New year's Day

New year's Day "is a song by Irish band U2. The song was number along with the Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?) released in January 1983 as a single.

New year's Day is the first single from the album War. This song also appeared on the albums Under a Blood Red Sky and The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides. The song was performed for the first time on december 20, 1982 in Belfast.
 * 1 Covers and samples
 * 1.1 Covers
 * 1.2 Samples
 * 2 Radio 2 Top 2000

Covers and samples[Edit]
The song was popular with artists to cover or sampling:

Covers[Edit]

 * 2 Fabiola
 * Gigi D'Agostino
 * Front Line Assembly
 * Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 * The Savitri String Quartet
 * Route 401
 * Ferry Corsten

Samples[Edit]

 * Dynamic Base used the sample for their Africa single
 * Bacon Popper used the same sample for their single Free single.
 * Dynamic Base used the sample for their Africa single
 * Bacon Popper used the same sample for their single Free single.