The lushly composed “struggle song” melds the personal and the universal, with Womack (who was born into poverty in Cleveland) recalling his own battle “to break out of the ghetto,” and lamenting racial and geographical divisions that still persist today: “The family on the other side of town / would catch hell without a ghetto around / In every city you find the same thing going down.” “Across 110th Street,” too, still resonates, spanning generations as a soulful anthem for marginalized folks fighting to survive, whether in New York City or any other. Now you're in New York! It’s her way of telling the story driving “Autumn in New York” through her own lens, not Duke’s or anyone else’s for that matter. A sample of the song's main riff and rhythm (1975 Hello version) was used by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo for their song "Zoom" from the album Sueño Stereo in 1995. New York’s alright. From getting high fives from the New York Knicks and (then) New Jersey Nets to taking an Ambien to stay awake in The City That Never Sleeps, Jay-Z’s wide-eyed appreciation for the heartbeat of America brings an intense passion into your heart. “It did become the soundtrack to that particular time,” Matador founder Chris Lombardi said of the song in 2012. This was released as a single in 1988, reaching #51 in the UK. Stevie Wonder – “Living for the City” The hardest-edged hit this fa-la-la-ing superstar ever dared, “Living for the... 2. “I used to be free / I used to be seventeen.” Since then, she’s achieved some of those dreams she was chasing around Manhattan and Brooklyn, but she has also since relocated to L.A. And that might be the biggest pill to swallow. “Think I’ll go a little, but then I go far!” exclaims Hanna, as the endless possibilities of transferring across subway lines make for exciting discoveries. It’s there—in a somber way—in LCD Soundsystem’s lilting, lovely, relatable (if you’ve ever spent considerable time in the city, that is) “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.” It’s even there in Taylor Swift’s charged 1989 opener, “Welcome To New York,” the kind of classic awestruck, bright-lights banger the city so often inspires. As one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the U.S., New Yorkers have been forced to show up by hunkering down, isolating in tiny apartments, town homes and studio flats and avoiding the sacred public spaces that normally serve as ad hoc living rooms, kitchens, gathering spaces and homes away from home when actual home is a 900-square-foot closet shared with two other people. Yes, his vocal positively oozes exuberance—listening to signature lines like “I want to wake up in a city that doesn’t sleep,” it’s hard to imagine that Sinatra wasn’t being sincere about the subject, especially having grown up across the Hudson River in Hoboken, N.J., right in view of Manhattan’s fabled skyline. That is, after all, the great strength of her voice: She modulates her pitch from line to line, verse to verse, with casual mastery, one moment telling of her fondness for the greatest city in the world, the next outlining the way its greatness so often cross-pollinates with loss and abiding sadness. We would have it no other way. The Iona Gaels (since 2005) and New York City Football Club (since 2016) use "New York Groove" after winning home games. With its brooding refrains and skewed imagery (only Paul Banks could make a line like “The subway is a porno” sound deep), “NYC” functions as Turn on the Bright Lights’ de facto title track, and perhaps a larger signifier of the era. Two Hearts. Livin’ down in New York town So all you newsy people, spread the news around You c’n listen to m’ story, listen to m’ song You c’n step on my name, you c’n try ’n’ get me beat When I leave New York, I’ll be standin’ on my feet And it’s hard times in the city Livin’ down in New York town It’s not for everyone—the squash of crowds, sweaty subways and street noise can be overwhelming for some. “Snow is falling in Manhattan / In a slow diagonal fashion / On the Sabbath, as it happens,” he sings. The friend he was talking about is author Quentin Crisp. She’s in love. I tried to capture the multicultural elements of the music in New York. The first was from the movie musical "On The Town" where he sang a completely different song ("New York, New York, a wonderful town, The Bronx is up and the Battery's down...") with … It resonated with the world, going more than five times platinum. Then he moved to the Bowery, this tough neighbourhood in New York, when he was 71. