"New York" is a song by English recording artist

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from her debut studio album '' Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009). It was released on 10 September 2009. The song features a sweeping gospel chorus by the London-based Souls of Prophecy Gospel Choir. The song was re-released in a new remix featuring rapper

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Critical reception

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chart blog gave the song a more positive review than her previous single and rewarded it with 4 stars. ''

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'' 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.

Chart performance

''New York'' is Faith's fourth most successful single to date, behind "

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" " Picking Up the Pieces" and "

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" charting in the top forty in six different countries. The song 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. It stayed eleven weeks in the UK chart. The song had moderate success elsewhere, reaching number 54 in Germany, 12 in Ireland, 13 in Switzerland, 8 in Finland, 29 in Denmark and number 28 in Sweden.

Music video

The music video was shot at a

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bowling alley and features professional bowlers. The director was

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, who also directed the video to

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' song,

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. The video was released on 2 August 2009.

Track listing

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Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

Re-release

In June 2010, Faith announced that she would release a new remix of the song featuring an appearance from

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. The song was released on 1 August 2010.