Another Year (song)

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"Another Year"
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Single by Finneas
ReleasedDecember 1, 2020
RecordedDecember 2019
Length4:16
Label OYOY
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.

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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]

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References

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