“New York” by Eskimo Joe

"New York" was the third single from Black Fingernails, Red Wine, the third album by Australian alt-rockers Eskimo Joe, and it came out on Mushroom in February 2007, climbing to 26 on the Australian singles chart. Kav Temperley, Stuart MacLeod and Joel Quartermain share the writing credit.

The band flew to New York to shoot the video, and MacLeod, who directed it, pitched the idea as something Bob Dylan-esque with T-shirts standing in for placards: Temperley walks the streets swapping shirts, each fresh one printed with a key lyric, a trick that proved far fiddlier in real time than it had in a mock-up at home. He also walks backward with smoke curling from his mouth, and the band run through Central Park. It premiered on the ABC's all-night show Rage on 15 December 2006.

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