<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "New Year's Day" is a song by Irish rock band U2 . It is on their 1983 album War and it was released as the album's lead single in January 1983 . Written about the Polish Solidarity movement, "New Year's Day" is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and the Edge's piano and guitar playing . It was the band's first UK hit single, peaking at no . 10, also becoming the band's first international hit, reaching for example no . 9 in Norway, no . 11 on the Dutch Top 40, no . 17 in Sweden and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States (just missing the Top 50) for the first time in their career . </P> <P> In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at #435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". This song was also included in the Pitchfork 500 . </P>

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