Englishman In New York is the title of two entirely unrelated songs, one recorded by Godley and Creme and one by Sting. Godley & Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors. ... For other uses, see Sting (disambiguation). ...

Godley and Creme

"Englishman in New York" is a single released by Godley and Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is a different song from Sting's. Godley & Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...

It is memorable for its unique lyrical content, and an innovative self-produced music video which involved the duo conducting manniquins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from 1935 until the late 1940s. ...

Sting

"Englishman in New York" is a song by Sting, from his 1987 album Nothing Like the Sun. The "Englishman" in question is the famous eccentric Quentin Crisp. Sting wrote the song not long after Crisp moved from London to an apartment in New York's Bowery. Crisp had remarked jokingly to the musician "...that he looked forward to receiving his naturalization papers so that he could commit a crime and not be deported." Sting in Budapest, 2000 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), usually known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. ... ...Nothing Like the Sun is a 1987 album by Sting. ... Quentin Crisp. ... The Bowery is a well-known street in Manhattan that more or less marks the boundary between Chinatown and Little Italy on one side and the Lower East Side on the other—running from Chatham Square in the south to Astor Place in the north. ...

The song was released as a single in 1988, but only reached #51 in the UK charts. Branford Marsalis played Saxophone on the track. In 1990, just prior to the release of his third studio album The Soul Cages, Sting's record label licensed Dutch producer Ben Liebrand to remix "Englishman in New York" and subsequently release it as a single. The remix played around with the introduction and some of the instrumentation, but the essence of the song remained the same. The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990. It is a rare example of a remixed rock single doing better than the original, although the video remained the same. Branford Marsalis. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

The video was directed by David L. Fincher, and featured scenes of Sting and his band in New York, as well as the elusive Crisp. David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American music video and film director known for his dark and stylish portraits of the human experience. ...

The Black Eyed Peas sampled "Englishman in New York" on their recording "Union", featured on their 2005 album Monkey Business. The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop (musical styles: pop-rap and alternative hip-hop) group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. ... Monkey Business is the fourth album by The Black Eyed Peas, released in various countries in late May to early June 2005 (see 2005 in music). ...

Musicvideo

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