Millions of people celebrate the New Year with these songs. Russian and English, children and adults, humorous and lyrical - these compositions conquered the hit parades.
We have included in our today's Top 10 the most famous new year songs... They will certainly help create the right mood in any company. It's time for everyone to plunge into the atmosphere of celebration, magic and fun.
10. Lyudmila Gurchenko - 5 minutes
This song from the 1956 film "Carnival Night" became a real New Year's anthem of the USSR. Today, even those who have not watched a single film with Lyudmila Gurchenko in their lives know the words of the legendary song by heart.
9. "Wham!" - Last Christmas
George Michael wrote this famous Christmas composition in 1984, when he was a member of the duo "Wham!" The song instantly became popular not only in its native Wham! Britain, but all over the world.
8. Mariah Carey - "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
The song was written in 1994 and is loved by millions of people around the world. No less popular than the musical composition itself is the clip with the charming Mariah in a Santa costume.
7. Christmas Toys
The first to perform this New Year's hit was Arkady Khoralov. In the mid-1980s, the song literally conquered the radio and television air. Today the most famous variations are New Year's Toys performed by Anita Tsoi and Natalie.
6. A Christmas tree was born in the Forest
The best children's New Year song was born in 1903 together with a poem by Raisa Kudasheva. The music for "Yolochka" was written by amateur composer Leonid Berkman 2 years later.
5. Jingle Bells
The most popular English-language Christmas song was written in 1957 by James Lord Pierpont. By the way, Jingle Bells are special iridescent bells that used to be attached to carts, and today are often used as a musical instrument.
4. "Mumiy Troll" - Happy New Year, baby!
For the first time this song was performed in public on the night of 12/31/1988. on 01/01/1989 However, the song was only played on television 10 years later. Ilya Lagutenko wrote the original composition while serving in the army.
3. "Disco Crash" - New Year
The song was written on the eve of 1999. And 14 years later, "Novogodnaya" remains an invariable attribute of every corporate party, friendly party and just gatherings in a cheerful company.
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
This popular New Year song is actually a 16th century English Christmas carol. It is not known who was its author, but this hit has remained popular for more than 4 centuries in a row.
1. "Abba" - Happy New Year
The song was released in 1980 as part of the ABBA Super Trouper album. It is noteworthy that the working title of this lyric composition was rather funny: Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk On Christmas Day (Daddy, do not get drunk on Christmas).