Another Year (song)

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"Another Year"
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Single by Finneas
ReleasedDecember 1, 2020
RecordedDecember 2019
Length4:16
LabelOYOY
Songwriter(s)Finneas
Producer(s)Finneas
Finneas singles chronology
"Where The Poison Is"
(2020) 		"Another Year"
(2020) 		"American Cliché"
(2021)

"Another Year" is a Christmas song by American singer-songwriter Finneas. It was released by OYOY on December 1, 2020. The song is a piano ballad that "paints a picture of family and friends gathered together to spread some joy".[1] It is his first Christmas song.

Background and promotion[]

Finneas announced the song on Twitter on November 25, 2020 with a caption reading "Christmas song on Tuesday."[2] Finneas originally wrote "Another Year" in December 2019. He explained in a statement about the creation of the song: "I wrote this song last Christmas, with a year of uncertainty ahead of us, had I known, anything I know now about how 2020 would go, I don’t think I would have changed a word. I hope wherever this song finds you, it brings you some small dose of comfort. The horizon is bright I think."[3][4]

On December 8, 2020 Finneas performed the song live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The performance was described by Lars Brandle of Billboard as "oozing with class."[5]

Critical reception[]

Rhian Daly of NME rated the song four baubles out of five, highlighting the lyric "I don't believe Jesus Christ was born to save me / That's an awful lot of pressure for a baby".[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Kaufman, Gil (December 1, 2020). "Finneas Debuts First Original Christmas Song: Listen to the Cheeky 'Another Year'". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Antiftos, Rania (November 25, 2020). "Finneas' Christmas Song Is Coming Soon". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Darmon, Aynslee (December 1, 2020). "Finneas Drops First Ever Holiday Tune With 'Another Year'". Entertainment Tonight Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Reed, Ryan (December 1, 2020). "Hear Finneas' Clever New Holiday Song 'Another Year'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Brandle, Lars (December 9, 2021). "Finneas Performs Festive Song 'Another Year' on 'Tonight Show': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Hunt, El; Daly, Rhian; Bassett, Jordan (December 21, 2020). "The best (and worst) new Christmas songs of 2020". NME. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
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