Not This Year

"Not This Year"
Song by Aly & AJ from the album Acoustic Hearts of Winter
Released 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Christmas, Alternative rock
Length 3:24
Label Hollywood
Writer Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Antonina Armato, Tim James
Language English
Producer Antonina Armato, Tim James
Acoustic Hearts of Winter track listing

Little Drummer Boy
(10)
"Not This Year"
(11)

"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

  1. "Acoustic Hearts of Winter: Aly & AJ: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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