New York (Paloma Faith song)

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"New York"
Newyorkcoverpfaith.jpg
Single by Paloma Faith
from the album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
B-side "Luv Ya"
Released10 September 2009
Length3:18
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jodi Marr
  • George Noriega
  • Rob Wells
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Stone Cold Sober"
(2009)
"New York"
(2009)
"Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?"
(2009)
Music video
"New York" on YouTube

"New York" is a song by English recording artist Paloma Faith from her debut studio album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? (2009). Released on 10 September 2009, it features a sweeping gospel chorus by the London-based Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir. [1] The song was re-released in a new remix featuring rapper Ghostface Killah.

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Critical reception

BBC chart blog gave the song a more positive review than her previous single and rewarded it with 4 stars. [2] Digital Spy gave the song 3/5 stars and a less positive rating than "Stone Cold Sober": "New York", Faith's follow-up, is a rather more straightforward offering than its predecessor. The lyrics tell the tale of a girl who loses a guy to "another lady", but sadly for Paloma the lass in question isn't a flesh-and-blood adversary, but actually the Big Apple. It's a much bigger target of course, but one that's harder to hit with a swinging vintage handbag. Despite its sweeping strings and soaring vocals, "New York" is a shade unremarkable compared to her debut, but it still manages to whet the appetite for Faith's upcoming album. [3]

Chart performance

"New York" is Faith's fourth most successful single to date, behind "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", "Picking Up the Pieces" and "Can't Rely on You" charting in the top forty in six different countries. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart at 21, the following week, it fell to 31, then rose 16 places to 15 on its third week, which became its peak position. "New York" stayed eleven weeks in the UK chart. [4] The song also reached number 54 in Germany, [5] 12 in Ireland, [6] 13 in Switzerland, [7] 8 in Finland, [8] 29 in Denmark [9] and number 28 in Sweden. [10]

Music video

The music video was shot at a London bowling alley and features professional bowlers. The director was Vaughan Arnell, who also directed the video to Robbie Williams' song, Bodies. [11] The video was released on 2 August 2009. [12]

Track listing

Digital download [13]
No.TitleLength
1."New York"3:18
2."Luv Ya"2:49

Charts

Certifications

"New York" certifications
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

"New York" release history
RegionDateLabelRef.
United Kingdom13 September 2009 Epic
Germany29 January 2010 [18]

Ghostface Killah remix

"New York"
New York Paloma Faith Remix.png
Single by Paloma Faith featuring Ghostface Killah
B-side "New York" (BBC Radio 2 Live)
"Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" (Widower Remix)
Released1 August 2010
Length3:18
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
  • Paloma Faith
  • Jodi Marr
Producer(s)
  • Jodi Marr
  • George Norigea
  • Rob Wells
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Keep Moving"
(2010)
"New York"
(2010)
"Smoke & Mirrors"
(2010)
Ghostface Killah singles chronology
"Guest House"
(2009)
"New York"
(2010)
"2getha Baby"
(2010)

In June 2010, Faith announced that she would release a new remix of the song featuring an appearance from American rapper Ghostface Killah. The song was released on 1 August 2010. [19]

Critical reception

The remix received mixed responses, many critics[ who? ] said that the song has been ruined by the rap. In 2012, Faith remarked that she thought the collaboration with Ghostface Killah was unnecessary, and that she felt he did not know what the song was about when he wrote the rap accompaniment. [20]

Charts performance

Due to the lack of airplay, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at 82 on 7 August 2010. [21] However it then climbed to 44 in its second week on the chart. [22] The original was played on radio during the re-release of this track. [23] It spent five weeks on the chart. [4]

Track listing

Digital download [13]
No.TitleLength
1."New York (feat. Ghostface Killah)"3:21
2."New York (BBC Radio 2 Live)"3:15
3."Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful (Widower Remix)"5:52

Charts

"New York" chart performance
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [24] 42
UK Singles (OCC) [23] 44

References

  1. "New York by Paloma Faith Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "BBC - Chart Blog: Paloma Faith - 'New York'". BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. "Paloma Faith: 'New York'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "New York - Paloma Faith". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Paloma Faith – New York" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. 1 2 "The Irish Charts – Search Results – New York". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Paloma Faith – New York". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Paloma Faith: New York" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Paloma Faith – New York". Tracklisten. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Paloma Faith – New York". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. "New York by Paloma Faith". Songfacts. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  12. New York Official Video. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2010 via YouTube.
  13. 1 2 "Faith, Paloma - - - musicline.de". musicline.de. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  14. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  15. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  16. "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  17. "British single certifications – Paloma Faith – New York". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  18. "New York: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  19. Love, Ryan (30 June 2010). "Paloma Faith to re-release single". Digital Spy . Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  20. Copsey, Robert (2 April 2012). "Paloma Faith: 'Ghostface Killah didn't understand New York'". Digital Spy . Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  21. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 (1 August 2010 - 7 August 2010)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  22. "Official Singles Chart Top 100 (8 August 2010 - 14 August 2010)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Paloma Faith: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  24. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2025.