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New Year's Day

1983 single by U2
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New Year's Day

Summary

New Year's Day is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Year's Day's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • New Year's Day's genre is post-punk[4].
  • New Year's Day's genre is rock music[5].
  • New Year's Day followed A Celebration[6].
  • New Year's Day followed Seconds[7].
  • New Year's Day was produced by Steve Lillywhite[8].
  • Among the performers on New Year's Day was U2[9].
  • New Year's Day's record label is recorded as Island Records[10].
  • New Year's Day's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[11].
  • New Year's Day is part of War[12].
  • New Year's Day's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • New Year's Day was distributed by compact disc[14].
  • 1982 marks the founding of New Year's Day[15].
  • New Year's Day was published on January 10, 1983[16].
  • Solidarity inspired New Year's Day[17].
  • New Year's Day's time signature is recorded as quadruple time[18].
  • New Year's Day's narrative motif is recorded as New Year[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, classic rock, pop, pop rock, rock[21]

  • Community tags: arena rock, classic rock, pop, pop rock, rock[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f2231fb7-0947-383d-b82d-64f3622968cf[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on New Year's Day was U2[9]. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite[8].

Publication

New Year's Day was released on January 10, 1983[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include post-punk[4] and rock music[5]. It is part of War[12]. It was distributed by compact disc[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Solidarity inspired New Year's Day[17]. Predecessors include A Celebration[6] and Seconds[7].

Why It Matters

New Year's Day ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (474 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Adam Clayton Bono Columbia Records compact disc Island Records Larry Mullen Jr. The Edge U2

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . u2.com. u2.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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