New Years Songs
Let's Party!
Raise a Glass
A New Beginning
Non-Music New Year Trivia
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This song is often sung at the stroke of midnight from New Years Eve going into New Years Day.
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
100
Much like at Christmas there is "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", at New Year it is suggested you rock around this:
What is "Rock Around the Clock"?
100
Dean Martin's 1967 song with bubbly in the title: "Little Ole ____ ______ __".
What is "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me"?
100
40-45% of people make these goals on New Years. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas had a song by this name in 1968.
What is a New Years Resolution?
100
This fictional figure/gentleman/character is often associated with New Year:
Who is "Father Time"?
200
This New Year's song by Bing Crosby was in the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn".
What is "Let's Start the New Year Right"?
200
It is tradition to find someone and give them this at the stroke of midnight of a new year.
What is a "Midnight Kiss"?
200
This song tells you where you are able to find a lot of alcoholic beverages. It says "There is..."
What is "There is a Tavern in the Town"?
200
We're going to do a New Year's song to the tune of a very old British folksong, also a children's song, that says: "The More We Get ________"
What is "The More We Get Together"?
200
Annually since 1907 (except for 1942 and '43 due to wartime restrictions) there is a ball that drops in New York. Where in New York specifically is the ball dropped?
What is "Time's Square"?
300
Someone is interested in knowing about your plans for the day in this 1947 New Years song, originally by Frank Loesser, but also recorded by The Orioles in 1949, Nancy Wilson in 1965, and others.
What is "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
300
In certain places, these bright and loud objects are used (outside) in order to ring in the new year:
What are fireworks?
300
Lawrence Welk used this term to refer to a style of music akin to Easy Listening that Welk performed with his band.
What is "Champagne Music"?
300
When starting fresh, many singers such as Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Bette Midler, Ella Fitzgerald, and Perry Como all suggest in this 1944 song that you should not dwell on things, but do this:
What is "Accentuate the Positive"?
300
The three top destinations in the US to ring in the New Year are Disney World, Las Vegas, and (WHERE)?
What is New York?
400
This song by Judy Garland in 1957 says: "I love the days we spent together; Before the old year lost its shine; I'll keep that memory locked within my heart..."
What is "Happy New Year"?
400
New Years parties often involve streamers, hats, balloons, noise makers, music, and getting together with friends. You might be singing: "Ain't We ___ ___"
What is "Ain't We Got Fun"?
400
If you have a lot to drink, you might need to sing someone this song, and ask them to help you do this:
What is "Show Me the Way to go Home"?
400
This 1970 Van Morrison song says that: "It seems like and it feels like a... _____ ___ ___"
What is "Brand New Day"?
400
True or false? It is often thought that the first visitors you see after ringing in the New Year would bring you good or back luck, depending on who you keep as friends and enemies.
What is TRUE? This is why most people celebrating New Year's Eve do so with friends and family most of the time.
500
This song was written by Charles Brown in 1961 and is on his album "Cool Christmas Blues".
What is "Bringing in a Brand New Year"?
500
Particularly if you go to a New Year's party with a partner, you might do this activity and ask your partner: "Could I ____ ____ _____"
What is "Could I Have this Dance"?
500
This 1949 song by Jerry Lee Lewis puts a fun twist on the beverage.
What is "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"?
500
This Johnny Cash song from 1969 could be seen as sad, but it has a message of "it's a matter of perspective and perception" and it's about a father who has abandoned his son.
What is "A Boy Named Sue"?
500
It is often considered lucky to eat these shaped items on New Year:
What are ring shaped items?