New York, New York (Ryan Adams song)
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"New York, New York" is a song written and performed by American alt-country musician Ryan Adams
. It appeared on his 2001 album Gold
. The song earned Adams a Grammy Award
nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal
, and the single reached #53 in the UK charts in December 2001. In 2009, the song was included in The Guardian
s "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear".
, Houston Street, and Avenue B.
. As a result, a message was placed at the end of the video, dedicating it to those who lost their lives, and to "those who worked to save them". Profits from the video were donated to a September 11 charity. The video was played often on MTV
and VH1
after the attacks and thus became Adams' breakthrough to mainstream music consumers.
for the week ending February 2, 2002.
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
. It appeared on his 2001 album Gold
Gold (Ryan Adams album)
-Album:-Singles:-Critical reception:-Personnel:* Ryan Adams – Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano* Bucky Baxter – Steel guitar* Andre Carter – Trumpet* Richard Causon – Piano* Jennifer Condos – Bass...
. The song earned Adams a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to male recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre...
, and the single reached #53 in the UK charts in December 2001. In 2009, the song was included in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
s "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear".
Content
The song's lyrics mention several lower Manhattan geographic references, including the intersection of Avenue A and 10th Street10th Street (Manhattan)
10th Street is an east-west street from the West Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan to Avenue D in the East Village. East of Sixth Avenue it changes heading, from east-northeast to east-southeast. Traffic is eastbound as far as Tompkins Square Park, of which it marks...
, Houston Street, and Avenue B.
Music video
The music video features Adams performing in front of the city's skyline from Brooklyn and was filmed four days before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. As a result, a message was placed at the end of the video, dedicating it to those who lost their lives, and to "those who worked to save them". Profits from the video were donated to a September 11 charity. The video was played often on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
after the attacks and thus became Adams' breakthrough to mainstream music consumers.
Chart performance
The song peaked at #18 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...
for the week ending February 2, 2002.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Singles Chart | 83 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
53 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
112 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
18 |