"New York City Boy" | ||||
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Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
from the album Nightlife | ||||
B-side | "The Ghost of Myself", "Casting a Shadow" | |||
Released | 27 September 1999 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Disco house | |||
Length | 5:16 (album version) 4:21 (radio edit) 3:20 (US radio edit) |
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Label | Parlophone | |||
Writer(s) | Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe | |||
Producer(s) | Pet Shop Boys, David Morales | |||
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"New York City Boy" is a song by British music group Pet Shop Boys. It was released in September 1999 as the second single from the forthcoming album Nightlife. In the UK, the single peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, the song hit number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 53 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.
The music video for the song features the legendary New York nightspot Studio 54.
The second B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, and CD2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK.