U2 “New Year’s Day” 1983, 12″ single. Happy New Year, 2020! “New Year’s Day” was the lead single from U2′s third album War (released in February ‘83). It  was U2′s first top 10 in England (it went to #2 in their native Ireland) as well as their first international hit, going to #53 in the US, #36 in Australia and #41 in Canada. This 12″ features the “Long Version” – which is just 4 seconds longer than the album version so it pretty much sounds exactly the same. Also included on the 12″ is another big U2 anthemic track, “Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)” plus live versions performed in Werchter, Belgium on July 4th, 1982: “Fire,” “I Threw a Brick Through a Window” (both from October) and “A Day Without Me” (from Boy).