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In 2010, Sting re-recorded the song in an orchestral version for his album Symphonicities. "Englishman/African in New York", a reworking of the song recorded with African artist Shirazee was released as a non-album digital-only single on 19 March 2021. [8] Shirazee had previously covered the song as "African in New York" with Sting's approval. [9]
Three years after its release on both the album and in single form, "Englishman in New York" was remixed in mid-1990 by Dutch producer Ben Liebrand. Providing a stronger dance beat, as well as an extended introduction, the song was a hit in clubs and reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.
"An Englishman in New York" is a song by Godley & Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra.
The song The Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (and Other Three-Named Composers) from William Finn's 2003 song-cycle Elegies refers to him. [25] In 2009 a television sequel to The Naked Civil Servant was broadcast. Entitled An Englishman in New York, the production documented Crisp's later years in
In 1979, they directed their first music video for their single "An Englishman in New York". After this, they became involved in the production of videos for artists such as Ultravox , the Police , Yes , Duran Duran , Frankie Goes to Hollywood , Huey Lewis and the News and Wang Chung , as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their ...
The song was such a big hit that New York City named Swift as an official Global Welcome Ambassador for the city. That wasn’t the only time Swift has shown love for her adopted home.
44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy, also the thirteenth solo studio album.It was released on 20 April 2018 by A&M Records, Interscope Records and Cherrytree Records.
Symphonicities is the tenth studio album by English musician Sting, released on 14 July 2010 on Deutsche Grammophon.This is his first studio album featuring new recordings of existing songs drawn from both his solo career and from The Police (the second one to date being the 2019 studio album My Songs).