"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a re-write of "Auld Lang Syne" by Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns, which was written in 1788 and published in James Johnson's "Scots Musical Museum" in 1796. However, as noted by the BBC's Pauline Mackay, Burns often re-arranged and rewrote old songs before publishing them as his own work, and is thus listed under the public domain. Mariah Carey's version is a new arrangement that uses some of the original lyrics by Burns, and was composed by Carey with Randy Jackson and Johnny "Sev" Severin. The singer's vocals were recorded by Brian Garten at Henson Studios and Westlake Recording Studios, both located in Los Angeles, California.
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Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Background and composition
It is a re-write of "Auld Lang Syne" and Robert Burns and Mariah Carey had re-composed the poem into a house song. Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context. The second single from the album, an extended play consisting of nine remixes was released by Island on December 14, 2010. Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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Mariah Carey.
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who is she?
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She is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
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what was her early days like?
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Racial tensions prevented the Carey family from integrating into their community though she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature in school.
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what are some famous songs she performed during 2010?
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Oh Santa! and Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem).
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who composed the former mentioned one?
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Mariah Carey.
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how did it perform in the charts?
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It became a record-breaking entry on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary songs chart.
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how was it received critically?
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There were mixed reviews.
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what was her other song about?
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"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" garnered a negative response from critics. Mike Diver of the BBC wrote that Carey shows restraint for the most part of the album, but "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" as the final track is "slathered in cheesy beats". "Rolling Stone" writer Caryn Ganz disapproved of the dance beat, saying "It's hard to figure out what's 'extra festive' (as the full song title promises) about her 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' update, and far easier to determine what's wrong with 'Auld Lang Syne' (an awkward dance beat)." Juzwiak was critical of the song, describing it as "robotic".
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Critical reception
"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010). The second single from the album, an extended play consisting of nine remixes was released by Island on December 14, 2010. Using the public domain poem "Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns, Carey along with Randy Jackson and Johnny "Sev" Severin (of RedOne) composed a new arrangement, added lyrics and re-titled it. The track garnered a negative response from critics, all of whom disliked how Carey had re-composed the poem into a house song.
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Introduction
"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a re-write of "Auld Lang Syne" by Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns, which was written in 1788 and published in James Johnson's "Scots Musical Museum" in 1796. However, as noted by the BBC's Pauline Mackay, Burns often re-arranged and rewrote old songs before publishing them as his own work, and is thus listed under the public domain. Mariah Carey's version is a new arrangement that uses some of the original lyrics by Burns, and was composed by Carey with Randy Jackson and Johnny "Sev" Severin. The singer's vocals were recorded by Brian Garten at Henson Studios and Westlake Recording Studios, both located in Los Angeles, California.
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Background and composition
A music video for "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" was released on December 15, 2010. A pregnant Carey, who only moves from the waist up, wears a black laced dress while standing in front of a green screen, which depict exploding fireworks in the nights sky. Becky Bain for Idolator positively reviewed the video, writing "There is something so endlessly entertaining about watching Mariah Carey do her patented diva theatrics — waving her arms like a crazy hand model; tenderly stroking her hair; spinning around dramatically."
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Music video
In countries other than Scotland the hands are often crossed from the beginning of the song at variance with Scottish custom. The Scottish practice was demonstrated by Queen Elizabeth II at the Millennium Dome celebrations for the year 2000. Some press outlets berated her for not "properly" crossing her arms, unaware that she was correctly following the Scottish tradition.
Auld Lang Syne | At New Year
An accompanying music video was released featuring a pregnant Carey singing in front of a background of exploding fireworks. "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" charted on the lower regions of the South Korean international singles charts and at number nine on the US Holiday Digital Songs chart.
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Introduction
As well as celebrating the New Year, "Auld Lang Syne" is very widely used to symbolise other "endings/new beginnings" – including farewells, funerals (and other memorials of the dead), graduations, the end of a (non-New Year) party, jamborees of the Scout Movement, the election of a new government, the last lowering of the Union Jack as a British colony achieves independence and even as a signal that a retail store is about to close for the day. The melody is also widely used for other words, especially hymns, the songs of sporting and other clubs, and even national anthems such as the Provisional Government of Korea’s anthem.
Auld Lang Syne | Other than New Year
"Auld Lang Syne" is traditionally sung at the conclusion of New Year gatherings in Scotland and around the world, especially in English-speaking countries. At Hogmanay in Scotland, it is common practice that everyone joins hands with the person next to them to form a great circle around the dance floor. At the beginning of the last verse, everyone crosses their arms across their breast, so that the right hand reaches out to the neighbour on the left and vice versa. When the tune ends, everyone rushes to the middle, while still holding hands. When the circle is re-established, everyone turns under the arms to end up facing outwards with hands still joined.
