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Wikipedia article {{Infobox song \| name = New York City Boy \| cover = NewYorkCityBoy.jpg \| alt = \| type = single \| artist = Pet Shop Boys \| album = Nightlife \| B-side = \| released = \| recorded = \| studio = Quad (New York City) \| genre = Disco \| length = 5:16 \| label = Parlophone \| writer = * Neil Tennant * Chris Lowe * David Morales \| producer = * David Morales * Pet Shop Boys \| prev_title = I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More \| prev_year = 1999 \| next_title = You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk \| next_year = 2000 \| misc = }} "'New York City Boy'" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 27 September 1999 as the second single from their seventh studio album, 'Nightlife' (1999). In the UK, the single peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the charts in numerous European countries, peaking at number three in Spain, and number four in Finland and Hungary. In the US, the song hit number one on the 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 53 on the 'Billboard' Hot Singles Sales chart. The second B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, and CD 2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK. This song has many references inside, particularly two famous disco culture songs. The first one is in the string arrangements, reference to "It's good for the soul" by The Salsoul Orchestra (1976). It's not surprising because in the strings and arrangements is the leader of that band, Vincent Montana Jr. The second one is the sample of the Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer song "Mac Arthur Park" (1978). Personnel, according to "Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 - 2000", 2017: * Conductor and Vocal Arranger: Danny Madden * Arranger and Conductor Strings and Horns: Vincent Montana, Jr. * Backing Vocals: Billy Cliff, John James, Keith Fluitt and Steve Abram * Bass Guitar: Gene Perez * Engineers: Steve Barkan, Bill Importico, Jr., Jon Smelz. * Mixing Engineer: Goetz Botzenhardt * Percussion: Carlos Gomez * Keyboards, Vocals: Chris Lowe * Producer: David Morales * Keyboards and Programmer: Joey Mosk * Vocals: Neil Tennant * Mixing Engineer: Pet Shop Boys * Remastering Engineer: Tim Young Critical reception Pop Rescue commented, "Disco comes unashamedly bursting in, with second single New York City Boy, a kind of early Your Disco Needs You, complete with camp video and mens choruses throughout. The pace is fast, and I can imagine that this song attracted mixes by the bucketload." Music video The music video for the song features the New York nightspot Studio 54 and was directed by British director Howard Greenhalgh. Track listings 'UK CD single 1 (CDRS 6525)' # "New York City Boy" (radio edit) # "The Ghost of Myself" # "New York City Boy" (The Almighty Definitive Mix) # "New York City Boy" (music video) 'UK CD single 2 (CDR 6525)' # "New York City Boy" (album version) # "Casting a Shadow" # "New York City Boy" (Superchumbo's Uptown Mix) # "Casting a Shadow" (enhanced eclipse video footage) 'UK cassette single (TCR 6525)' # "New York City Boy" (radio edit) # "The Ghost of Myself" # "New York City Boy" (The Almighty Definitive Mix) 'US CD single (35013-2)' # "New York City Boy" (radio edit) # "New York City Boy" (The Superchumbo uptown mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Superchumbo downtown dub) # "New York City Boy" (The Almighty definitive mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Almighty man on a mission mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Thunderpuss 2000 club mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Thunderdub) # "New York City Boy" (The Morales club mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Lange mix) 'UK remixes double vinyl (12R 6525)' # "New York City Boy" (The Morales club mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Almighty man on a mission mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Lange mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Thunderpuss 2000 club mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Superchumbo downtown dub) 'UK quad vinyl (12RDJS 6525)' # "New York City Boy" (Almighty definitive mix) # "New York City Boy" (Almighty man on a mission mix) # "New York City Boy" (Superchumbo's uptown mix) # "New York City Boy" (Superchumbo's downtown dub) # "New York City Boy" (The Morales club mix) # "New York City Boy" (Thunderpuss 2000 club mix) # "New York City Boy" (The Lange mix) Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Category:1999 singles Category:1999 songs Category:English house music songs Category:Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh Category:Nu-disco songs Category:Parlophone singles Category:Pet Shop Boys songs Category:Songs about New York City Category:Songs written by Chris Lowe Category:Songs written by Neil Tennant
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