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Did you Know? "Auld Lang Syne" was never meant to be a holiday song.
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According to ABC News, most experts believe Robert Burns wrote the song "Auld Lang Syne" in the 1700s. Guy Lombardo popularised the song by using it as a segue between radio shows at midnight in 1929, though the midnight timing was not on purpose.