Auld Lang Syne | At New Year
On December 14, 2010, Carey released Extended play of nine remixes by (five by Ralphi Rosario and four by Johnny Vicious) as a digital download on iTunes. "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a house track with a "thumping" instrumental according to Rich Juzwiak of "The Village Voice", that lasts for three minutes and forty-seven seconds. At one point in the song, Carey says "Does anybody really know the words?"
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Background and composition
The music for the song was recorded by Severin, Keith Gretlein and Garten. It was mixed by Phil Tan and Damien Lewis at The Ninja Beat Club in Atlanta, Georgia. All instrumentation was performed by Severin, apart from the piano which was played by James "Big Jim" Wright. Background vocals were performed Melonie Daniels, Sherry McGhee and Onitsha Shaw. Rye Songs administered by songs of Universal (BMI)/Hope Faith Destiny Music Group (BMI); 2101 Songs Admin. By Sony/ATV (BMI). Johnny "Sev" Severin appears on behalf of RedOne Productions. It appears as the thirteenth and final song on the standard track listing of "Merry Christmas II You" (2010).
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) | Background and composition
Produced by Carey, Randy Jackson and Johnny "Sev" Severin of RedOne, they re-titled it "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)". It is a house track with a "thumping" instrumental.
Merry Christmas II You | Composition
The song begins by posing a rhetorical question: Is it right that old times be forgotten? The answer is generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships. Alternatively, "Should" may be understood to mean "in the event that"(expressing the conditional mood) referring to a possible event or situation. Thomson's "Select Songs of Scotland" was published in 1799 in which the second verse about greeting and toasting was moved to its present position at the end. Most common usage of the song involves only the first verse and the chorus. The last lines of both of these are often sung with the extra words "For the sake of" or "And days of", rather than Burns' simpler lines.
Auld Lang Syne | Lyrics
In Scotland and other parts of Britain, in particular, it is associated with celebrations and memorials of Robert Burns. The following list of specific uses is far from comprehensive.
Auld Lang Syne | Other than New Year
The Hogmanay custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" has become common in many countries. "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem by Robert Burns, based on traditional and other earlier sources. It is now common to sing this in a circle of linked arms that are crossed over one another as the clock strikes midnight for New Year's Day, though it is only intended that participants link arms at the beginning of the final verse, before rushing in to the centre as a group.
Hogmanay | "Auld Lang Syne"
She stated that her reason for remaining quiet about her involvement in the song's narrative was that coming forward might have disrupted Fogelberg's marriage. Greulich noted that Fogelberg had taken artistic license with two details of the story: her eyes are green, not blue, and her husband was a physical education teacher, not an architect. In regard to the line, "She would have liked to say she loved the man, but she didn't like to lie," Greulich will not talk about it, but by the time of the song's release in 1980, she and her husband had divorced.
Same Old Lang Syne | Origins
The strong and obvious associations of the song and its melody have made it a common staple for film soundtracks from the very early days of "talking" pictures to the present—a large number of films and television series' episodes having used it for background, generally but by no means exclusively to evoke the New Year.
Auld Lang Syne | Use in films
"Same Old Lang Syne" is frequently played on radio stations during the American holiday season. The song's opening lyrics reveal that the narrative takes place on a snowy Christmas Eve and they end with a second acknowledgment of snow. Since the song's release, these references and the musical quote of "Auld Lang Syne", a song traditionally sung on New Year's Eve, have increased the song's popularity during the month of December. The song debuted on the Hot 100's top 40, at #37, on 27 December 1980, between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Same Old Lang Syne | Association with Christmas
Gibbard crafted the song's fictional protagonist as a mix of several different women he had met: "This song is about a person who came to me one day and said she wanted to be written about. So it's not really my story as much as it is hers." Lyrically, the song revolves around a melancholic New Years' party. Gibbard also has noted the song originated as more a folk song, but was expanded upon.
The New Year (song) | Background
His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known across the world today include "A Red, Red Rose", "A Man's a Man for A' That", "To a Louse", "To a Mouse", "The Battle of Sherramuir", "Tam o' Shanter" and "Ae Fond Kiss".
Robert Burns | Introduction
This allows one note for each word, rather than the slight melisma required to fit Burns' original words to the melody.
Auld Lang Syne | Lyrics
This part of the song was cut from the 1995 single version. The song then closes with a Christmas greeting from all four of the Beatles. At the end, "Auld Lang Syne" is played on the organ as Lennon reads one of his original nonsense free verse poems.
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | Introduction
There is some doubt as to whether the melody used today is the same one Burns originally intended, but it is widely used in Scotland and in the rest of the world.
Auld Lang Syne | History
At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 13th in a field of 16. The song is a ballad, with Andersen farewelling her lover and promising that they will see each other again "maybe...next year".
Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | Introduction
In middle of that year, she also released two successful ballads she herself had written: "Lonely" and "Quay Lung Di".
Bảo Thy | 2012-now: Gia Su Nu Quai, loat dia don thanh cong and The Remix New Generation
"Auld Lang Syne" (: note "s" rather than "z") is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international Scouting movement in many countries uses it to close jamborees and other functions. The poem's Scots title may be translated into standard English as "old long since" or, less literally, "long long ago", "days gone by", or "old times".
Auld Lang Syne | Introduction
Then on December 31st 11:59 p.m., men singing Auld Lang Syne until at midnight they shouted, "Happy New Year!" as the Little House felt that she could never be happy again. Years pass, and the tenements get demolished to make way for three towering skyscrapers. By this time, the Little House has become battered and worn with age and has begun to long for her old life on the small hill in the countryside. One day, a wrecking crew comes, presumably to demolish her, but the Little House doesn't mind because she has come to consider herself that she's "just in the way" and "no good to anybody." She also resolves that she should be glad she has lived for as long as she did.
The Little House | 1952 film
It is centered at a New Year's festivity. A shaman, in a trance, induces the crowd of revellers to pummel Donny as part of the celebration. The space ship arrives and Merlin asserts his authority over the activities. Jo Ann and Pelegrin do meet, but they are separated when the spaceship leaves the scene. Jo Ann saves Donny from the beating crowd, and the act ends to the sounds of the traditional song "Auld Lang Syne".
New Year (opera) | Act 2
Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the Scots Musical Museum with the remark, "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man." Some of the lyrics were indeed "collected" rather than composed by the poet; the ballad "Old Long Syne" printed in 1711 by James Watson shows considerable similarity in the first verse and the chorus to Burns' later poem, and is almost certainly derived from the same "old song". To quote from the first stanza of the James Watson ballad: It is a fair supposition to attribute the rest of the poem to Burns himself.
Auld Lang Syne | History
The song was dedicated to the "Fatherless Children of France" and a portion of the proceeds of sales of the sheet music went to supporting these children.
Joan of Arc's Answer Song | Introduction
She denied that the song was intended to replace or rival the national anthem, but could be played alongside it, and other classic and modern Australian patriotic songs such as "Waltzing Matilda" and "True Blue" at public events.
Under Southern Stars | Introduction
We'll tak a cup o' kind -- ness yet for auld lang syne } The tune to which "Auld Lang Syne" is commonly sung is a pentatonic Scots folk melody, probably originally a sprightly dance in a much quicker tempo. English composer William Shield seems to quote the "Auld Lang Syne" melody briefly at the end of the overture to his opera "Rosina", which may be its first recorded use. The contention that Burns borrowed the melody from Shield is for various reasons highly unlikely, although they may very well both have taken it from a common source, possibly a strathspey called "The Miller's Wedding" or "The Miller's Daughter".
Auld Lang Syne | Melody
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Auld Lang Syne (Bing Crosby album) | Reception
"Same Old Lang Syne" is a song written and sung by Dan Fogelberg released as a single in 1980. It was also included on his 1981 album "The Innocent Age". The song is an autobiographical narrative ballad told in the first person and tells the story of two long-ago romantic interests meeting by chance in a grocery store on Christmas Eve. The song peaked at #9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Chart and is now frequently played during the holiday season and alongside traditional Christmas songs.
Same Old Lang Syne | Introduction
The narrator is reunited with an old flame at a grocery store on a snowy Christmas Eve. She does not recognize him at first glance and when the two reach to embrace, she drops her purse causing them to laugh until they cry. They eventually decide to have a drink somewhere, but are unable to find an open bar. Settling on a six-pack purchased at a liquor store, they proceed to drink it in her car while they talk. The pair toast innocence of the past as well as the present. The subsequent verse describes the two pushing through their initial awkwardness and discussing their current lives.
Same Old Lang Syne | Content
There is a countdown to the midnight start of the New Year, followed by a traditional rendition of "Auld Lang Syne", often with the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards. Among the regular events of the evening is the spot where Holland asks actor and comedian Rowland Rivron his predictions for the year ahead/his New Year's resolutions. Editions also feature a white-suited man with a clock for a face named Father Time or Clockman.
Jools' Annual Hootenanny | Introduction
"New Year" is a midtempo pop and R&B ballad with influences of soul and alternative rock. It contains acoustic instrumentation in the form of beats, bass, strings, guitar and keys, and features tight production juxtaposed with the group's harmonious vocals. Writers for the BBC characterised the song as having "a melodic swagger" reminiscent of All Saints' earlier work, and a "classy arrangement [...] boosted by an infectiously splashy drumbeat and stabs of acoustic guitar". "New Year" features a seasonal theme, focussing on the holiday of Christmas, which is referenced in the song's lyrics. It is about the experience of a breakup on Christmas Day.
