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{{Short description|1999 single by Pet Shop Boys}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
| Name = New York City Boy
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
| Cover = NewYorkCityBoy.jpg
{{Infobox song
| Artist = [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| Album = [[Nightlife (Pet Shop Boys album)|Nightlife]]
| name = New York City Boy
| cover = NewYorkCityBoy.jpg
| B-side = "The Ghost of Myself", "Casting a shadow"
| Released = September 27, 1999
| alt =
| Format = [[CD single]]
| type = single
| Recorded = 1999
| artist = [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| Genre = [[Disco house]]
| album = [[Nightlife (Pet Shop Boys album)|Nightlife]]
| B-side =
| Length = 5:16 (album version)<br>4:21 (radio edit)<br>3:20 (US radio edit)
* "The Ghost of Myself"
| Label = [[Parlophone]]
* "Casting a Shadow"
| Writer = [[Neil Tennant]], [[Chris Lowe]]
| released = {{start date|1999|9|22|df=y}}
| Producer = Pet Shop Boys, David Morales
| Certification =
| recorded =
| studio = Quad (New York City)
| Last single = "[[I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More]]"<br/>(1999)
| genre = [[Nu-disco]]
| This single = "'''New York City Boy'''"<br/>(1999)
| length = 5:16
| Next single = "[[You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk]]"<br/>(2000)
| Misc =
| 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 = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cpk8ym8iqWU|"New York City Boy"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''New York City Boy'''" is the title of a song by British music group [[Pet Shop Boys]]. It was released in September 1999 as the second single off the album ''[[Nightlife (Pet Shop Boys album)|Nightlife]]''. In the UK, the single peaked at #14 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. In the US, the song hit #1 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart and #53 on the [[Hot Singles Sales]] chart.
"'''New York City Boy'''" is a song by English [[synth-pop]] duo [[Pet Shop Boys]], released on 22 September 1999 as the second single from their seventh studio album, ''[[Nightlife (Pet Shop Boys 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 (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart and number 53 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Singles Sales]] chart.


One of the single's [[B-side]]s, "Casting a Shadow", was written for [[BBC Radio 1]] during the [[solar eclipse of August 11, 1999|11 August 1999 solar eclipse]], and CD2 included a video of the song with footage of the eclipse in the UK.
The music video for the song features the legendary New York nightspot, [[Studio 54]].


The song's string arrangements, by [[Vincent Montana Jr.]], interpolate "It's Good for the Soul" by Montana's [[Salsoul Orchestra]]. The song also samples "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" as recorded by [[Donna Summer]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
The B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for [[BBC Radio 1]] during the [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999]] and CD2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK.


==Track listing==
==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 men's [[chorus effect|choruses]] throughout."<ref>{{cite web|title= REVIEW: "NIGHTLIFE" BY THE PET SHOP BOYS (CD, 1999) |url= https://poprescue.com/2015/03/23/pop-rescue-nightlife-by-the-pet-shop-boys-cd-1999/ |work= Pop Rescue |date= 23 March 2015 |access-date= 4 December 2020}}</ref>
===UK CD single 1: Parlophone===

# "New York City boy" (radio edit)
==Music video==
The [[music video]] for the song features the New York nightspot [[Studio 54]] and was directed by British director [[Howard Greenhalgh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/pet-shop-boys/new-york-city-boy|title = Pet Shop Boys - New York City Boy (1999)}}</ref>

==Track listings==
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* '''UK CD1 and Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=[[Pet Shop Boys]]|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[Parlophone]]|id=CDRS 6525, 7243 8 87733 0 0}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=7243 887723 0 3}}</ref>
# "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
# "The Ghost of Myself"
# "The Ghost of Myself"
# "New York City boy" (The Almighty Definitive Mix)
# "New York City Boy" (the [[Almighty Records|Almighty]] Definitive mix)
# "New York City boy" (Enhanced video)
# "New York City Boy" (music video)


* '''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=CDR 6525, 7243 8 87732 0 1}}</ref>
===UK CD single 2: Parlophone===
# "New York City boy" (album version)
# "New York City Boy" (album version)
# "Casting a Shadow"
# "Casting a Shadow"
# "New York City boy (Superchumbo's Uptown Mix)
# "New York City Boy" ([[Superchumbo]]'s Uptown mix)
# "Casting a Shadow" (enhanced eclipse video footage)
# "Casting a Shadow" (live video from the [[solar eclipse of 11 August 1999]])


* '''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Parlophone|id=TCR6525}}</ref>
===UK cassette single===
# "New York City boy" (radio edit)
# "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
# "The Ghost of Myself"
# "The Ghost of Myself"
# "New York City boy" (The Almighty Definitive Mix)
# "New York City Boy" (The Almighty Definitive mix)


