| "NYC Beat" | ||||
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| Single by Armand Van Helden | ||||
| from the album Ghettoblaster | ||||
| Released | 2 July 2007 | |||
| Genre | House | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Southern Fried Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Armand Van Helden | |||
| Producer(s) | Armand Van Helden | |||
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"NYC Beat" is the second single from Armand Van Helden's seventh studio album, Ghettoblaster . It is a cover/sample of the early 80's single New York City Beats, performed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, performing as the Fabulous Pop Tarts.
At the beginning of the video, the date circled is Wednesday 10 June, the next time those dates fall into the calendar at the time was 2009.
The video stars Daisy Lowe (brunette) and Leah Hibbert (from Shipwrecked: Battle of The Islands ) She is the short haired blonde model, and another unidentified blond model partaking in a variety of apple related activities.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [1] | 36 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [2] | 22 |
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Armand van Helden is an American DJ, record producer, remixer and songwriter from Boston. He is considered one of house music's most revered figures, with a career spanning three decades.
"You Don't Know Me" is a song by American record producer Armand van Helden featuring vocals from German-American singer Duane Harden. It was released on January 25, 1999, as the lead single from his third studio album, 2 Future 4 U. The creation of the song came about when Helden created a looping track composed of several music samples and left Harden to write and record the lyrics alone.
Mstrkrft is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort. Al-P was also the producer for Death from Above 1979's album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine as well as several of Black Cat #13's records. The duo have been close friends, as well as work partners, for a long time. Mstrkrft also produced Die Mannequin's first EP, How to Kill, and Magneta Lane's second LP, Dancing With Daggers.
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"New York, New York" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. The song features guest vocals by Debbie Harry. It was released as the first and only single from his compilation album Go – The Very Best of Moby on October 23, 2006.
"My My My" is a song by American producer and DJ Armand Van Helden. The song contains a sample of the song "Comin' Apart" by Gary Wright. The track was produced in 2004 and included on the album Nympho. When released as a single, it became a top-ten success in Australia, Flemish Belgium, Denmark and Norway, while reaching number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. An alternative version of "My My My", stylized as "MyMyMy" and featuring vocals from Tara McDonald, was released in 2006 and peaked at number 12 in the United Kingdom, three places above the original. It was also more successful than the original in Ireland, reaching number 25 compared to the original's peak of number 36. My My My" featuring Tara McDonald, which reached number 4 on the world internet charts, number 5 in the Belgian and Dutch charts, number 6 in Australia, number 12 in the UK, and top 30 in the world dance charts.
Ghettoblaster is the seventh studio album by Armand Van Helden. The vocals in I Want Your Soul were sampled from "Do You Want It Right Now" by Siedah Garrett. The album was released in a special edition 2-disc set as well as the standard edition. Some of the tracks are throwbacks to freestyle music which was popular in the 1980s.
"When the Lights Go Down" is the fourth single released from American DJ Armand Van Helden's sixth album, Nympho. It features samples from Nick Gilder's song "Rockaway", so he and James McCulloch are given writing credits. The song was released in Australia on September 12, 2005, and reached number 52 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In Europe, the song stalled at number 70 in the United Kingdom but entered the top 10 in Finland, where it reached number eight.
"Into Your Eyes" is the third single from the American DJ Armand Van Helden's sixth album, Nympho (2005). The song's refrain is lifted from "I Might Lie", a 1987 rock hit by Andy Taylor.
"Koochy" is a song by American DJ Armand Van Helden. It was released on May 8, 2000, as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Killing Puritans (2000). It heavily samples Gary Numan's 1979 single "Cars". Although the lyrics seems to comprise sexual references, the title actually points back to Numan's song, as the word "kocsi" means "car" in Hungarian.
"Flowerz" is a song by American record producer Armand Van Helden featuring vocals from American musician Roland Clark. The song samples from Donald Byrd's 1974 track "Think Twice" from his Stepping into Tomorrow album. "Flowerz" was released on April 19, 1999, as the follow-up single to Van Helden's number-one single "You Don't Know Me".
"Signs" is the first single from Intimacy Remixed, the remix album to Bloc Party's third album Intimacy. The song's remix by Armand Van Helden was released on 27 April 2009 in the United Kingdom only on digital download and 12" vinyl. It is the first single to be released from a Bloc Party remix album as no songs were released from the previous effort Silent Alarm Remixed.
"Bonkers" is a song by English rapper Dizzee Rascal and American producer Armand van Helden. It is the first single released from Rascal's fourth studio album, Tongue n' Cheek. Rascal released the track under his own record label, Dirtee Stank Recordings on 17 May 2009 in the United Kingdom, entering at the top of the UK Singles Chart, marking Dizzee's second number-one single, third top-ten single and eleventh top-forty hit on the chart. This was also Van Helden's third number-one single, his first in ten years. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 59 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
"Before the Worst" is a song by Irish band the Script, released as the fifth and final single from their self-titled debut album, The Script. The Script performed "Before the Worst" during half time of the 2009 NRL Grand Final. The single reached number 10 in Australia and was certified gold. The music video was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and premiered on Channel 4 as part of T4.
"ADD SUV" is the second single from Uffie's debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. The single was produced by Mirwais and features Pharrell Williams performing guest vocals. ADD SUV peaked at number 28 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
"Anyway" is the debut single by American–Canadian DJ duo Duck Sauce. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2009 by digital download. It peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart, number 1 on the UK Dance Chart and number 1 on the UK Indie Chart. On October 9, 2009, the 1970s style music video was uploaded on YouTube.
American music producer and DJ Armand van Helden has released seven studio albums, ten compilation albums, two remix albums, eight DJ mix albums, sixteen extended plays (EPs) and sixty singles.
"The Funk Phenomena" is a single from Armand Van Helden's debut studio album Old School Junkies: The Album (1996). The song uses samples from "How High" by Method Man & Redman, "Who Is He " by Creative Source and "Don't Throw My Love Around" by Cooly's Hot Box.
"You Can't Change Me" is the second single from Roger Sanchez's album First Contact (2001). The song features Armand Van Helden and N'Dea Davenport.
