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Englishman in New York : ウィキペディア英語版 | Englishman in New York
"Englishman in New York" is a song by English artist Sting, from his second studio album ''...Nothing Like the Sun''. Branford Marsalis played soprano saxophone on the track and Manu Katché the percussion. The song was released in 1988 as the third single from the album, but only reached #51 on the UK Singles Chart.〔(UK Singles Chart info at chartstats.com )〕 In the US, "Englishman in New York" peaked at #84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in April 1988〔(Billboard Hot 100 info at billboard.com )〕 and reached #32 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart that same month.〔(Billboard Mainstream Rock info at billboard.com )〕 However, the single was more successful in continental Europe, becoming a hit in several countries,〔(Lescharts.com )〕 reaching the Top 40 (and sometimes the Top 20) in France, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, etc. "Englishman in New York" was also a Top 20 hit in Ireland. In 1990, just prior to the release of his third studio album ''The Soul Cages'', Sting's record label licensed Dutch DJ and producer Ben Liebrand to remix "Englishman in New York" and subsequently released it as a single. The remix played around with the introduction and some of the instrumentation, but the essence of the song remained the same. The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990.〔(UK Singles Chart remix info at chartstats.com )〕 ==Content== The "Englishman" in question is the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp.〔http://www.crisperanto.org/recordings/sting.html〕〔http://www.biography.com/people/quentin-crisp-251028〕〔http://www.buildfreedom.com/content/books/aint_nobodys/313.html〕 Sting wrote the song not long after Crisp moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan. Crisp had remarked jokingly to the musician "that he looked forward to receiving his naturalization papers so that he could commit a crime and not be deported."
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