* '''UK 2×12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=UK 2×12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Parlophone|id=12R 6525, 0 7243 887733 6 2}}</ref>
===US CD single: Parlophone/ Sire Records===
# "New York City boy" (radio edit)
:A1. "New York City Boy" (the Morales club mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Superchumbo uptown mix)
:B1. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Man on a Mission mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Superchumbo downtown dub)
:B2. "New York City Boy" (the [[Lange (musician)|Lange]] mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Almighty definitive mix)
:C1. "New York City Boy" (the [[Thunderpuss]] 2000 club mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Almighty man on a mission mix)
:D1. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Downtown dub)
{{col-float-break}}
# "New York City boy" (The Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
* '''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Parlophone|id=7243 8 87725 2 5}}</ref>
# "New York City boy" (The Thunderdub)
# "New York City boy" (The Morales club mix)
# "New York City Boy"
# "The Ghost of Myself"
# "New York City boy" (The Lange mix)


* '''US maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=US maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Parlophone, [[Sire Records]]|id=35013-2}}</ref>
===UK remixes double vinyl: Parlophone===
# "New York City boy" (The Morales club mix)
# "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
# "New York City boy" (The Almighty man on a mission mix)
# "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Uptown mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Lange mix)
# "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Downtown dub)
# "New York City boy" (The Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
# "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Definitive mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Superchumbo donwtown dub)
# "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)


* '''US 12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=US 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Parlophone, Sire Records|id=35014-0}}</ref>
===UK quad vinyl: Parlophone===
# "New York City boy" (Almighty definitive mix)
:A1. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Uptown mix)
# "New York City boy" (Almighty man on a mission mix)
:A2. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Definitive mix)
# "New York City boy" (Superchumbo's uptown mix)
:B1. "New York City Boy" (the Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
# "New York City boy" (Superchumbo's downtown dub)
:B2. "New York City Boy" (the Lange mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Morales club mix)
# "New York City boy" (Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
# "New York City boy" (The Lange mix)


* '''US cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=New York City Boy|others=Pet Shop Boys|year=1999|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Sire Records|id=35017-4}}</ref>
==Chart positions==
# "New York City Boy" (US radio edit) – 3:31
{| class="wikitable sortable"
# "Lies" – 4:41
!align="left"|Chart positions (1999)
{{col-float-end}}
!align="left"|Peak <br>position

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from ''Nightlife / Further Listening 1997–2000'' liner notes.
* 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 programming: Joey Mosk
* Vocals: [[Neil Tennant]]
* Mixing engineers: Pet Shop Boys
* Remastering engineer: Tim Young

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "New York City Boy"
! scope="col"| Chart (1999–2000)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/rYlw97T.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016|access-date=17 February 2016|via=[[Imgur]]}}</ref>
{{singlechart|Austria|40|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
| 174
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|20|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
{{single chart|Austria|40|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Wallonia|23|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
{{single chart|Flanders|20|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|-
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|23|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|Denmark ([[Tracklisten]])<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=hits+of+the+world#v=snippet&q=hits%20of%20the%20world&f=false Billboard: Hits of the World, November 20, 1999]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Denmark ([[Tracklisten]])<ref name="M&M-1999-11-13">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/99/MM-1999-11-13-OCR-Page-0011.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=16|issue=46|date=13 November 1999|page=11|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
{{singlechart|Finland|4|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
| 6
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/99/MM-1999-10-30-OCR-Page-0025.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=44|date=30 October 1999|page=25|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
{{singlechart|France|47|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
| 22
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Germany|16|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
{{single chart|Finland|4|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|34|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
{{single chart|France|47|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Spain|3|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy}}
{{single chart|Germany|16|songid=4025|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref name="lescharts"/>
! scope="row"| Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="M&M-1999-11-13"/>
| 8
|align="center"|20
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/99/MM-1999-10-16-OCR-Page-0011.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=42|date=16 October 1999|page=13|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
|align="left"|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="lescharts"/>
| 4
|align="center"|9
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2991871|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 – Vikuna 4.11-11.11 1999|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]]|language=is|date=5 November 1999|page=10|issn=1021-8254|via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
|align="left"|United Kingdom ([[The Official Charts Company]])
| 26
|align="center"|14
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Italy ([[FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/history.kl#/history |title=History - FIMI|language=it|access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref>
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]
| 20
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|34|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|40|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|15|date=19991003|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Spain|3|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|9|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Pet Shop Boys|song=New York City Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|14|artist=Pet Shop Boys|artistid=26802|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|4|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=3 May 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Hot Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pet-shop-boys/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |title=Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Hot Singles Sales) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117154640/https://www.billboard.com/music/pet-shop-boys/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |archive-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>
| 53
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Chart successions===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{s-start}}
|+ Year-end chart performance for "New York City Boy"
{{succession box
! scope="col"| Chart (2000)
| before = "[[Sun Is Shining]]" by [[Bob Marley]] vs. [[Funkstar De Luxe]]
! scope="col"| Position
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[List of number-one dance singles of 1999 (U.S.)|number-one single]]
|-
| years = December 4, 1999
! scope="row"| US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA18 |title=The Year in Music 2000 – Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=112 |issue=53 |date=30 December 2000 |page=YE-60 |issn=0006-2510 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
| after = "[[Rendez-Vu]]" by [[Basement Jaxx]]
| 31
}}
|}
{{s-end}}
{{col-end}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "New York City Boy"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label(s)
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japan
| 22 September 1999
| CD
| {{hlist|[[Parlophone]]|[[EMI Music Japan|EMI]]}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/152447/products/262338/1/|title=ニューヨーク・シティ・ボーイ {{!}} ペット・ショップ・ボーイズ|trans-title=New York City Boy {{!}} Pet Shop Boys|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United Kingdom
| 29 September 1999
| {{hlist|CD|cassette}}
| rowspan="3"|Parlophone
| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-09-25.pdf|title=New Releases – Week Starting 27 September, 1999: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=25|date=25 September 1999|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 4 October 1999
| 2×12-inch vinyl
| <ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – Week Starting 4 October, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=2 October 1999}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| 21 February 2000
| CD
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com.au/artist_releases.asp?artistid=99|title=Pet Shop Boys|publisher=[[EMI Music Australia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010419130350/http://www.emimusic.com.au/artist_releases.asp?artistid=99|archive-date=19 April 2001|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
|}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 13 November 2024

