Happy New Year (disambiguation)

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" Happy New Year " is a holiday greeting.

Happy New Year may also refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Happy New Year (song)</span>

"Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper, with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog, and originally with very limited release as a single in December of that year. Its working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day".

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