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About New Year's Day by U2
New Year's Day is credited to U2 on U218 Singles (Deluxe Edition). This catalogue edition runs 4:18 and lists the song as track 6 of 18 on disc 1. The linked edition is dated 1983-01-01.
Catalogue artist credit: U2.
Catalogue title: New Year's Day. Genre: Rock. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
Also represented from U218 Singles (Deluxe Edition): With or Without You, One, Beautiful Day. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: U2 - New Year's Day (Official Music Video). Published by U2VEVO. Video length: 4:15.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
U2
With or Without You and Where the Streets Have No Name provide two routes into repeating guitar textures and gradual builds. Beautiful Day and Vertigo change the energy. One and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For offer a more measured place to start.
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