"New York City Boy"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Nightlife
B-side
  • "The Ghost of Myself"
  • "Casting a Shadow"
Released22 September 1999 (1999-09-22)
StudioQuad (New York City)
GenreNu-disco
Length5:16
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • David Morales
  • Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"
(1999) 		"New York City Boy"
(1999) 		"You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
(2000)
Music video
"New York City Boy" on YouTube

"New York City Boy" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 22 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.

One of the single's B-sides, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, and CD2 included a video of the song with footage of the eclipse in the UK.

The song's string arrangements, by Vincent Montana Jr., interpolate "It's Good for the Soul" by Montana's Salsoul Orchestra. The song also samples "MacArthur Park" as recorded by Donna Summer.[citation needed]

Critical reception

[edit]

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 men's choruses throughout."[1]

Music video

[edit]

The music video for the song features the New York nightspot Studio 54 and was directed by British director Howard Greenhalgh.[2]

Track listings

[edit]
  • UK CD1 and Australian CD single[3][4]
  1. "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
  2. "The Ghost of Myself"
  3. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Definitive mix)
  4. "New York City Boy" (music video)
  1. "New York City Boy" (album version)
  2. "Casting a Shadow"
  3. "New York City Boy" (Superchumbo's Uptown mix)
  4. "Casting a Shadow" (live video from the solar eclipse of 11 August 1999)
  • UK cassette single[6]
  1. "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
  2. "The Ghost of Myself"
  3. "New York City Boy" (The Almighty Definitive mix)
  • UK 2×12-inch single[7]
A1. "New York City Boy" (the Morales club mix)
B1. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Man on a Mission mix)
B2. "New York City Boy" (the Lange mix)
C1. "New York City Boy" (the Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
D1. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Downtown dub)
  • European CD single[8]
  1. "New York City Boy"
  2. "The Ghost of Myself"
  • US maxi-CD single[9]
  1. "New York City Boy" (radio edit)
  2. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Uptown mix)
  3. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Downtown dub)
  4. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Definitive mix)
  5. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Man on a Mission mix)
  6. "New York City Boy" (the Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
  7. "New York City Boy" (the Thunderdub)
  8. "New York City Boy" (the Morales club mix)
  9. "New York City Boy" (the Lange mix)
  • US 12-inch single[10]
A1. "New York City Boy" (the Superchumbo Uptown mix)
A2. "New York City Boy" (the Almighty Definitive mix)
B1. "New York City Boy" (the Thunderpuss 2000 club mix)
B2. "New York City Boy" (the Lange mix)
  • US cassette single[11]
  1. "New York City Boy" (US radio edit) – 3:31
  2. "Lies" – 4:41

Personnel

[edit]

Credits adapted from Nightlife / Further Listening 1997–2000 liner notes.

  • 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 programming: Joey Mosk
  • Vocals: Neil Tennant
  • Mixing engineers: Pet Shop Boys
  • Remastering engineer: Tim Young

Charts

[edit]

Release history

[edit]
Release dates and formats for "New York City Boy"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Japan 22 September 1999 CD
[35]
United Kingdom 29 September 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 Parlophone [36]
4 October 1999 2×12-inch vinyl [37]
Australia 21 February 2000 CD [38]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "REVIEW: "NIGHTLIFE" BY THE PET SHOP BOYS (CD, 1999)". Pop Rescue. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Pet Shop Boys - New York City Boy (1999)".
  3. ^ New York City Boy (UK CD1 liner notes). Pet Shop Boys. Parlophone. 1999. CDRS 6525, 7243 8 87733 0 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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