"New York City" | |
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Single by The Demics | |
from the album Talk's Cheap | |
Released | 1979 |
Genre | New wave |
Length | 4:32 |
Label | Ready Records (1979 release) Fringe Product (1994 distributor) |
Songwriter(s) | Keith Whittaker, Rob Brent, Iain Atkinson-Staines and J. D. Weatherstone. |
"New York City" is a Canadian single by The Demics released in 1979 from their debut EP, Talk's Cheap. [1] William New of Groovy Religion is quoted in Chart magazine stating "Singer Keith Whittaker never really wanted to go to N.Y.C. Instead, this song is a gentle rib of fellow '70s New London Punks The Regulators and their Lou Reed fixation. The grass is not always greener. [2] Re-issued recently isn't it time to pay the band some royalties?" [3]
It was named the greatest Canadian song of all time in a 1996 poll by music magazine Chart. [3] In the 2000 poll, the song dropped to number 5. [4]
The song was re-issued on a 1996 Demics compilation titled New York City. [2] [5] The single also appears on a various artists 1999 compilation Spiked: a punk overview Retro 80's, Volume 5 released by EMI Music Canada. [6]
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"New York City" | |
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Single by The Demics | |
from the album Talk's Cheap | |
Released | 1979 |
Genre | New wave |
Length | 4:32 |
Label | Ready Records (1979 release) Fringe Product (1994 distributor) |
Songwriter(s) | Keith Whittaker, Rob Brent, Iain Atkinson-Staines and J. D. Weatherstone. |
"New York City" is a Canadian single by The Demics released in 1979 from their debut EP, Talk's Cheap. [1] William New of Groovy Religion is quoted in Chart magazine stating "Singer Keith Whittaker never really wanted to go to N.Y.C. Instead, this song is a gentle rib of fellow '70s New London Punks The Regulators and their Lou Reed fixation. The grass is not always greener. [2] Re-issued recently isn't it time to pay the band some royalties?" [3]
It was named the greatest Canadian song of all time in a 1996 poll by music magazine Chart. [3] In the 2000 poll, the song dropped to number 5. [4]
The song was re-issued on a 1996 Demics compilation titled New York City. [2] [5] The single also appears on a various artists 1999 compilation Spiked: a punk overview Retro 80's, Volume 5 released by EMI Music Canada. [6]
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