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It’s almost time for the 2025 version of what is often the most anti-climactic countdown of all time, but music can fix that.
As we teeter on the edge of a new year, we stand strong against a blizzard of money troubles, beer bellies and yet-to-be fulfilled resolutions. We all enter the new year with different regrets, celebrations and goals in mind. Our plans are going to change depending on what those goals are, and yet, we’re all expected to welcome in the new year in exactly the same way as one another. It doesn’t make sense.
As we watch our clocks run down to the classic: ten, beer bottle raised high, nine, anticipation in the air building, eight, no turning back now, and so on and so on, the clock strikes midnight, and suddenly we’re plunged into a moment of shared disappointment. The zero we eventually come to is never quite as satisfying as you’d expect, and as a result, people head into the new year with low expectations to begin with.
Well, we at Far Out say no more. It’s time to make sure that you go into the new year as a representation of the emotion you’re keen on channelling throughout the whole thing, whether that’s nostalgia, happiness, sadness, or all things in between; we’ve got you covered.
The best songs to play on New Year’s Eve:
Cinderella – ‘Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)’
Start playing at 11:58:43
If there’s one thing I hate about lists similar to this one, it’s that they always assume the reader is looking to welcome the new year in with a smile on their face. If you’ve had a shit time in 2025, being forced to close the door on it, while simultaneously reflecting on it, can be pretty tough. You might have a broken heart, you might have lost someone, the year just might not have panned out the way you wanted it to, and as such, you opt to simply be miserable for New Year’s Eve. If that’s the case, there’s no judgment on my end, I’ve been there, and I’ve got your back.
I resent someone telling you to try and cheer up when you feel sad. If you feel sad and know that you’re going to feel sad, that pointless advice, no matter how well intentioned it might be, isn’t going to do anything. You’ll feel better eventually, and you know you will, but this moment sucks, and as such, control the controllable. You can be sad on New Year’s Eve, but you should also give yourself a fighting chance at happiness, and that comes in the form of a concoction of misery and hair metal.
If you start playing Cinderella’s ‘Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)’ at 11:58:43, then the first thing you’ll hear in the new year is that ridiculously over-the-top chorus, and the distorted guitars and flamboyant vocals all spill out over an unnamed heartbreak, and it’s so overtly sad that it almost becomes silly. If you’re feeling down this time of year, then that sucks, and I hope you feel better, but I’m not going to tell you to feel better. What I will tell you to do is to listen to this track, because it sings about a sadness so exaggerated that it borders on humorous. You never know, in that moment, you might just crack a smile.
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