Question: Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg, was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, he  is best known for his early 1980s hits, including  "Same Old Lang Syne" is a song written and sung by Dan Fogelberg released as a single in which year?
Context: "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010).  The second single from the album, an extended play consisting of nine remixes was released by Island on December 14, 2010.  Using the public domain poem "Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns, Carey along with Randy Jackson and Johnny "Sev" Severin (of RedOne) composed a new arrangement and re-titled it.  The track garnered a negative response from critics, all of whom disliked how Carey had re-composed the poem into a house music song.  An accompanying music video was released featuring a pregnant Carey singing in front of a background of exploding fireworks.  "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" charted on the lower regions of the South Korean international singles charts and at number nine on the US Holiday Digital Songs chart. "Missing You" is a song written and recorded by singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg in 1982.  Previously unreleased, it was included on his "Greatest Hits" LP and released simultaneously. "Same Old Lang Syne" is a song written and sung by Dan Fogelberg released as a single in 1980.  It was also included on his 1981 album "The Innocent Age".  The song is an autobiographical narrative ballad told in the first person and tells the story of two long-ago romantic interests meeting by chance in a grocery store on Christmas Eve.  The song peaked at #9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Chart and is now frequently played during the holiday season and alongside traditional Christmas songs. Quad Studios Nashville is a four-studio recording facility located on Music Row in Nashville, TN.  The studio was originally opened in 1971 as Quadrafonic Sound Studio by session musicians David Briggs and Norbert Putnam.  The studio immediately became the home of many major recording sessions including Neil Young's "Harvest" album which included the single "Heart of Gold," Jimmy Buffett's biggest hit "Margaritaville" from his best selling album Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, much of Joan Baez' early 1970s work, including her hit recording of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and Dobie Gray's R&B classic "Drift Away."  Other artists to record at the studio in the early years include Dan Fogelberg, Grand Funk Railroad, The Jackson Five, The Pointer Sisters, Joe Walsh and The James Gang, and many others. "Stars" is a 1972 ballad from Dan Fogelberg's debut album, "Home Free", and the second track on the album.  The song was written by Fogelberg and produced by Norbert Putnam.  The song was released on the Epic Records label.  The song was later covered Amy Holland in 1980 on her debut album and by Alison Krauss on her 2001 album "New Favorite". Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass.  He is best known for his early 1980s hits, including "Longer" (1980), "Leader of the Band" (1981), and "Same Old Lang Syne" (1981). "Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records.  The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album "Phoenix".  It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings. "Run for the Roses" is a song on the album "The Innocent Age", written and recorded by singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg in 1981.  Released as a single the following year, it peaked at number 18 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.  It has since been used as an unofficial theme for the Kentucky Derby.  The chorus mentions "the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance" at once describing the experience of horse racing and life itself. The Innocent Age is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).  It was also one of his most successful albums; three of his four Top 10 singles on the "Billboard" pop chart ("Hard to Say" (no. 7), "Same Old Lang Syne" (no. 9), and "Leader of the Band" (no. 9)) were from this album, as well as another Top 20 single in "Run for the Roses" (no. 18).  All four also reached the Top 10 on the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart, with "Leader of the Band" reaching number 1 on that chart.  The album also includes his song "Times Like These" from the 1980 "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack.  "The Innocent Age" drew its inspiration from Thomas Wolfe's major novel "Of Time and the River." "Leader of the Band" is a song written by Dan Fogelberg from his 1981 album "The Innocent Age".  The song was written as a tribute to his father, Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and the leader of a band, who was still alive at the time the song was released.  Lawrence died in August 1982.
Answer: 1980