New Year (song) | Composition and lyrics
The song is addressed to the new day, with Gitte asking what it will bring her - new hope, or the sadness of the previous day. Hænning also recorded the song in her mother tongue Danish (as "Unge Dag"), English ("Hello Today"), French ("Nouveau Jour") and Spanish ("El nuevo sol").
Junger Tag | Introduction
Following this translation, the song quickly established itself as the surrogate anthem of the supporters of the French resistance both in France and Britain. Kessel and Druon, however, took the credit for writing the song; it was not until some years later that she gained the recognition she deserved for writing the original song. Towards the end of the war Marly joined the Entertainments National Service Association, performing her songs to the Allied forces across Europe.
Anna Marly | War years
Patricks Cross / Will both be quickly at a loss." The ballad concludes, as many encomiums do, with the general praise of the subject and a desire for his or her continued longevity: "Heaven bless our King and Queen, / Who have our Nations safe-guard been, / Wheresoe’re They do Their Banner spread, / May Larwels Crown their Royal Head."
A new loyal song, upon King William's Progress into Ireland | Synopsis
The song eventually peaked at number four on the chart, staying there for two consecutive weeks and making it her highest charting single in New Zealand (airplay charts only). It stayed in the charts for six weeks in total, and was her first charting single since "Cornflake Girl".
Welcome to England | Commercial response
I had things to sing about. It was a fun adventure, no pressure, relaxed, smooth, powerful but controlled. I really had a wonderful time. And to see my friends again, it was great." The single is her first in English since 2000's "I Want You to Need Me". "A New Day Has Come" was released on 6 February 2002 to radio stations in the US. It was released on 11 March 2002 internationally. In October 2008, "A New Day Has Come" was included on the compilation "".
A New Day Has Come (song) | Background
The song has long been a "time honored Scottish farewell." In this function, it is generally sung (like "Auld Lang Syne") as a "first verse and chorus". Also like "Auld Lang Syne", the song has acquired a more general use: it was sung by Canadians, for instance, in honour of George VI in 1939; by Australians as a farewell to then-Princess Elizabeth in 1946; and by Elizabeth II's "Scottish subjects" in 1953. It was sung by an Australian choir to the departing athletes at the closing ceremonies of the Melbourne Summer Olympic Games in 1956, as seen in the 'Olympiad' documentary series by Bud Greenspan.
Bonnie Charlie | Use
Lyrically, the song is about the world thinking that she has it all, but she draws us in to the sadness she must have experienced with life issues, such as her older husband being ill and knowing that she had problems conceiving a baby. Her then 13-month-old son Rene-Charles Dion Angelil is the main subject of the love song, with Dion singing: "Where there was weakness I've found my strength/All in the eyes of a boy." According to herself, the song is about her son: "For me, this represents the birth of my child. Nothing can ever come close to that.
A New Day Has Come (song) | Composition
Singing in her languorous drawl over a fluttering samba rhythm, she paints a vivid, sensual picture, affectionate and self-contained. The song represents a sigh of romantic fulfillment, but also a small shudder of apprehension."
Another Country (Cassandra Wilson album) | Reception
She was always being told what to do and need to be herself, not mentioning all the gossip that had run between her and her boyfriends. She admitted she could think about nothing but sleeping for days. So she had split with her old team, her old band and her old manager and had asked her label to change her contract and she was lucky because they agreed. Finally, she stated that now she's ready to come back with new songs (she wrote three songs by herself and co-wrote another two), themes closer to her like love and growing up with a new, more mature look.
LaFee | 2011–present: "Ich Bin" and "Frei"
I don't think we could have written that kind of song."
New Year's Day (U2 song) | Writing and composition
On May 7, 2013, Janet Leon announced her new single "New Colours", that was written by Leon, Elofsson, Lisa Desmond and Jesper Jakobsson. "New Colours" was chosen as the official song for Stockholm Pride 2013. On October 8, 2015, Jörgen Elofsson received the Honorary Award of SKAP (Swedish composers and lyricists). He wrote the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 called "Dying to Try" sung by Brendan Murray.
Jörgen Elofsson | Other facts
"Auld Lang Syne" has been translated into many languages, and the song is widely sung all over the world. The song's pentatonic scale matches scales used in Korea, Japan, India, China and other East Asian countries, which has facilitated its "nationalisation" in the East. The following particular examples mostly detail things that are special or unusual about the use of the song in a particular country.