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. The Velvet Underground: “I’m Waiting For The Man”, 12. It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City. The New York Giants use "New York Groove" at home games after scoring a touchdown as well as Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI. However, as someone who moved to New Jersey as a teen, I have a soft spot for this song. It’s there in Harry Nilsson’s urban hymn “I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City” as the banjo cracks on. It is the eighth track from the American pop duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. Fresh from a real-life move to Manhattan, Swizzy loses herself … His phrasing on this tune is particularly pristine: try not to choke up when he pleads (and recedes), “I need you, I don’t need you.” But the truly great and iconic feature of this song is that, for all the emotion and memory that he applies to its performance and composition, he ends on a profoundly ruthless statement that hangs, dangerously, in the air: “I don’t think of you that often.” —Nate Logsdon, It will be difficult to convey to future generations just how well Interpol epitomized dapper-dressed early-aughts cool. She alternates between the two axes on and off, lilting through the emotional connective tissue binding her to the song. —Lizzie Manno, Few bands evoke The City That Never Sleeps quite like the Beastie Boys, whose standout Licensed to Ill track is a rightful fixture on lists like this one. The 60 Best Songs Ever Written About New York City 1. —Bonnie Stiernberg, Even for a city that’s produced an endless supply of self-referencing music, there is perhaps no song that captures New Yorkers’ collective image of their town as much as Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “New York, New York.” The song occupies a unique position as the hallmark for no less than three globally recognized institutions—Sinatra, the city itself and the New York Yankees. Sting wasn't the first to use the title. Also living there can be brutal; you know how sometimes being around a lot of people only makes you feel even more alone than you already did? Check him out wearing a younger man’s clothes, cigarette hanging from his lip, regaling a crowd in New Jersey with his then-new single, “New York State of Mind,” in 1976. At the peak of her powers, Minelli was able to match Sinatra’s booming presence pound for pound, so it’s not just Sinatra’s larger-than-life quality that cemented his version in history. “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” is Murphy’s anthem for the city that has let him down, but still it’s “the one pool where I’d happily drown.” “Downtown harks back / halfway up the street,” she sings. It hits different after David Berman’s death last summer, but it maintains the dark, mystical beauty that simmered up the first time I heard it on a sweltering day in July. Boogie Down Productions: “South Bronx”, 17. The Ace Frehley version was among songs proposed by James Gunn for use with the Guardians of the Galaxy in Avengers: Infinity War. The New York Giants use "New York Groove" at home games after scoring a touchdown as well as Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI. Hitching a ride. Is This It came out in the summer of 2001, just a few months before the 9/11 attacks, so later copies of the record removed the song, which some found in poor taste due to its jabs at the city’s first responders. Sting wasn't the first to use the title. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but was offered by Duke to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up! —Zane Warman, That’s the right attitude to have. Hearing Berman’s lyrical poetry is nothing new, but there’s something so special about this particular description of New York. —Scott Russell, As the last song performed during its last show at Madison Square Garden (before returning to the spotlight in 2017), to the surprise of no one, LCD Soundsystem busted out “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down,” the perfect way to conclude such a perfect night. —Candace McDuffie, Joni Mitchell sang of “butterscotch” sunshine and a fleeting “rainbow” on “Chelsea Morning,” a song from her 1969 classic Clouds. If we’re to name one rendition of Duke’s songcraft as definitive, it is, or should be, hers; Holiday’s voice gives the myriad conflicts and contradictions in the lyrics her stamp and a clearly drawn set of distinctions between the good of New York versus the bad. Years later, “South Bronx” remains one of music’s most recognizable—and galvanizing—anthems while serving as a crucial piece of hip hop history. And to be fair to The Strokes, given recent events, the barbaric department is pretty clearly not worth defending, and in the controversial chorus, Julian Casablancas is only regurgitating lines from “Nina,” some character who “just can’t stop saying” the phrase “New York City cops, but they ain’t too smart.” A classic New York City band influenced by other classic New York City bands, singing about a specifically New York City institution is about as NYC as it gets. Recorded in 2009, Jay-Z’s huge single quickly … They sent it in to Roc Nation for Jay-Z to record