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13.4.04

#14 Happy New Year
Released on the Super Trouper album at the end of 1980, not 1979, which was always very confusing, as they sang about wondering what lay ahead “in another ten years’ time…at the end of ‘89”. I think it’s safe to presume the song was inspired by the previous New Year’s Eve. Anyhow, it went down a storm at many of Chig’s 1980s New Year’s Eve parties, and is still a staple if ever Chig is invited to do the music at such events. (Along with Thriller’s “It’s close to midnight” line just before 12, and a certain U2 track immediately after. You have been warned.) A wonderful song, fortunately never ruined by being released as a single.

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