This New Year Explained

This New Year
Cover:	This_New_Year_cover_art_(Cliff_Richard_single).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Cliff Richard
Album:	Together with Cliff Richard
B-Side:	Scarlet Ribbons
Released:	30 December 1991^[1]
Recorded:	July 1991^[2]
Studio:	RG Jones, London
Genre:	Christmas, Adult Contemporary
Length:	4:20
Label:	EMI Records
Producer:	Cliff Richard / Paul Moessl
Prev Title:	We Should Be Together
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	I Still Believe in You
Next Year:	1992

"This New Year" is a new-year themed song by Cliff Richard, released as a single in the UK on 30 December 1991. It was the second single released from his first Christmas album, Together with Cliff Richard.

The song was written by Chris Eaton who had written Richard's 1990 Christmas single, "Saviour's Day", which had reached number one in the UK Singles Chart the previous year. "This New Year" reached number 30 early January 1992.

Track listing

UK 7" Single (EMS218) and Cassette (TCEM218)

1. "This New Year"
2. "Scarlet Ribbons"

UK 12" Single (12EMP218)

1. "This New Year"
2. "Scarlet Ribbons" (12" remix)
3. "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1991 remix)

UK CD Single (CDEM218)

1. "This New Year"
2. "I Love You" (live acoustic version, from "Together with Cliff Richard" video album)
3. "Scarlet Ribbons" (12" remix)
4. "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1991 remix)

Notes and References

1. Records/cd/video (releases). Husmann. Anton. de Louw. Harry. Dynamite International. 140. 2. The International Cliff Richard Movement. Utrecht, Netherlands. February 1992.
2. Book: The Complete Chronicle Cliff Richard. Read. Mike. Mike Read. Goodall. Nigel. Lewry. Peter. 286. Hamlyn, London . 1993. 0-600-57897-6.