Auld Lang Syne | In non-English-speaking countries
"New Year's Day" is a pop music song. It was written and produced by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff. Antonoff described that the song "happened so quickly at my apartment. We texted the next morning to make sure it wasn't a dream." The inspiration behind came from a New Year's Eve party at Swift's London residence. About the lyrics, Swift said that "I was thinking about how everybody talks and thinks about who you kiss at midnight [...] But I think there's something even more romantic about who's gonna deal with you on New Year's Day. Who's willing to give you Advil and clean up the house? I think that states more of a permanence." "New Year's Day" was one of the last tracks unveiled before "Reputation" was released, which debuted at a commercial break for the November 9 episode of ABC's "Scandal".
New Year's Day (Taylor Swift song) | Background and release
Kirsty MacColl recorded the song the year after its release by Bragg. Her version was produced by her then husband Steve Lillywhite. Entering the UK chart in 1985, it was her biggest solo hit, reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and number 8 in the Irish Singles Chart. Bragg's original version of the song had only two verses. MacColl thought the song was too short, and so Bragg wrote a further two verses for her which she consolidated into one. Since MacColl's death, Bragg has included the additional verse in performances of the song as a tribute. The recording of "A New England" was the first collaboration between MacColl and her husband Steve Lillywhite on one of her own solo recordings.
A New England | Kirsty MacColl version
But more than that, it reflects in her songwriting."
Hundred More Years | Critical reception
The song's development discusses a woman who has left everything, including her family, friends and lifestyle, to start a new life with her lover. She has cited her husband as her inspiration towards the song, due to her constant move to England. Lyrical themes involve love, departure and family. Contemporary critics were generally favorable towards the song, who commended the personal subject matter and production. However, some critics felt it lacked originality and did not live up to expectations. Commercially, the song did not live up to expectations; The song only managed to peak inside the top ten in countries including New Zealand and the United States, where it peaked at four and ten.
Welcome to England | Introduction
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Auld Lang Syne | Melody
The most recent revival of the "Shield wrote Auld Lang Syne" story seems to date from 1998, when John Treherne, Gateshead's Head of Schools' Music Service, uncovered an original edition of the opera "Rosina" in the Gateshead Public Library, while he was looking for new works for the town's youth orchestra. "I thought it was appropriate to look at the work of a Gateshead-born composer. I picked out "Rosina" by Shield," Treherne said. "I started to copy out the score and hummed the tune as I was writing it down. I was coming to the end when I realised the tune floating through my head was Auld Lang Syne." However, despite Treherne's observation, Shield's use of the 'Old Lang Syne' melody had already been thoroughly debated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
William Shield | The "Auld Lang Syne" controversy
The lover went on to marry an architect and is seemingly content with her life, though she married for security instead of love. The narrator then says that as a musician he loves performing but hates touring. After consuming all of the beer, they exchange their goodbyes and the woman kisses him before he gets out of the car and she drives away. He flashes back to school and the pain of their previous breakup; as he turns toward home, the falling snow turns into rain.
Same Old Lang Syne | Content
The album with all of the same selections was transferred to a 10" LP in 1949 with the catalog number DL 5028. The set was also released in 1950 on four 45 rpm discs on a set numbered 9-119.
Auld Lang Syne (Bing Crosby album) | Other releases
The song was made available by digital download on 25 November 2013, backed up by two songs "Death of a Digital Ghost" and "See It Like Sutherland". A live version of She Is Suffering at the O Arena in 2011 was also in the single digital download. It peaked on number 200 in the UK Singles Chart.
Anthem for a Lost Cause | Release
"What's Another Year" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. This was Ireland's second Contest victory. Composed by Shay Healy, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May. The song is often misinterpreted as a power ballad, sung from the point of view of a man who has been waiting for the girl of his dreams to fall in love with him. On some level, he seems to recognise that she will never share his feelings, but he still holds them regardless. The title appears in the chorus, specifically "What's another year/To someone who is getting used to being alone?" In other words, he is prepared to wait as long as it takes.
What's Another Year | Introduction
She doesn't perform the song live anymore.
New Americana | Composition
It was also her last hit in France, where it charted for a single week at number 89 on 2 November.
You Weren't There (song) | Commercial performance
The second time around this just might have become your new favorite song. However Luke Lewis of "NME" gave a highly negative review of the song, giving a 5 out of 10 stating: "It's not clear what compelled Janelle Monáe to work with these New York-based Panic! at the Disco soundalikes. They're hardly natural bedfellows, and her input is limited to a brief vocal. It's a winning formula though – this stirring emo ballad went to Number One in the US. This year's Owl City then, if that concept doesn't chill your blood." The song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where it was also a nominee for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
We Are Young | Critical reception
For the final section, she wrote a song with lyrics from the poem "In Flanders Fields" , sung by counter tenor Jonathan Peter Kenny. She also used a recording of WWI solder Edward Dwyer describing the war and singing "we’re here because we’re here" to the melody of "Auld Lang Syne". Pook said she had that recording prior to composing this ballet, but initially did not know Dwyer died in the war.
