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The song seems to have first been recorded (as "Tomato") in New York in 1949, by singer June Nelson, with her piano and trio, and with Manning credited as the writer. The recording was listed as a calypso, and was released by Herb Abramson's Jubilee Records, catalogue number 5014.
The song is most famous for its "You like to-may-to / t ə ˈ m eɪ t ə / / And I like to-mah-to / t ə ˈ m ɑː t ə /" and other verses comparing British and American English pronunciations of tomato and other words. The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences.
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" is a song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Its author, Norman Greenbaum, later wrote and performed "Spirit in the Sky" to greater chart success. [2]
The song's title comes from an art compilation by Underworld's design company, Tomato. [1] The title included an ellipsis between the first two words when it appeared on the 1993 single, but it is then written without an ellipsis on the Dubnobasswithmyheadman album [2] and on the band's compilation albums. [3] [4] [5]
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The film has an overall critical score of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 49 reviews; the site's consensus explains, "Martin Scorsese's technical virtuosity and Liza Minelli's magnetic presence are on full display in New York, New York, although this ambitious musical's blend of swooning style and hard-bitten realism makes for a queasy mixture."
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