New Year

## **New Year**Single by Sugababes

**New Year** is the second single and tenth track of the Sugababes' debut album, *One Touch*. The song was written by group members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena, and Keisha Buchanan in collaboration with Cameron McVey, Jony Lipsey, Felix Howard and Matt Rowe, and produced by McVey, Lipsey and Paul Simm. "New Year" is a pop and R&B ballad with influences of soul and alternative rock. It features acoustic instrumentation, and the lyrics describe the experience of breaking up on Christmas Day.

A remastered version, together with the non-Christmas version, are found in the 20 Year Anniversary edition in 2021.

## Background

"New Year" was recorded and engineered by Goetz Botzenhardt at Bear Studios, and mixed by its producers at Metropolis Studios. London Records released "New Year" in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2000 as the second single from One Touch. Two B-sides were featured on the first CD single: "Forever" and "Sugababes on the Run". On the second CD, a B-side titled "Little Lady Love" was included. "New Year" was omitted from the group's greatest hits album Overloaded: The Singles Collection.

Critics praised the song for its seasonal nature and the group's performance. Upon release, it charted at number twelve in the United Kingdom and number twenty-five in Ireland. To promote the song, a music video was directed by Alex Hamming and filmed in London. On 31 December 2012 the trio performed "New Year" at a New Year's Eve party in London, under their new group name Mutya Keisha Siobhan.

Because of its release around Christmas time, media outlets considered "New Year" to be a contender for the 2000 Christmas number one. In the issue dated 30 December 2000 the song debuted and peaked at number twelve on the UK Singles Chart, where it charted for nine weeks. By early 2010, it had sold approximately 85,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was the group's eighteenth highest-selling single there. "New Year" reached number twenty-five on the Irish Singles Chart, where it appeared for five weeks.

## Track listing

CD1 Single
1. New Year - 3:50
2. Sugababes on the Run - 3:34
3. Forever - 2:55

CD2 Single - Enhanced
1. New Year - 3:50
2. Little Lady Love (About 2 Remix) - 5:06
3. New Year (Protest Remix) - 4:10
4. New Year (Video)

Cassette Single
1. New Year - 3:50
2. Forever - 2:55

## Personnel

* Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Paul Simm
* Engineer [Recording & Mix] – Goetz Botzenhardt
* Guitar – Jeremy Shaw (3)
* Keyboards – Cameron McVey
* Mixed By – Cameron McVey, Jony Rockstar, Paul Simm
* Producer – Cameron McVey, Jony Rockstar, Paul Simm
* Programmed By [Programming], Percussion [Beats], Bass – Jony Rockstar
* Strings – Matt Rowe
* Written-By – McVey, Howard, Lipsey, Rowe, Sugababes

## Trivia

* The non-Christmas version of "New Year", subtitled "2001 Edit", was first published on a promotional CD of the single.
* "New Year" was featured again in 2013 LOVE Magazine ad and was sung by the original members of Sugababes who were still under Mutya Keisha Siobhan.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Year. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/1291979-Sugababes-New-Year
2. ↑ New Year - CD Enhanced. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/1215706-Sugababes-New-Year
3. ↑ New Year. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/5280060-Sugababes-New-Year
4. ↑  New Year (2001 Edit). Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/2789812-Sugababes-New-Year-2001-Edit
5. ↑ "Sugababes - New Year (Live - LOVE Magazine, UK, December 2013)". Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrCdyhd1yLg

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