Previously, Mets fans felt it was a "Yankee song", and began booing it when it was played.
It is known as the “9/11 game”.įrom the 2005 season until 2020, at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark following Staten Island Yankees games, the Sinatra version was heard regardless of the game's outcome, and was formerly done at Shea Stadium at the end of New York Mets games after the Septemattack. The Mets beat the Braves with a dramatic home run by Mike Piazza. Liza Minnelli performed it live on Septemat Shea Stadium during the seventh inning stretch which was the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center. However, due to a complaint from Minnelli, the Sinatra version is now heard regardless of the game's outcome. Originally, Sinatra's version was played after a Yankees win, and the Minnelli version after a loss. It has been played over the loudspeakers at both the original and current Yankee Stadiums at the end of every Yankee home game since July 1980. Many sports teams in New York City have played this song in their arenas/stadiums, but the New York Yankees are the most prominent example. The song has been embraced as a celebration of New York City, and is often heard at New York City social events, such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Ĭertifications Certifications for Frank Sinatra version She also sang it at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the 1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, accompanied by 24 pianos and strobe lights.Ĭharts Liza Minnelli version Chart (1977)
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If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere,Ĭome on come through, New York, New York.ĭespite Sinatra's version becoming more familiar, original singer Minnelli had two of the tune's most memorable live performances – during the Jceremony marking the rededication of the Statue of Liberty after extensive renovations, and in the middle of the seventh inning at Shea Stadium during a New York Mets game, the first pro sports event in the metro area after the Septemattacks. Minnelli's original recording of the song (also used in the Tony Bennett version in Duets) uses the following closing line: If I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere, I want to be a part of it: New York, New York. Start spreadin' the news, I'm leaving today (Ebb has said he "didn't even like" Sinatra's use of "A-number-one".) The phrase is both the first and fourth on a list of three superlative titles the singer strives to achieve - "A-number-one, top of the list, king of the hill, A-number-one" - where Ebb's original lyrics (performed by Minnelli) were "king of the hill, head of the list, cream of the crop, and the top of the heap." Notably, the phrase "A-number-one", which does not appear at all in the original lyrics, is sung twice at the song's rallentando climax. The lyrics of the Sinatra versions differ slightly from Ebb's original lyrics.
From the latter, an electronic duet with Tony Bennett was produced for Sinatra's Duets album.
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The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Sinatra made two more studio recordings of the song in 1981 (for his NBC TV special The Man and His Music) and 1993 (for Capitol Records). The song made a minor showing in the UK (#59) however, it recharted several years later and reached #4 in 1986. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching #10 in the US and #2 in Canada.
Sinatra's recording peaked at #32 in June 1980, becoming his final Top 40 hit. Sinatra recorded it a second time for his 1993 album Duets, with Tony Bennett. Sinatra occasionally performed the song live with Minnelli as a duet. Don Costa received a Grammy nomination for the energetic orchestration. In 1979, "Theme from New York, New York" was recorded by Frank Sinatra for his album Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980), and became closely associated with him as one of his signature songs. The song did not become a popular hit until it was picked up in concert by Frank Sinatra during his performances at Radio City Music Hall in October 1978. In 2004 it ranked #31 on AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.Ĭomposer John Kander and Lyricist Fred Ebb stated on the A&E Biography episode about Liza Minnelli, that they attribute the song's success to actor Robert De Niro, who rejected their original theme for the film because he thought it was "too weak". It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City.
It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. " Theme from New York, New York" (or " New York, New York") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. From the album Trilogy: Past Present Future
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