video also features footage of Soviet troops advancing in winter during World War II. Their biography states that Bono refused to wear any headgear despite the cold weather and had a lot of trouble mouthing the lyrics. U2 guitarist Edge said 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, because the band were frozen from shooting the video in sub-freezing temperatures the day before. The band only appeared in the performance scenes of the video as it was filmed in the dead of the Swedish winter. It was filmed in Sälen and Mora, Sweden in December 1982 and directed by Meiert Avis.
The video was one of their first to see heavy rotation on MTV. I don't think we could have written that kind of song." Music video I don't think 'New Year's Day' was a pop single, certainly not in the way that Mickie Most might define a pop single as something that lasts three minutes and three weeks in the chart. In 1983, Bono said of the song, "It would be stupid to start drawing up battle lines, but I think the fact that 'New Year's Day' made the Top Ten indicated a disillusionment among record buyers. The bassline stemmed from bassist Adam Clayton trying to figure out the chords to the Visage song " Fade to Grey" during a soundcheck.
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.
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