Leaving New York
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| Single by R.E.M. from the album Around the Sun |
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| Released | 27 September 2004 (UK) | ||||
| Format | 2 CDs, downloadable MP3 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:49 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records W654CD1 / W654CD2 |
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| Producer | R.E.M. and Pat McCarthy | ||||
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"Leaving New York" was the first single from R.E.M's 2004 album Around the Sun. Although it was not as heavily promoted as earlier singles, it reached as high as #5 on the UK Singles Chart. However, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the only lead single from an R.E.M. studio album not to chart on the U.S. Hot 100 besides "Cant Get There From Here" from Fables of the Reconstruction in 1985.
In early live performances of the song (September 2006), the band would play Michael Stipe's "It's pulling me apart. Change." album backing vocal during the chorus and bridge of live performances. Around September 2004, however, they 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.
According to Q magazine,[specify] the song was recorded with the piano used in "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos.
The song is included on R.E.M. Live.
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[edit] Background to the song
As Stipe stated in interviews, the tune is a love song to the city. Stipe regards New York as his second hometown. Once, flying out of the city and seeing it from above, Stipe was overwhelmed by its beauty and wrote the song right there on the plane.[citation needed]
The music video was shot with real friends of the band members, throwing a party, and snapshots of Stipe in different places of the city, giving the video a spontaneous and private atmosphere.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise stated.
[edit] CD1
- "Leaving New York"
- "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in Oslo 25 October 2003)
- "Leaving New York" (Victor Calderone Extended Club Mix) *
- "Leaving New York" (Calderone Short Version Dub) *
- "Leaving New York" (Montego The Duke & The Remix) *
- Available on the Australian CD single maxi single. Considering the maxi pack single was exclusive to Australia, the single did not chart as high in Australia as previous lead singles by R.E.M. reaching #43 on the singles charts and #17 on the Modern Rock charts.
[edit] CD2
- "Leaving New York"
- "You Are the Everything" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live)
- "These Days" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live)
[edit] External links
- Leaving New York (disc 2) at MusicBrainz
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