This Is the New Year

This Is the New Year by A Great Big World is featured in Naked, the twelfth episode of Season Four. It is sung by New Directions.

The New Directions are excited about the coming year after creating the 'Men of McKinley Calendar'. Before the song begins, Becky hugs the calendar as Artie and Sam speak about the coming year. As the song begins, New Directions are in a studio, inspired by A Great Big World's music video of the same song. They dance and sing together as it switches to different characters singing. Brittany can be seen carrying Lord Tubbington in one shot. The scene then cuts to the New Directions entering the auditorium, running and singing the song in their own crazy way. At the end of the song, everyone falls to the floor except Artie and Sam, who seem excited and high five each other. This is the final song of the episode.

Lyrics

Blaine:
Another year you made a promise
Another chance to turn it all around
And do not save this for tomorrow
Embrace the past and you can live for now

Blaine with New Directions:
And I will give the world to you

Marley (with Jake):
Speak louder (than the words before you)
And give (them meaning no one else has found)

Artie (with Sam):
The role we (play is so important)

Ryder with Unique:
We are the voices of the underground

Marley:
And I (Brittany: I)
Would give the world to you

Brittany:
Say everything you've always wanted

Sam:
Be not afraid of who you really are

Jake and Marley:
Cause in the end we have each other
And that's at least one thing worth living for

Jake with New Directions:
And I (Marley: I)
Would give the world to you

Artie with Brittany and New Directions:
A million suns that shine upon me
A million eyes you are the brightest blue
Let's tear the walls down that divide us
And build a statue strong enough for two

Jake:
I pass it back to you

Jake and Ryder:
And I will wait for you

Blaine and Sam:
'Cause I would give the world (New Directions: I would give the world)

Blaine, Sam and Marley (with New Directions):
And I would give the world (New Directions: I would give the world)

Tina with New Directions:
And I would give the world to you!

Marley:
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Unique:
Yeah!

New Directions:
I would give the world to you! (Unique: Oh!)

Unique:
Oh, oh

Marley:
Oooo!

Unique with New Directions:
This is the new year! (New Directions: Yeah!)

Blaine with Marley and New Directions:
This is the new year
A new beginning
You made a promise (Unique: You made a promise!)
You are the brightest
We are the voices (Unique: We are!) (Artie: Oh!)

Blaine and Unique with Marley and New Directions:
This is the new year (Marley: Oooo)
We are the voices
This is the new year
A new beginning
You made a promise
We are the voices
This is the new year!

Trivia

The original song was used in the opening of the film "New Year's Eve," which stars Glee-cast member Lea Michele.
A Great Big World, the original artist, tweeted to Ryan that they loved the version, adding that it "captured the spirit of the song." Source
The beginning of the video, where New Directions sung and danced crazily, is inspired by the original video of the song by A Great Big World.
A Great Big World also made a reaction video to this song and published it on YouTube.
This is the fifth group number in which all black and white outfits are worn, after Keep Holding On, Hello, Goodbye, One of Us, and Fix You, in that order. There is at least one in each season.
One of the songs that is slightly similar to the official music video others being Black or White and It's Not Right But It's Okay