to it, but it received some less-than-positive reviews, leaving them to think that it would never become anything. The piano ballad is easily the best song about New York released in some time, miles more emotionally affecting than the Google Maps-like, landmark-referencing “Empire State of Mind,” and it’s one that does a lot with a little, stripping away Clark’s manic guitar-playing in such a way that you almost forget she’s still the best guitarist of her generation. I got a pocketful of dreams aby I'm from New York! The New York Boulders use this song as their victory song as well. Sting said about the song in the liner notes for "...Nothing Like the Sun" album, "I wrote "Englishman in New York for a friend of mine who moved from London to New York in his early seventies to a small rented apartment in the Bowery at a time in his life when most people have settled down forever." Nothing Like the Sun, released in October 1987. This song probably won’t help you appreciate New York, but it will have you longing to walk back down your own version of Croce’s “hot dusty Macon road” and set up shop with a “hard lovin’ Georgia girl.” I can’t get enough of Croce’s unapologetically southern outlooks on everything. If you believe the speaker in the chorus, the goal is no less than world domination. LCD Soundsystem: “New York, I Love You, but You’re Bringing Me Down”. But thanks to a welcome turn of events that involves it being heard by the right person at the right time at a barbecue, Jay-Z decided to give it a shot, bringing on Alicia Keys to sing the original hook. “New York, New York,” from On the Town. (Yeah, yeah) / (New York, New York, New York, New York) / … The song features a sweeping gospel chorus by the London based Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir. We've found 10,738 lyrics, 127 artists, and 47 albums matching new york. —Trey Alston, One of the late Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s best-known hits, Bobby Womack’s “Across 110th Street” shares its name with the 1972 blaxploitation film for which it was written and recorded, as well as the line dividing the hard streets of Harlem from the northern edge of Central Park. Jay-Z feat. 3. It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City. Compare and contrast that with Tony Bennett’s rendition at the 2002 Newport Jazz Festival. He expresses his frustration in this song: "Here I am, the only living boy in New York." The only Christmas song to feature the words “scumbag” and... "Empire State of Mind," Jay Z + Alicia Keys. "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. Immediately on its delivery, Sinatra’s “New York, New York” (officially titled “Theme from New York, New York”) sounded like a distant echo from the past, as if its spirit were as old as the migration impulse that has fueled the city’s story from its very inception. —Garrett Martin, This track is thrilling because it opens I’m Your Man in a mode in which we’ve never heard Cohen before, as a kind of cosmopolitan thrill-seeker and provocateur. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. Then, later, the location becomes even more exact as the borough count rises to four: “Coming down in smithereens / On Staten Island, Bronx and Queens / It’s blanketing the city streets.” But he’s safe inside, with a “fire crackling.” And what a comforting vision that is, especially now. Ace Frehley performed the song live at the beginning of the 2018 NHL Winter Classic between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers at Citi Field in New York City. The New York Mets play "New York Groove" immediately following a victory at Citi Field. "Take the 'A' Train," Duke Ellington (1941) For fans of: Transit, uptown. The "Englishman" in question is the famous eccentric Quentin Crisp. This was released as a single in 1988, reaching #51 in the UK. Sounds pretty great, right? Fairytale of New York . One thing I could consistently look forward to was sitting in the backseat of my parents’ car with my fifth generation iPod Nano, earbuds in, and timing this song on my queue so I could listen to it as we crossed the George Washington Bridge. On the bonus disc, Lennon and Ono get it on with Zappa and the Mothers in live sets from London and New York. The Gotobeds: “New York’s Alright (If You Like Sex & Phones)”, 23. (New York, New York, New York) One hand in the air for the big city, Street lights, big dreams, all looking pretty No place in the world that can compare Put your lighters in the air, Everybody say Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! "New York Groove" was performed on Kiss's tours of 1979 and 1980, and became a staple of Frehley's shows during his solo tours in the 1980s and 90s, and again during the Reunion Tour when he rejoined Kiss in 1996. For those who roll their eyes at the fact he’s sold out Madison Square Garden more than 40 times, it’s worth