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“New York City Cops” by The Strokes
From the album Is This It (2001)
“New York City Cops” by The Strokes appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2022. It was first released in 2001 on the album Is This It. Its best result is #28 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #223 alternative song of 2001.
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"New York City Cops" first reached the world in June 2001 as a double A-side with "Hard to Explain", out on RCA in Australia and Europe ahead of the Strokes' debut album, Is This It. Julian Casablancas wrote it in response to the 1999 death of Amadou Diallo at the hands of four plainclothes officers, and he sneers his way through it over Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi's guitars, Nikolai Fraiture's bass and Fabrizio Moretti's drums, with Gordon Raphael producing.
The single climbed to 16 in the UK. It made the international editions of Is This It, but after the September 11 attacks, with the American CD still unreleased, it was pulled from that version because of what it says about the NYPD, and "When It Started" took its place.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 28 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
| 2001 | 66 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 497 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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