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New Year's Day Lyrics by U2
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- Recording: “New Year's Day” is credited to U2.
- Length: The recording runs 4:40.
- Genre: Filed under Rock.
- Lyrics: This page has 32 lyric lines and 34 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr..
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Who performs “New Year's Day”?
The recording on this page is credited to U2.
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The stored release association is “1985‐03‐22: University of Illinois Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA”, with a duration of 4:40.
New Year's Day lyrics by U2
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0:03Yeah
0:44All is quiet on New Year's Day
0:50A world in white gets underway
0:56I want to be with you, be with you night and day
1:03Nothing changes on New Year's Day
1:09On New Year's Day
1:18I will be with you again (oh)
1:25I will be with you again (oh, oh)
1:33Under a blood red sky
1:46A crowd has gathered, black and white
1:54Arms entwined, the chosen few
2:01The newspaper says, says
2:07Say it's true, it's true
2:12And we can break through
2:16Though torn in two, we can be one
2:24I, I will begin again (oh)
2:30I, I will begin again (oh, oh)
2:43Yeah, oh
2:48Oh-oh
2:51Ooh
2:57♪
3:56Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
4:01Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
4:11Ah, maybe the time is right
4:16Oh, maybe tonight
4:24I will be with you again (oh, oh)
4:31I will be with you again (oh, oh)
4:47And so we were told this is the golden age
4:53And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
5:00Though I want to be with you, be with you night and day
5:08Nothing changes on New Year's Day
5:14(Ah) on New Year's Day (ah)
5:20On New Year's Day (ah)
5:22♪
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New Year's Day song profile
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- 4:40Length
- 32Lyric lines
- 34Timed cues
- 319sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “New Year's Day” by U2
- 34 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
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Release record
The matched recording is associated with “1985‐03‐22: University of Illinois Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA.” This matched version has a duration of 4:40. The writing field currently credits Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr..
Lyric structure
This transcription is organized into 2 text sections with 32 readable lines. Its 34 lyric timestamps cover roughly 319 seconds of the matched recording. The text repeats 3 line patterns; those returns are tracked as structure, not padded with an invented interpretation. The YouTube player reads those timestamps continuously, while the saved offset aligns video time with the matched recording.
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- Album / release
- 1985‐03‐22: University of Illinois Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA
- Length
- 4:40
- Written by
- Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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