Paris Nights/New York Mornings

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"Paris Nights/New York Mornings"
Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights-New York Mornings.jpg
Single by Corinne Bailey Rae
from the album The Sea
Released29 March 2010 (United Kingdom) [1]
Genre Soul, R&B
Length3:51(album version)
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Corinne Bailey Rae
Producer(s) Corinne Bailey Rae, Steve Chrisanthou
Corinne Bailey Rae singles chronology
"I'd Do It All Again"
(2010)		"Paris Nights/New York Mornings"
(2010)		"Closer"
(2010)

"Paris Nights/New York Mornings" is a single by UK soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae. It was issued as the second single from her second album The Sea . [2] It was released on 29 March 2010 on EMI [3] and added to the BBC Radio 2 A-list on 3 March 2010. [4]

Contents

Music video

The video for "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" was shot in Paris and was directed by Charles Mehling. [5] The U.S. premiere of the video was on Amazon's Corinne Bailey Rae webstore on 11 February 2010. [6] The UK premiere of the video was on MSN's web site on 15 February 2010. [7]

The video for the single features Rae walking around the streets and various sites of Paris. The final scene of the video shows Rae getting into a yellow taxi, that features a New York number plate.

Promotion

Bailey Rae's first television performance of the song was on the Alan Carr: Chatty Man show on Channel 4 on 4 February 2010, the week of The Sea's release. [8]

Critical reception

Comments regarding "Paris Nights/New York Mornings", in album reviews for The Sea were mixed. Kitty Empire of The Observer gave a negative review of the song, stating: "It is not flawless – the deeply dippy "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" feels out of place". [9] In a mixed review, Tony Hardy of Consequence of Sound said the song provides something of an up tempo and lyrical diversion. [10] However, Uncut magazine were more positive expressing: "There are lighter, more chart-friendly moments. "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" has an abundance of sass." [11]

Formats and track listings

Digital download [12]
  1. "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" - 3:51
  2. "Love's On Its Way (Live at the Tabernacle, London) - 4:20

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 31
UK airplay30

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United KingdomMarch 29, 2010 Digital download EMI

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References

  1. ↑ Paris Nights/New York Mornings: Corinne Bailey Rae: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
  2. ↑ CorinneBaileyRae.Net - New single news and Glastonbury festival
  3. ↑ Radio 1 - Forthcoming UK Singles
  4. ↑ BBC Radio 2 Playlist
  5. ↑ Facebook.Com/CorinneBaileyRae - "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" video information
  6. ↑ Amazon.com: Corinne Bailey Rae: Albums, Songs, Bios, Photos
  7. ↑ 'Paris Nights/ New York Mornings' MSN UK video exclusive
  8. ↑ Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings (live on Alan Carr's Chatty Man
  9. ↑ Empire, Kitty (31 January 2010). "Corinne Bailey Rae: The Sea". The Observer . Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Hardy, Tony (4 February 2010). "Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. ↑ McKay, Alastair (8 February 2010). "CORINNE BAILEY RAE - THE SEA". Uncut . Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ↑ Paris Nights/New York Mornings: Corinne Bailey Rae: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
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