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'{{about|the Sting song|the Godley and Creme song|An Englishman in New York}} {{Infobox single | Name = Englishman in New York | Type = Single | Border = yes | Artist = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] | from Album = [[...Nothing Like the Sun]] | B-side = "Ghost in the Strand" | Cover = StingEnglishmanInNewYork7InchSingleCover.jpg | Released = February 1988 | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[jazz]], [[reggae]] | Length = 4:25 | Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | Writer = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] | Producer = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], Neil Dorfsman | Last single = "[[We'll Be Together (Sting song)|We'll Be Together]]"<br/>(1987) | This single = "Englishman in New York"<br/>(1988) | Next single = "[[Be Still My Beating Heart]]"<br/>(1988) }} "'''Englishman in New York'''" is a song by English artist [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], from his 1987 album ''[[...Nothing Like the Sun]]''. The song was released as a single in 1988, but only reached #51 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=15092 UK Singles Chart info at chartstats.com]</ref> In the US, "Englishman in New York" peaked at #84 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in April 1988.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1988-04-30/hot-100 Billboard Hot 100 info at billboard.com]</ref> The song reached #32 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock chart]] that same month.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sting|chart=Mainstream Rock Tracks}} Billboard Mainstream Rock info at billboard.com]</ref> [[Branford Marsalis]] played [[soprano saxophone]] on the track and [[Manu Katche]] the percussion. However, "Englishman in New York" was a hit in 1988 in several European countries,<ref>[http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sting&titel=Englishman+In+New+York&cat=s Lescharts.com]</ref> reaching the Top 40 (and sometimes the Top 20) in [[France]], [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Ireland]], etc. In 1990, just prior to the release of his third studio album ''[[The Soul Cages]]'', Sting's record label licensed Dutch [[DJ]] and producer [[Ben Liebrand]] to remix "Englishman in New York" and subsequently release it as a single. The remix played around with the introduction and some of the instrumentation, but the essence of the song remained the same. The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990.<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=17921 UK Singles Chart remix info at chartstats.com]</ref> ==Content== The "Englishman" in question is the famous eccentric and [[gay icon]] [[Quentin Crisp]].{{fact|date=May 2013}} Sting wrote the song not long after Crisp moved from London to an apartment in New York's [[Bowery, Manhattan|Bowery]]. Crisp had remarked jokingly to the musician "that he looked forward to receiving his naturalization papers so that he could commit a crime and not be deported." ==Music video== The video was directed by [[David Fincher]], and featured scenes of Sting and his band in New York, as well as the elusive Crisp. At the end of the video, after the song fades, an elderly male voice says: "If I have an ambition other than a desire to be a chronic invalid, it would be to meet everybody in the world before I die... and I'm not doing badly." ==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1988) !Peak<br />position |- {{Singlechart|Flanders|16|artist=Sting|song=Englishman in New York}} |- {{Singlechart|France|30|artist=Sting|song=Englishman in New York}} |- |Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8990&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=l5u4t01cbeg4vub8l2sqq665n7 Canadian Top Singles] RPM</ref> |align="center"|60 |- |Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]]) |align="center"|12 |- {{Singlechart|Dutch40|9|artist=Sting|song=Englishman in New York}} |- |United Kingdom ([[The Official Charts Company]]) |align="center"|51 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|84 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="center"|32 |} ==References== {{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit--> ==External links== *{{youtube|d27gTrPPAyk|"Englishman in New York" video}} *{{youtube|gpQUF4O9AdE|"Un italien à Paris" video}} *{{youtube|mSOINigFU2E|"Jamaican in New York" video}} *{{youtube|cfbpj63PYQ8|"Africain à Paris" video}} *{{youtube|QqVPgsRtlwo|"An Iranian in UK" video}} *{{youtube|xnq0PLldu1s|"関西人 in Tokyo" video made by a fan}} *{{youtube|NOmADk-i2o4|"Friesenjung" video}} *{{youtube|Dngi1XEtl6k|"Czenglishman in New York (Čenglišman in Ňu Jork)" video}} *http://www.ascouserinnewyork.com * {{MetroLyrics song|sting|englishman-in-new-york}} * [̩http://img6.joyreactor.cc/pics/comment/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%AB-%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC-271976.jpeg ))))))))))))))))))]<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> {{Sting}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Englishman In New York}} [[Category:Sting (musician) songs]] [[Category:1987 songs]] [[Category:1988 singles]] [[Category:1990 singles]] [[Category:Quentin Crisp]] [[Category:Songs about New York]] [[Category:Songs written by Sting (musician)]] [[Category:Music videos directed by David Fincher]] [[Category:The Flying Pickets songs]] [[Category:Reggae fusion songs]]'