Released 2006 Length 3:24 | Recorded 2006 Label Hollywood | |
Genre Christmas, Alternative rock Writer(s) Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, 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 yearAly & AJ said in their lyric book that this song was dedicated to their grandmother Carmen who died on Christmas Eve.
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
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