bing crosby bob crosby orchestra written by peaked billboard position 18 in 1943 one minute to midnight one minute to go one minute to say good bye before we say hello let s start the new year right twelve o clock tonight when they dim the light let s begin kissing the old year out kissing the new year in let s watch the old year die with a fond good bye and our hopes as high as a kite how can our love go wrong if we start the new year right let s watch the old year die with a fond good bye and our hopes as high as a kite how can our love go wrong if we start the new year right 