Leaving New York

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"Leaving New York"
R.E.M. - Leaving New York.jpg
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Around the Sun
B-side "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (live)
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)
Length4:49
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
R.E.M. singles chronology
"Animal"
(2004)		"Leaving New York"
(2004)		"Aftermath"
(2005)
Music video
"Leaving New York" on YouTube

"Leaving New York" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the lead single from the band's 13th studio album, Around the Sun (2004). Although it was not as heavily promoted as earlier singles, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their 11th and final top-10 hit there. However, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the only lead US single from an R.E.M. studio album not to chart on the US Hot 100 besides "Cant Get There from Here" from Fables of the Reconstruction in 1985.

Contents

In early live performances of the song (September 2004), the band would play Michael Stipe's "It's pulling me apart. Change." album backing vocal during the chorus and bridge of live performances. As early as February 2005, however, as evidenced on the R.E.M. Live disc, the band worked up an alternative whereby the backing vocals would be shared amongst Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow in order to make the song flow more smoothly.

Track listings

All tracks were written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise stated.

UK CD1 [1]

  1. "Leaving New York" – 4:44
  2. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (live, Oslo, Norway, October 25, 2003; Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:35

UK CD2 [2]

  1. "Leaving New York" – 4:49
  2. "You Are the Everything" (live, Raleigh, North Carolina – Soundcheck, October 10, 2003; Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:30
  3. "These Days" (live, Toronto, Ontario, September 30, 2003; Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:27

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Leaving New York"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 23, 2004 Warner Bros. [28]
United KingdomSeptember 27, 2004CD [29]
AustraliaOctober 4, 2004 [30]

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