It's Just Another New Year's Eve

"It's Just Another New Year's Eve" is a song recorded by Barry Manilow and written by Manilow with Marty Panzer.[1] It was followed by the single "Can't Smile Without You".

"It's Just Another New Year's Eve"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Barry Manilow Live
Released1977
Length4:21
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer

The song appears on Manilow's 1977 album Barry Manilow Live. The single reached number 33 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart that year.[1]

Panzer recalled that Manilow wanted to write this song specifically for his Uris Theatre run, during which his live album was being recorded: "We wrote the song on Monday… it was orchestrated on Tuesday… and recorded on Wednesday."[2]

Manilow performed "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" live at midnight on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve numerous times.[3][4] In January 2022, 45 years later singer songwriter Drew Pizzulo released his own cover of the song that scored a #2 Christmas & #25 pop hit on the charts of Soundclick.com.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "New Year's Eve playlist: 25 best songs to ring in 2017". MSN. November 29, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Blume, Jason (November 28, 2016). "Writing and Placing Christmas and Holiday Songs". BMI. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Through the Years". Parade. December 30, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Trust, Gary (May 16, 2012). "Barry Manilow On Highest Charting Since the 1970s, Dick Clark's Friendship, How to Write Hits". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "ITS JUST ANOTHER NEW YEARS EVE by Drew Pizzulo". Soundclick.com.