Dust (ballet) | Production
Composition was completed on 10 July.
Queen Hynde | Background
At the end of 2010, she performed a big band version of the song at Jools Holland's annual "Hootenanny".
Better than Today | Live performances
The song itself was performed live for the first time at Cardiff club Barfly on New Year's Eve 2005. On the "Recover" 2006 single, a recording from The Electric Ballroom in London of the track is featured as a B-side, where the song is played considerably faster live. The track was featured on "Kerrang!"'s CD "New Breed".
That's What She Said (song) | Release
"Oh Santa!" was released as the lead single and premiered on October 1, 2010. It received a positive response from music critics, with many praising its composition and style. It became a record-breaking entry on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary songs chart. It debuted at number twelve and rose to number one the following week, becoming the first song to reach the peak in two weeks on the chart. It finished at number forty-two on the 2011 Adult Contemporary year-end chart. It also reached number one on the Holiday Digital Songs chart, and number one-hundred on the Hot 100. "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" was released as a promotional single in the form of a nine-piece remix EP on December 14, 2010.
Merry Christmas II You | Singles
Joan of Arc's Answer Song is a World War I song released in 1918. J.L. Lavoy is credited as the composer and lyricist. The song was published by J.L. Lavoy Music Publishers. It was written for both voice and piano. The lyrics are written in first person, and mentions the saint "Joan of Arc" once by name. The chorus addresses France specifically, and assures the country that America stands with them. On the cover of the sheet music is a drawing of Joan of Arc on a horse, with her sword drawn. Soldiers marching into battle are featured to the left and the foreground.
Joan of Arc's Answer Song | Introduction
In reality, the song was written by Shay Healy (who also wrote "the Ultimate Country and Western Song" performed by Billy Connolly) about watching his father coming to terms with the death of his wife and companion, Mairin. When showband frontman Glen Curtin, the original choice of singer, turned down "What's Another Year", the song was rearranged by Bill Whelan to suit Johnny Logan's singing style. Whelan later composed Riverdance for the interval entertainment slot at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Musically, the song is easily identifiable by its saxophone introduction played by Scottish musician Colin Tully, who now lives and teaches in Wales.
What's Another Year | Introduction
About her inspiration for the song, Ryan said: "It is the perfect song for 4th of July (Independence Day in United States) weekend". Ryan said she didn't want to be a singer and the song was created unexpectedly, when she became involved in the composition. "None of us planned on me singing on the song. The guys were in the studio writing the song but needed some fresh perspective on the chorus. I love to write and I will occasionally help out in the studio if I’m around. While I was helping with the rewrite, we all noticed how naturally our voices blended together on this song.
We Ended Right | Composition
The expanded presence of drums, tambourines, and handclaps all create the desired “tropical” effect that she obviously yearned to either maintain or further enliven with her newest LP."
Brighter Than the Sun | Critical reception
Fraser McAlpine wrote for BBC's Chart Blog that the song was "mournful" and "dignified", complimenting the "amazing" chorus and "the tubular bells, the sleighbells, the twinkling piano and the booming drums, and all of that mournful huffing, and it sounds both magical and deep." Digital Spy reviewer Robert Copsey rated "[t]he Christmas tearjerker" five stars, maintaining that it "blossoms into an uplifting anthem".
All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day | Critical reception
She also released a three-track maxi single which included the other second placed song, "The Wind of Change". The combined sales of the two singles reached No.4 in the UK singles chart; Rodgers last top 10 single in the UK. Later in the year, she released a fourth song from the final "Look Left, Look Right", together with the three already released tracks on the LP "Rodgers and Heart". "Another Time, Another Place" was then included on the 1972 budget LP "Clodagh Rodgers", after it had become a No.13 hit single for Engelbert Humperdinck. To date, only the last place song "In My World of Beautiful Things" has never been officially released in any form.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | Introduction
The melody concerned (which exists as a brief quotation near the end of the "Rosina" overture) has been claimed to be the source of the tune to Robert Burns' famous song, and Shield's own composition. Ballad operas generally quoted well known tunes, and in this case the tune is certainly much older. A fine and elaborate setting of an older tune with this name "For Old Lang Syne, by Mr. Beck", with variation appears in the Balcarres Lute Book, from Scotland. Here attributions such as "By Mr. Beck" are generally used to indicate the composer of the setting, not the underlying tune.
William Shield | The "Auld Lang Syne" controversy
The lyrics are hardly Ivor Novello-worthy stuff - even rhyming "now or never" with "together" and "stormy weather" - but what would you expect from the woman who crooned one of the most cliche-laden choruses of last year?"I'm gonna leave the day behind..." .
