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| "'''New York, New York'''" is a song from the 1944 ] and the 1949 MGM musical film '']''. The music was written by ] and the lyrics by ] and ]. The best known line of this song is, "New York, New York, a helluva town. The ] is up but ]'s down."<ref>http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/onthetown/newyorknewyork.htm - New York, New York lyrics</ref><ref>http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/on_the_town_soundtrack/new_york_new_york-lyrics-78466.html</ref> For the film version, the word "helluva" was changed to "wonderful" to appease the ] offices. | "'''New York, New York'''" is a song from the 1944 ] and the 1949 MGM musical film '']''. The music was written by ] and the lyrics by ] and ]. The best known line of this song is, "New York, New York, a helluva town. The ] is up but ]'s down."<ref>http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/onthetown/newyorknewyork.htm - New York, New York lyrics</ref><ref>http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/on_the_town_soundtrack/new_york_new_york-lyrics-78466.html</ref> For the film version, the word "helluva" was changed to "wonderful" to appease the ] offices. | ||
| It is not the same song ] popularized by Frank Sinatra in the late 1970s. That song was written by ] and ] for the 1977 ] ]. | It is not the same song as ] popularized by Frank Sinatra in the late 1970s. That song was written by ] and ] for the 1977 ] ]. | ||
| ==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
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"New York, New York" is a song from the 1944 musical and the 1949 MGM musical film On the Town. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The best known line of this song is, "New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery's down." For the film version, the word "helluva" was changed to "wonderful" to appease the Production Code offices.
It is not the same song as "New York, New York" popularized by Frank Sinatra in the late 1970s. That song was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb for the 1977 Martin Scorsese film musical of the same name.
Cultural references
- The song was parodied on The Simpsons episode "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood", when Bart Simpson and Milhouse sing about "Springfield, Springfield". Another character runs in and starts to sing "New York, New York," at which Bart and Milhouse point him in the direction of New York.
- It was also parodied twice on The Critic.
- The song was parodied in the first issue of Sam and Max, in which Sam sings the song with the third line "and the mimes are food for the bums underground," identifying it as from a musical "about a quaint French circus that comes to town and is immediately cannibalized by the local mole men."
- It was also parodied on the Australian sketch comedy program The Late Show by Jason Stephens, Mick Molloy and Tony Martin, running through the streets of what was obviously the Australian city of Melbourne, aping the performances of the three original leads in full sailor uniforms, to the original soundtrack recording of the musical number.
- A quote from the song, "the Bronx is up but the Battery's down" was the basis for the title of the online television show "The Battery's Down" about a struggling actor trying to book a Broadway show.
References
- http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/onthetown/newyorknewyork.htm - New York, New York lyrics
- http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/on_the_town_soundtrack/new_york_new_york-lyrics-78466.html
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