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U2

last updated 2026-09-11 11:26

U2

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U2 — New Year's Day

Played: 2026-03-12

Track 3 from War, released as a single January 1983; album released 28 February 1983 on Island Records. Lyrics inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement, though Bono originally drafted it as a love song for his wife Alison during their Jamaican honeymoon. Driven by Adam Clayton's iconic bass line and The Edge's keyboards. Violinist Steve Wickham joined after approaching The Edge at a Dublin bus stop. Producer Steve Lillywhite said the mix was done in ten minutes. U2's first UK Top 10 hit and first US chart entry. War knocked Michael Jackson's Thriller from number one in the UK.

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