Partying on New Year’s Eve

Wishing everyone a joyful and healthy New Year 2026! Hope you enjoy the music and party on.

“Bringing In a Brand New Year” is a blues song that was written by Charles Brown. It was recorded by the American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter B.B. King. It is featured on his album A Christmas Celebration of Hope. It is the 11th track on this 2001 album.

"New Year's Day" is a song that was recorded by the Irish rock band U2. It is featured on their 1983 album War and is the lead single. The lyrics were written about the Polish Solidarity movement. It became the band’s first UK hit single and also charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at 427th on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"It's Just Another New Year's Eve" is a song that was recorded by the American singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. It was written by Manilow and Marty Panzer and is featured on the 1977 album Barry Manilow Live. The single charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Manilow performed the song live at midnight on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rocking’ Eve” many times.

“Happy New Year” is a song full of love and nostalgia sung by the American singer and actress Judy Garland. It begins with the poignant opening lines "The snow makes teardrops on my window, The wind blows memories through my hall," evoking a sense of melancholy and isolation.

“Celtic New Year” is a song featured on the Northern Irish musician Van Morrison’s album Magic Time. The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles chart.

“Happy New Year" is a song that was recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It is featured on their 1980 album Super Trouper with lead vocals by Agnetha Faltskog. This song has become a New Year’s classic and a must-play song. A Spanish language version was also released, “Felicidad.”

“Brand New Day” is a song that was recorded by the English musician Sting. It is featured on his 1999 solo album of the same name. The album won Sting the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the title track. The song “Brand New Day” features the American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer Stevie Wonder on harmonica.

“What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”” is a popular song that was written in 1947 by Frank Loesser. It was first recorded by the American singer Margaret Whiting. The song first charted on the Billboard Best-Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues chart when recorded by the American R&B group the Orioles. A wonderful version was recorded by the English singer and songwriter Rod Stewart, the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, and the American trumpeter and composer Chris Botti.

“Let’s Start the New Year Right” is a known holiday anthem first recorded in 1942 and performed in the film “Holiday Inn” by the American singer and actor Bing Crosby and the American dancer, actor, and singer Fred Astaire. A solo trumpet anticipates the final chorus, which ends the song on a high note—the promise of better times in life.

"Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a song that was recorded by the American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It is featured on her 2010 Christmas album, Merry Christmas II. Using the Robert Burns poem “Auld Lang Syne,” Carey, Randy Jackson, and Johnny “Sey” Severin composed a new arrangement, added lyrics, and re-titled it. It became a requested New Year's song.