New York (Paloma Faith song)

"New York"
Single by Paloma Faith
from the album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
B-side	"Luv Ya"
Released	13 September 2009
Format	CD, Digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Rock, Pop, Soul
Length	3:18
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Paloma Faith Jodi Marr
Producer	Jodi Marr George Noriega Rob Wells
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Stone Cold Sober" (2009) "New York" (2009) "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" (2009) Music video "New York" (Official video) on YouTube Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? track listing "Romance is Dead" (6) "New York" (7) "Stargazer" (8)

"New York" is a single performed by Paloma Faith from the album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?. It was released on the 13 September 2009. The song features a sweeping gospel chorus by the London based Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir.^[1] The song was re-released in a new remix featuring rapper Ghostface Killah.^[2]

Reception

BBC chart blog gave the song a more positive review than her previous single and rewarded it with 4 stars.^[3]

Digital Spy gave the song 3/5 stars and a less positive rating than Stone Cold Sober:

'New York', Faith's follow-up, is a rather more straightforward offering than its predecessor. The lyrics tell the tale of a girl who loses a guy to "another lady", but sadly for Paloma the lass in question isn't a flesh-and-blood adversary, but actually the Big Apple. It's a much bigger target of course, but one that's harder to hit with a swinging vintage handbag. Despite its sweeping strings and soaring vocals, 'New York' is a shade unremarkable compared to her debut, but it still manages to whet the appetite for Faith's upcoming album.^[4]

Music video

The video sees Paloma with her fictional boyfriend Tyrone having fun at a bowling alley. Paloma is then seen in New York when she sings about her boyfriend leaving her for the city. The music video was shot at a London bowling alley and features professional bowlers. The director was Vaughan Arnell, who also directed the video to Robbie Williams' song, Bodies.^[5] The video was released on 2 August 2009.^[6]

To date, the video has received over 4 million views on the video sharing site Youtube, making it Faith's highest viewed video.

Credits & Personnel

• Writers - Paloma Faith, Jodi Marr
• Producers - Jodi Marr, George Noriega, Rob Wells
• Mixer - Steve Fitzmaurice

Charts

New York debuted on the UK Singles Chart at 21. The following week, it fell to 31; then rose 16 places to 15 on its third week, which became its peak position.

It is Paloma Faith's most successful single to date, peaking within the top 100 in a total of 8 countries. And reached the top 20 in the UK, Ireland and Switzerland; and the top 10 in Finland.

Chart (2009/2010)	Peak position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[7]	29
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	8
Germany (Media Control AG)[9]	54
Ireland (IRMA)[10]	12
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[11]	9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	38
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	15
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[14]	15

End-of-year charts

Chart (2009)	Position
UK Singles Chart[15]	181

Release history

Region	Date
Germany[16]	29 January 2010

Re-release

"New York"
Single by Paloma Faith featuring Ghostface Killah
Released	1 August 2010
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2010
Genre	Rock, Pop, Soul
Length	3:18
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Paloma Faith Jodi Marr
Producer	Jodi Marr George Norigea Rob Wells
Paloma Faith featuring Ghostface Killah singles chronology
"Upside Down" (2010) "New York" (re-release) (2010) "Smoke & Mirrors" (2010)

In June 2010, Faith announced that she would re-release a new remix of the song featuring an appearance from American rapper Ghostface Killah. The song was released released on 1 August 2010.^[17]

Track listing

Digial Download

1. New York (feat. Ghostface Killah) - 3:21
2. New York (BBC Radio 2 Live) - 3:15
3. Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful (Widower Remix) - 5:52

Reception

The remix received mixed responses, many critics^[who?] said that the song has been ruined by the rap.

Charts

Due to a lack of airplay on radio. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #82 on 7 August 2010. However it then climbed to #44 in its second week on the chart. The original was played on radio during the re-release of this track.

Chart (2010)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	44

References

1. ^ New York Songfacts
2. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a236087/paloma-faith-to-re-release-single.html
3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/09/paloma_faith_new_york.shtml
4. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a176967/paloma-faith-new-york.html
5. ^ "New York by Paloma Faith". Songfacts. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16803. Retrieved 4 March 2010. 
6. ^ "New York Official Video". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvXeUqlfxhY. Retrieved 4 March 2010. 
7. ^ "Danishcharts.com – Paloma Faith – New York". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
8. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Paloma Faith – New York". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien.
9. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
10. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
11. ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Singles Top 40. The Official Charts Company.
12. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Paloma Faith – New York". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
13. ^ "Paloma Faith – New York – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
14. ^ "Chart Stats – {{{artist}}} – New York" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
15. ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-19. 
16. ^ http://www.amazon.de/dp/B002JPZ964
17. ^ Love, Ryan (30 June 2010). "Paloma Faith to re-release single". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a236087/paloma-faith-to-re-release-single.html. Retrieved 4 July 2010.