watching to see the man in his prime, through those loyal fans’ eyes. One swipe of a plastic card opens the floodgates to just about anything, and Le Tigre reminds you to take advantage of it. Having gone from slinging crack in Brooklyn’s Marcy projects to hobnobbing... "N.Y. State of Mind," Nas. —Scott Russell, This song is one of those minor miracles that populate so much of Cohen’s catalog. Though the Beastie Boys were just beginning to take their show on the road circa 1986, this hit made it clear they’d never leave Brooklyn behind. —Ellen Johnson, Frank Sinatra’s version of “Autumn in New York,” Vernon Duke’s 1934 jazz standard, is the only one to enjoy any chart success as a single one and a half decades later, but Billie Holiday’s take on the song is unimpeachably, undeniably, unequivocally better. Maybe the city at its peak still exists to someone, but not for him. Simon sent letters to keep in touch with Garfunkel and update him on the album's progress. The song was re-released in a new remix featuring rapper Ghostface Killah. "Theme from New York, New York" (or "New York, New York") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. —Nate Logsdon, Rumor has it that Michael Bloomberg himself commissioned this song, but it might as well have been sung by Disneyland animatronics. Also featured is Lennon's paean to his adopted home, "New York City," with allusions to doping clerics and transsexual rockers as well as the highly quotable line, "What a bad-ass city!" Beastie Boys: “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”, 1. All State Songs. In 2004 it finished #31 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American Cinema. "The Only Living Boy in New York" is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon and Garfunkel. The song was also issued as the B-Side to the duo's "Cecilia" single. Baby I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York One hand in the air for the big city Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty No place in the world that can compare As long as NYC stands, people will write songs about it. We hope they inspire a little of that NYC strength and spirit in you. We’re with you Leonard, let’s do this. A New York state of mind links these songs-a remarkable pop music mix that reflects and celebrates the incredible musical diversity of the City That Never Sleeps. —Steven Edelstone, “New York City Cops” is one of modern rock’s most mythical songs. The song’s main subject was Quentin Crisp, a British writer.Sting said this about the song in the liner notes for Nothing Like the Sun: In a deleted scene, Star-Lord and Drax argue about the song. According to Ryuma Matsuzaka, who produced and directed the clip, the idea to bring Japanese artists in New York together for the video came when he found himself humming the song one day. Vernon Duke. New York City is infinite, therefore its potential for musical muse is also infinite. 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So, “say goodbye to all your sorrows,” and hop on the imaginary train to Nilsson’s New York City, a magical land full of puppies and walks in the park and new love. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Soundtrack Music - Complete Song List | Tunefind In 1990, a remix by Dutch producer Ben Liebrand was released as a single and hit #15. —Ellen Johnson, This 1987 track, courtesy of the legendary group Boogie Down Productions, pays homage to the birthplace of hip-hop. You can, in fact, imagine him writing it in a room maybe like the one in the Chelsea Hotel where he famously made love with—and was given a legendary backhanded compliment by—Janis Joplin, to whom the song is addressed. Everyone knows any time you ban something, that makes it much more desirable, but even if “New York City Cops” wasn’t removed from the U.S. version of The Strokes’ debut album, it would still be just as good (Funnily enough, even the album cover was banned in America). Titled as a tribute to Motörhead’s 1981 live album No Sleep Till Hammersmith and featuring an ear-splitting guitar solo from Slayer’s Kerry King, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” stays true to (while affectionately goofing on) the rock ‘n’ roll in which the Beasties were rooted, reveling in the traveling drug and sex circus that is the classic rock tour. Or imagine having to operate in the miserable New York music scene, which the Gotobeds mock at the start of “New York’s Alright.” New York’s okay, but you can also do cool stuff in whatever town you’re in—and that town needs it more. A live version of the song can be found on the Japanese version of the 1996 Kiss album You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! The film Golden Exits (2017) begins with a character singing the song. He’s intricate and articulate throughout the record, delivering some of hip hop’s classic lines. Lyrics.com » Search results for 'new york' Yee yee! It’s got some good things to do, but it can also be a huge drag. But when Keys comes roaring onto the chorus, that’s when the chills form and you feel the utter infatuation with the area. The song has exactly the same chords as 'If You Love Somebody Set Them Free' If you find a good chord structure you should use it at least once or twice. which opened on December 27, 1934 (and closed in May 1935) and was performed by J. Harold Murray. The song describes the often disorienting, yet liberating journey into New York City’s bustling subway system. Leonard Cohen: “First We Take Manhattan”, 19. New York has had a lot thrown at it, especially this year. Streets of New York Lyrics: Nasty (yeah, yeah) / (New York, New York, New York, New York) / Ayo, black, it's time again! Sting wrote the song not long after Crisp moved from London to an apartment in New York's Bowery. “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z with Alicia Keys (2009) Of all the world's glitzy capitals, New York is … Recorded in 1979 and released in 1980, Sinatra’s version took on a life of its own after Liza Minelli sang it first as the theme song for Martin Scorcese’s 1977 namesake film starring Minelli opposite Robert DeNiro. This article lists songs about New York City, which are either set there or named after a location or feature of the city.It is not intended to include songs where New York … Official State Song of New York. —Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s thundering, wholesome and proud ode to New York City was originally created by a couple of other artists, PAngela Hunte and Janet “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic during a trip to London where they both felt homesick. Perhaps this time and place are cozy and full of wonder for you, with delicately hung mistletoe and snowy strolls down Fifth Avenue. The instrumental hook (DAH-DAH dah-dah-dah) is just as iconic as any of the song’s most memorable lines, and the ambience of the Sinatra recording hearkens back to classic 1940s and ’50s-era records where vocalists took center stage accompanied by an orchestra. The title song, "Autumn in New York" is crooned out by Yvonne Washington, and its relaxing jazz bass line and soft percussion is just perfect. The song became a popular hit after Frank Sinatra performed it at Radio City Music Hall in October 1978. With expertly twangy guitar work, plenty of humming and harmonica and the mellow, humble attitude of all the James Taylor-types who made this era of soft-rock so freakin’ endearing, Jim Croce chronicles the ups and downs of love and loss in the life of a classic, 30-something road dog. That “song” she mentioned?—“The traffic wrote the words.” “Chelsea Morning” possesses a movement and a light that’s felt in all the best songs about NYC. The love for New York has always loomed big in Murphy’s music, from his love of The Velvet Underground and CBGB and the artists that come along with that, but “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down” is his love song for a love he’ll never be able to shake, no matter if it still disappoints him. The lyrics paint a picture of a bygone New York City, one where up-and-coming rock musicians like Van Etten ran wild. It is the most New York and the most Irish. Listen to our Best NYC Songs playlist on Spotify right here. As the lead single from their debut album Criminal Minded, released that same year, “South Bronx” is notorious for its role in “The Bridge Wars” that pitted BDP against Queens rapper MC Shan after he released “The Bridge.” The song memorably samples James Brown’s “Get Up Offa That Thing” and undeniably launched KRS-One’s groundbreaking career not only as a skilled rapper but an exemplary lyricist. Or perhaps you gave up your dreams for a lover you now hate, your family members are tearing each other apart in alcohol-fueled rage, and you’re searching for meaning while moldering in the drunk tank. Sting said about the song in the liner notes for "...Nothing Like the Sun" album, "I wrote "Englishman in New York for a friend of mine who moved from London to New York in his early seventies to a small rented apartment in the Bowery at a time in his life when most people have settled down forever." And together, the two made history with a rousing love letter to the Big Apple. Best Songs About New York "Fairytale of New York," The Pogues Featuring Kristy MacColl. New York City is famous for its frantic pace, thus a "New York Minute" is even faster than a regular minute. In the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, the song is prefaced by Murphy getting in a cab and visiting the members of LCD Soundsystem for dinner, followed by a contemplative drive as Murphy looks out at the city he calls home. It is sung by Huey Lewis with music by Barry Mann and lyrics by Howard Ashman. Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do, now you're in New York! Nas’ lyrical mastery begins with his first verse on “N.Y. It’s his kind of lyricism, along with Q-Tip and Pete Rock’s understated production, that begged for hip hop to be considered as poetry.—Max Blau, Few lyrics have resonated more this decade than “You’re the only motherfucker in the city who can handle me.” But “New York’s” strength doesn’t necessarily come from its refrain as much as its hyper-specific ode to Manhattan crossed with a breakup song. That doesn’t mean it’s as shiny and wonderful as you’ve been led to believe in every romantic comedy and rock album ever made, but it is one of the most resilient cities we’ve got. —Ellen Johnson, You might recognize Harry, the 1969 self-titled effort from one of soft-rock’s greatest rascals, Harry Nilsson, as the inspiration for much of the music in the 1998 film You’ve Got Mail. Listen to trailer music, OST, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Most post-9/11 tributes to New York were mawkish, chest-beating drivel, but “NYC” (almost certainly written before the attacks but released a year later) depicted the city as a gloomy haze of feigned apathy and social disguises. Most New York lyric: “The Bronx is up but the Battery’s down / The people ride in a hole in the ground” Alicia Keys: “Empire State of Mind”, 2. The last song on the album before we hit the orchestral score is the romantic ballad, "Our Love Never Ends." Whitepages people search is … The song stresses personal responsibility in the line, "It's up to you, New York, New York," as it's a place where you can't expect a handout but have an opportunity to succeed no matter who you are. And in these days, darkness falls early And people rush home to the ones they love You'd better take a fool's advice than take care of your own One day they're here, next day they're gone The raucous, Rick Rubin-produced party anthem is nothing if not a posse cut, with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Michael “Mike D” Diamond and the late Adam “MCA” Yauch swapping rowdy bars fast and furiously, with an iconic shout-along chorus at its core. Lyrics. Start spreading the news I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it, New York, New York These vagabond shoes Are longing to stray And make a brand new start of it New York, New York I want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleeps To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap These little town blues Are melting away I'll make a brand new start of it In old New York If I can make it there I'll make it anywhere It's up to you, New York, New York New York, New York … This song is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film "New York, New York" (1977). Yet, it’s undeniably about New York City. New York designated "I Love New York" by Steve Karmen as the official state song in 2009 ("I Love NY" was also adopted as the official state slogan in 2009). —Jade Gomez, Jim Croce offers a proper antithesis to his contemporary Harry Nilsson’s “I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City” in “New York’s Not My Home,” where he bemoans every aspect of the city after living there for a year. Theme from New York, New York" (or "New York, New York") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. The New York Boulders use this song as their victory song as well. I'm an Englishman in New York See me walking down Fifth Avenue A walking cane here at my side I take it everywhere I walk I'm an Englishman in New York I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York If, "Manners maketh man" as someone said Then he's the hero of the day —Ellen Johnson, There’s no debate as to which 2019 song is the best and truest NYC ballad. Theme From New York, New York . Up to that point, the pair had always partnered musically and shared a bond, which was now breaking. “Englishman in New York” was released as a single in 1988. The pounding track about waiting to score whatever $26 will get you has been covered by the likes of David Bowie, Beck and Belle & Sebastian, but no one does it quite like the original. Yeah, its old paintings are probably more famous than your town’s old paintings, but it also doesn’t have your favorite bar or BBQ joint. When an inebriated old man also in the cell sings a passage from the Irish ballad 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew', the narrator begins to dream about the song's female character. In 1990, a remix by Dutch producer Ben Liebrand was released as a single and hit #15. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for In Song in New York (NY). The original version by Hello is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the in-game radio station Liberty Rock Radio, as well as being one of four songs to play during the end credits after the games theme played.
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