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Leaving New York
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Leaving New York
| cover = R.E.M. - Leaving New York.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = R.E.M.
| album = Around the Sun
| B-side = "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (live)
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| length = 4:49
| label = Warner Bros.
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| prev_title = Animal
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Aftermath
| next_year = 2005
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"'Leaving New York'" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the lead single from the band's 13th studio album, 'Around the Sun' (2004). Although it was not as heavily promoted as earlier singles, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their 11th and final top-10 hit there. However, the song failed to chart on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, becoming the only lead US single from an R.E.M. studio album not to chart on the US Hot 100 besides "Cant Get There from Here" from 'Fables of the Reconstruction' in 1985.
In early live performances of the song (September 2004), the band would play Michael Stipe's '"It's pulling me apart. Change."' album backing vocal during the chorus and bridge of live performances. As early as February 2005, however, as evidenced on the 'R.E.M. Live' disc, the band worked up an alternative whereby the backing vocals would be shared amongst Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow in order to make the song flow more smoothly.
Track listing
All tracks were written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise stated.
'UK CD1'
# "Leaving New York" 4:44
# "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Live, Oslo October 25, 2003) 4:35
'UK CD2'
# "Leaving New York" 4:49
# "You Are the Everything" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Live, Raleigh, North Carolina Soundcheck, October 10, 2003) 3:30
# "These Days" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Live, Toronto, Ontario, September 30, 2003) 3:27
Charts
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Release history
References
Category:R.E.M. songs
Category:2004 singles
Category:2004 songs
Category:New York City in fiction
Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Stipe
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Mills
Category:Song recordings produced by Pat McCarthy (record producer)
Category:Song recordings produced by Peter Buck
Category:Songs about New York City
Category:Songs based on actual events
Category:Songs written by Michael Stipe
Category:Songs written by Mike Mills
Category:Songs written by Peter Buck
Category:Warner Records singles
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