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I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
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Wikipedia article
"'I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City'" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Nilsson in 1969.
A track from his fourth studio album, 'Harry', it became his second charting single.
Background
The song was written for, but not included in, the movie 'Midnight Cowboy'. The same recording was reissued in 1972 crediting Buck Earl, (Jon Voight's character in the movie was Joe Buck.) as the performing artist.
Chart performance
It became Nilsson's second hit record in the U.S., reaching No. 34 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart'Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990' - and No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart.
The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it reached No. 25 on the Pop chart[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6067&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6067.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6067, RPM Top Singles, December 6, 1969] and No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6062&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6062.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6062 RPM Adult Contemporary, December 6, 1969]
Notable cover versions
*"I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" was covered by Sagittarius in 1969. Their version reached number 135 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.[Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004]
*A version by Wayne Newton reached number 28 on the US Easy Listening chart in the fall of 1969.
Popular culture
*The track was used in a film 1971's 'La Mortadella' (US title: 'Lady Liberty'), starring Sophia Loren.
*It was also featured in the 1998 movie 'You've Got Mail' starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
References
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