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There are plenty of songs for Christmas, but what about New Year’s Eve? Of course, there’s Auld Lang Syne… and we could even add in U2’s “New Year’s Day.” But there have to be more, right?
What songs come to your mind when you think of the end/start of a year?
Do we include Prince’s “1999”? What about Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration”?
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2009.
Jeff Hahne became the music editor for Creative Loafing Charlotte in March 2007. He graduated with a degree in journalism and minor in Spanish from Auburn University in 1997. Since then he has worked for... More by Jeff Hahne
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The Walkmen- “In the New Year”
The Zombies- “This Will Be Our Year”
The Four Seasons – “December ’63, Oh What A Night”
Abba – “Happy New Year”
Wilson Pickett – “In the Midnight hour”
Lionel Richie – “All Night Long”
Nobody has mentioned “Same Old Lang Syne” by Dan Fogelberg. I’m sure most of us had a similar situation of briefly reuniting w/ an ex.
“Another New Year’s Eve”–Barry Manilow