(“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)
“and what of the drums and vocals?”
(it was the band’s first UK hit single (peaking at #10), and was also their first international hit, reaching for #9 in ‘norway’, #11 on the ‘dutch top 40’, #17 in ‘sweden’, and #53 on the ‘billboard hot 100′ in the ‘united states’)
(in 2010, rolling stone magazine placed the single at #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 vocalist ‘bono’ in ‘ireland’)
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