Song · U2
“New York” by U2
From the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
“New York” by U2 appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Its best result is #101 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #585 alternative song of 2001.
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U2 slotted "New York" in at track ten on All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000, with Bono, who keeps a home in the city, painting the place and the people in it. The song was later changed after the events of September 11, 2001.
It grew out of a drum pattern Larry Mullen Jr. came up with during a lull in the sessions. The band liked it but couldn't find a song to put it in, so at Mullen's request the engineer looped it. While the others sat through a long meeting upstairs, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois kept at it below, Eno layering foghorn sounds over the loop and Lanois working out guitar chords. The band came back fired up and jammed on top, with Bono shaping his vocal at the mic. Tim Palmer mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 101 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
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