Panzer recalled that Manilow wanted to write this song specifically for his Uris Theatre run, during which his live album was being recorded: "We wrote the song on Monday… it was orchestrated on Tuesday… and recorded on Wednesday."[2]
Manilow performed "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" live at midnight on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve numerous times.[3][4]
In January 2022, 45 years later singer songwriter Drew Pizzulo released his own cover of the song that scored a #2 Christmas & #25 pop hit on the charts of Soundclick.com.[5]