Now or Never (Jodie Connor song) | Critical reception
Brand said that the lyrics "are the usual post-Spice fare," but commented that "the images weren't quite matching the words. I was hearing the battle cry of enraged queens who will be oppressed no longer; I was watching five young women wearing identical orange mini-dresses, strutting up and down in perfect synchronicity, like catwalk models." In 2013 it was nominated for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize.
Something New (Girls Aloud song) | Critical response
After a reprisal of the refrain the song ends with sounds of people cheering.
Amy, Wonderful Amy | Background
During her stay, she was influenced by the Latin culture, and began harmonizing and singing the music she heard there. When she arrived back to New York, she already had the melody developed, and soon began working on the song in San Francisco with Afanasieff.
My All | Background
They have a sad reunion, kiss and tear themselves away from each other. The woman resolves to do her best to be a good wife to Robin, though she is extremely sad at the loss of her true love. The original tune was composed by the Rev. William Leeves. George Thomson commissioned Joseph Haydn to arrange the ballad for piano and soprano, as well as for piano, violin, cello, and soprano.
Auld Robin Gray | Introduction
The release of song and video marked the one year anniversary of the release of her single "Malamente".
Aute Cuture | Background
She said that the song was a New Year's gift for all her fans. On January 12, 2014 she released the single "Zaljubljeni veruju u sve". It is a song written exclusively for her by Hari Varešanović, with whom she sang together at the New Year's Eve.
Zar je važno dal se peva ili pjeva | Background
The song was also critiqued as an act of nostalgia in the Glasgow Media Group's book "The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. II: Industry, Economy, War and Politics" who wrote that upon the release of the song "...the BBC not only treated this as news" but "also gave us an historical introduction and extracts from her song accompanied by wartime stills of the 'forces' sweetheart' and current film of her wandering through an English country garden".
I Love This Land | Introduction
Following its release "The Way We Are" has received positive to mixed reviews. The single has been referred as her "best song since 2008". Lewis Corner of Digital Spy commented positively on the track, describing it as "an uptempo garage anthem with a hint of her former band Mis-Teeq about it." "The Way We Are" was also chosen as the "Song of the Day" by ABitofPopMusic.com.
The Way We Are (song) | Critical reception
Part of the song's humor stems from the singer's attempts to catch her breath after repeatedly singing the unwieldy place names.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | In popular culture
After one day of tracking, the song debuted at number three on the US "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and entered the US "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 27 a week after making her 18 top forty on the chart. That same week, the song debuted at number 26 in the UK and number 29 in Australia. The song entered the top 20 on charts in Canada, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, and Switzerland. It also debuted in the top 10 of Greece, Latvia and Slovakia.
Look at Her Now | Commercial performance
A dance remix of "Advance Australia Fair/Waltzing Matilda" was composed by Hylton Mowday especially for the event. It was generally disliked by the public, along with Prime Minister John Howard, who criticized merging the two songs together, disallowing the usual public moment of the crowd singing "Advance Australia Fair" for a remix which could not be sung along to. Leader of the New South Wales Opposition, John Brogden, called it 'simply a bad piece of music', and that it was disrespectful to remix the national anthem.
Sydney New Year's Eve | NYE 2004 soundtrack
In January 2015, O'Riordan returned to the US, where she bought an apartment in East Village of New York. In late April 2017, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band, the Cranberries released a new studio album "Something Else", featuring of acoustic versions of their greatest hits, and backed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Three new songs appear on this album: "Rupture," "Why" and "The Glory" the last song written by O’Riordan and Noel Hogan, in their song-writing partnership. The album was well received by critics; reviewers have praised "the return of one of Ireland's finest songsmiths", and reacted favourably to the orchestral and acoustic reimagining.
Dolores O'Riordan | 2015–2018: "Something Else" and final years
According to Betty Clarke of "The Guardian", "New Year" "tells [a tale] of festive fumblings to Last Christmas", and through lines such as "I'm older than my years, drowning in my tears" the Sugababes are shown singing with insight.
New Year (song) | Composition and lyrics
A New Song is a pamphlet of poems, chants, ballads and songs published by the International Workers Order in 1938.
A New Song | Introduction
"Why Me?" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed for Ireland by Linda Martin. The result was also notable as the song was composed by Johnny Logan, who had previously won the Contest with "What's Another Year?" and the self-composed "Hold Me Now". Logan is, to date, the only person to win the Contest with a song composed for him, win the Contest with his own song and then compose another winner. The song is a ballad, building in intensity towards the end. The singer describes her thoughts about her lover and asks why she is the lucky one to have his love, as against anyone else.
