Not This Year
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| "Not This Year" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Aly & AJ | |
| from the album Acoustic Hearts of Winter | |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2006 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Genre | Christmas, Alternative rock |
| Length | 3:24 |
| Label | Hollywood |
| Songwriter(s) | Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Antonina Armato, Tim James |
| Producer(s) | Antonina Armato, Tim James |
"Not This Year" is a Christmas song written by Aly & AJ. It was featured as the closing track on the Christmas album, Acoustic Hearts of Winter. It is one of the only two songs for the album originally written by Aly & AJ with the other being "Greatest Time of Year".
Song information
"Not This Year" is a mid-tempo song about not feeling jolly during the holiday season.
- It's not snow, It's rain coming down
- And the lights are cool,
- But they burn out
- And I can't pull off the cheer
- Not this year
Aly & AJ said in their lyric book that this song was dedicated to their grandmother Carmen who died on Christmas Eve.[1]
This song is the alter ego of their single, "Greatest Time of Year". "Greatest Time of Year" is a happy, cheerful and Christmas song, while "Not This Year" is a sad, reflectful, and expresses what a non-greatest Christmas is like.
References
- ^ "Acoustic Hearts of Winter: Aly & AJ: Music". Retrieved 2012-01-26.