A friend who used to be a street musician in Japan ten years ago arranged the music and hired the singers and recorded the song in his home studio, and the words sort of wrote themselves. There are call outs in eight foreign languages, including Japanese, “akemashite omedetto” (listen for it).

The song was being released the other day on a free music site from France, with a video of some clown in a sushi jacket lipsynching the song. It’s titled “New Year Dance 2008″. I know it’s a bit early days, but hey, before you know it, it will be 2008, and then 2009….

[Save this for a rainy day.]