Why Me? (Linda Martin song) | Introduction
In Belgium (Flanders), the song debuted at number twenty-nine on the issue week of 16 May 2009. On the issue date of 23 May 2009, the song peaked at number twenty-six, and stayed in the charts for two weeks. This was her first charting single since 1996, with her single "Hey Jupiter" and was also her last charting single in that country. The song didn't chart on the official New Zealand Singles Chart, however it did chart on the official New Zealand Airplay Singles Chart. The song debuted at number eight on the chart. The song rose to seven on the issue date of May 24, 2009.
Welcome to England | Commercial response
She said she had sung “with an innocence of which I’m proud” and later said that her humiliation led her to avoid going out in public after being “betrayed by the adults around me”. She then refused to sing any of her songs written by Gainsbourg including her Eurovision hit. She left France for Japan shortly after the song was released and was reportedly not able to trust another producer again until meeting Michel Berger.
France Gall | 1966
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing, the song is written in the key of E major and is set at a tempo of 108 beats per minute with a time signature of for most of the song except for two measures of before the guitar solo and four during the ending. Jenkin's vocal range spans one octave, from F# to A.
Losing a Whole Year | Composition
Australia Will Be There or Auld Lang Syne - Australia Will Be There is an Australian patriotic song written in 1915 as Australian troops were sent abroad to fight the German and Ottoman forces in Europe and the Middle East. The song was composed by Walter William Francis, a Welshman who immigrated to Australia in 1913 due to bad health.
Australia Will Be There | Introduction
On 15 December 2008, recording company Polydor officially announced that "Si j'avais au moins..." as the next single from the album "Point de suture" (2008) while simultaneously a promotional format was released on radio stations. This format contained a radio edit version, in which the last refrain of the original song, before the musical bridge, was deleted. Many fans were disappointed by this choice, as demonstrated by the results of a survey published on the website Mylene.net which showed that only 1.7% of the voters wanted the song as the third single. Charles Decant of Ozap deemed this release a "surprising decision" which recalled the choice of the ballad "Redonne-moi" as the third single from her previous album "Avant que l'ombre..." (2005).
Si j'avais au moins... | Background and release
Because it was the question on my mind. (...). About this : to scream out loud what others will not dare do." According to the biographer Bernard Violet, the song which tackles "a new fantasy, self-destruction", is "filled with a special symbolism describing the passage from life to death" and "illustrates the strange torpor in which the singer seems to take refuge in the real life". According to some observers, this song could summed up by itself, the entire universe, atmosphere and themes evoked in Farmer's work. The name of the song ends with three suspension points – not a question mark – suggesting "the singer had doubts about her usefulness on Earth".
À quoi je sers... | Lyrics and music
Stephen Emms for "The Guardian" argues that the "ordinariness [and] universality [of the] first-person account" of a depressing day is what draws the audience in, and "morphs [the song] into an unusually poignant parable of what modern life means". He points out that beyond the supposed simplicity, the lyrics are "oddly imprecise...in a vague recollective tone", and adds that the fact sentences include phrases such as "I must have...", "I'm pretty sure...", or "...or something in that style" implies that Agnetha is an "unreliable narrator" and give the entire song a veil of ambiguity. He says that sentences such as "at the time I never noticed I was blue" gives "her account a tinge of unreality, even fiction".
The Day Before You Came | Lyrics
"New Year" is a song by British girl group the Sugababes, released as the second single from their debut studio album "One Touch" (2000). The song was written by group members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan in collaboration with Cameron McVey, Jony Lipsey, Felix Howard and Matt Rowe, and produced by McVey, Lipsey and Paul Simm. "New Year" is a pop and R&B ballad with influences of soul and alternative rock. It features acoustic instrumentation, and the lyrics describe the experience of breaking up on Christmas Day. Critics praised the song for its seasonal nature and the group's performance.
New Year (song) | Introduction
Seated behind the piano, wearing a black fur coat and Lions stocking cap, Franklin gave a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that lasted more than four minutes and featured a host of improvizations. Franklin released the album "A Brand New Me" in November 2017 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which uses archived recordings from Franklin. It peaked at number 5 on the "Billboard" Top Classical Albums chart before her death and rose to number 2 after her death.
Aretha Franklin | Later years (2008–2018)
The pop legend wears an understated — by her standards — headdress and coyly looks at the camera like the 18-year-old ingenue she still is at heart."
Woman's World (song) | Critical reception
There was a high demand for imports of the single in the UK, causing it to debut at number fifty-seven on the UK Singles Chart. It rose to number forty-four and ascended to the top of the charts the following week. The song spent four weeks at one on the UK Singles Chart. It stayed in the charts for fifteen weeks and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry, selling more than 300,000 copies. As of February 2018 the track has 529,000 combined sales to its name, including 6.7 streams since 2014. It also reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks.
All the Things She Said | Commercial performance