Happy new year – Abba
No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are, me and you
Feeling lost and feeling blue
It’s the end of the party
And the morning seems so grey
So unlike yesterday
Now’s the time for us to say…
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I
Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives
And I see how it thrives
In the ashes of our lives
Oh yes, man is a fool
And he thinks he’ll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay
Never knowing he’s astray
Keeps on going anyway…
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I
That the dreams we had before
Are all dead, nothing more
Than confetti on the floor
It’s the end of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say what we’ll find
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of eighty-nine…
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don’t we might as well lay down and die
You and I
Hør sangen
Hør sangen
Om julesangen Happy new year – Abba
ABBA udgav “Happy New Year” på albummet “Super Trouper” i 1980. Benny Andersson og Björn Ulvaeus skrev sangen, som mange lytter til ved årsskiftet. Den hører naturligt til dagene efter jul, når julepynten stadig kan stå fremme, men blikket vendes mod det kommende år.
Teksten begynder efter festen og spørger, hvad fremtiden vil bringe. Melodien lyder både festlig og eftertænksom, mens ordene rummer usikkerhed og et ønske om håb. Det er mere end en kort nytårshilsen: sangen giver plads til at se tilbage og forestille sig en bedre tid.
Den bliver ofte spillet omkring midnat nytårsaften. Forbindelsen til julen ligger i kalenderens og familiens fælles højtidssæson, men sangens egentlige emne er overgangen mellem to år. Efter midnat kan dens eftertænksomme tekst virke mere rammende end den festlige titel alene antyder, fordi det nye år endnu er fuldt af ubesvarede spørgsmål. Den sidste julesang er dermed også begyndelsen på noget nyt.
