Theme from New York, New York - wikipedia Theme from New York, New York `` Theme from New York, New York '' Single by Liza Minnelli from the album New York, New York Released June 21, 1977 Genre Traditional pop Length 3 : 16 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Fred Ebb, John Kander `` Theme from New York, New York '' Single by Frank Sinatra from the album Trilogy : Past Present Future B - side `` That 's What God Looks Like to Me '' Released April 1980 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1979 Genre Jazz Length 3 : 26 Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Fred Ebb, John Kander Producer ( s ) Sonny Burke Frank Sinatra singles chronology `` Night and Day '' ( 1977 ) `` Theme from New York, New York '' ( 1980 ) `` You and Me ( We Wanted It All ) '' ( 1980 ) `` Night and Day '' ( 1977 ) `` Theme from New York, New York '' ( 1980 ) `` You and Me ( We Wanted It All ) '' ( 1980 ) `` Theme from New York, New York '' ( or `` New York, New York '' ) is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York ( 1977 ), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. It remains one of the best - known songs about New York City. In 2004 it finished # 31 on AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. Contents 1 History 2 Certifications 3 In popular culture 4 Parodies 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History In 1979, `` Theme from New York, New York '' was re-recorded by Frank Sinatra for his album Trilogy : Past Present Future ( 1980 ), and has since become closely associated with him. He occasionally performed it live with Minnelli as a duet. Sinatra recorded it a second time for his 1993 album Duets, with Tony Bennett. The first line of the song is : Start spreadin ' the news, I 'm leaving today I want to be a part of it : New York, New York. The song concludes with the line : If I can make it there, I 'm gon na make it anywhere, It 's up to you, New York, New York. Minnelli 's original recording of the song ( also used in the Tony Bennett version in Duets ) uses the following closing line : If I can make it there, I 'll make it anywhere, Come on come through, New York, New York. It should not be confused with the song `` New York, New York '', from Leonard Bernstein / Adolph Green / Betty Comden 's musical On the Town ( 1944 ), which features the lyric `` New York, New York, it 's a helluva town / The Bronx is up and the Battery 's down... '' Composers Kander and Ebb stated on the A&E Biography episode about Liza Minnelli, that they attribute the song 's success to actor Robert De Niro, who rejected their original theme for the film because he thought it was `` too weak ''. The song did not become a popular hit until it was picked up in concert by Frank Sinatra during his performances at Radio City Music Hall in October 1978. ( It was not even nominated for the Academy Award for ' Best Song ' ). Subsequently, Sinatra recorded it in 1979 for his 1980 Trilogy set ( Reprise Records ), and it became one of his signature songs. The single peaked at # 32 in June 1980, becoming his final Top Forty charting hit. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching # 10 in the US and # 2 in Canada. The song made a minor showing in the UK ( # 59 ), however, recharted several years later and reached # 4 in 1986. Sinatra made two more studio recordings of the song in 1981 ( for his NBC TV special The Man and His Music ) and 1993 ( for Capitol Records ). From the latter, an electronic duet with Tony Bennett was produced for Sinatra 's Duets album. The lyrics of the Sinatra versions differ slightly from Ebb 's original lyrics. Notably, the phrase `` A-number - one '', which does not appear at all in the original lyrics, is sung twice at the song 's rallentando climax. ( Ebb has said he `` did n't even like '' Sinatra 's use of `` A-number - one '' ). The phrase is both the first and fourth on a list of three superlative titles the singer strives to achieve -- `` A-number - one, top of the list, king of the hill, A-number - one '' -- where Ebb 's original lyrics ( performed by Minnelli ) were `` king of the hill, head of the list, cream of the crop, at the top of the heap. '' Despite Sinatra 's version becoming more familiar, original singer Minnelli had two of the tune 's most memorable live performances -- during the July 4, 1986 ceremony marking the rededication of the Statue of Liberty after extensive renovations, and in the middle of the seventh inning of a New York Mets game, that was the first pro sports event in the metro area after the September 11, 2001 attacks. She also sang it in the Olympic stadium during the 1984 Summer Olympics, accompanied by 24 pianos and strobe lights. Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United Kingdom ( BPI ) Silver 250,000 shipments figures based on certification alone In popular culture The song has been embraced as a celebration of New York City, and is often heard at New York - area social events, such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. Many sports teams in the New York area have played this song in their arenas / stadiums, but the New York Yankees are the most prominent example. It has been played over the loudspeakers at both the original and current Yankee Stadiums at the end of every Yankee home game since July 1980. Originally, Sinatra 's version was played after a Yankees win, and the Minnelli version after a loss. However, due to a complaint from Minnelli, the Sinatra version is now heard regardless of the game 's outcome. As of the 2005 season, at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark following Staten Island Yankees games, the Sinatra version is heard regardless of the game 's outcome, and was formerly done at Shea Stadium at the end of New York Mets games after the September 11, 2001 attack. Previously, Mets fans felt it was a `` Yankee song '', and began booing it when it was played. It actually first had snippets of the song played after World Series home runs by Ray Knight and Darryl Strawberry during Game 7 of the 1986 World Series. The song is also sometimes played at New York Knicks games. The Sinatra version is played at the end of every New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden. It was played at the opening faceoff of Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals at the Garden. The song has also been the post parade song for the Belmont Stakes from 1997 to 2009, and again from 2011 to the present. Sinatra 's version of the song has been played at the end of all four Super Bowls that the New York Giants have won to date, as well as before kickoff of Super Bowl XLVIII, while Minnelli 's version was heard after the Giants ' Super Bowl XXXV loss. The song was the musical basis for Jimmy Picker 's 1983 three - minute animated short, Sundae in New York, which won the Academy Award for Best Short Film ( Animated ) that year, with a likeness of then - mayor Ed Koch somewhat stumbling through the song, with clay caricatures of New York - based celebrities ( including Alfred E. Neuman ) and finishing the song with `` Basically I think New York is very therapeutic. Hey, an apple a day is... uh... great for one 's constitution ! '' and burying his face in a big banana split with `` THE END '' written on his bald head. ( Koch used the same rallentando climax Sinatra used, albeit with one big difference : `` A-number one, top of the list, king of the hill... '' followed by his impression of Groucho Marx completing, ``... and incidentally a heckuva nice guy ! '' ) An instrumental version of the song is used as the main theme music for NBC 's broadcasts of the Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It is also played during the annual Times Square New Year 's Day celebrations, immediately after `` Auld Lang Syne '' and the ball drop. Queen covered the song for the 1986 fantasy film Highlander. Unlike the other songs recorded for the film, it has never appeared on a Queen album. The song is performed by Brain Gremlin in the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2 : The New Batch. In Arrested Development episode 8 of season 2, which aired in January 2005, Tobias, played by David Cross, starts singing the song in his newly bought club. Lucille 2, played by Liza Minnelli, who 's in the audience comments `` Everyone thinks they 're Frank Sinatra. '' In DreamWorks ' Madagascar ( 2005 ), the song is introduced in Central Park Zoo, and Marty later sings the song in the midst of Alex the Lion 's delirium. The song can be heard in the pilot episode of Blue Bloods which aired September 24, 2010. In 2013, the song was played at the funeral of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. In the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, the instrumental introduction of the song was played inside the Aston Martin DB10 for a few seconds, when Bond presses one of the control buttons during a car chase scene in Rome. Parodies Swedish comedy group Galenskaparna och After Shave made a version of the song in 1985, called `` Borås, Borås '', about a town that is the mail order center of Sweden. Martin Short sang a parody named `` North Pole, North Pole '' during the 2006 theatrical feature film The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause. Stephen Colbert sang a parody of the song on the 10 June 2014 episode of The Colbert Report. His version talked about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 's role in the state 's success in a hockey tournament. Professional wrestling team The New Day sang a parody on an episode of WWE Raw the night after they won the Tag Team Championships at SummerSlam in 2015. The episode was filmed at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In concert, Michael Feinstein often sings parody lyrics regarding his hatred of this song. See also New York City portal `` I Love L.A. '' by Randy Newman `` My Kind of Town '', composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn `` I Left My Heart in San Francisco '', by Tony Bennett, who also covered New York, New York in a duet with Sinatra. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 221. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980 - 07 - 05. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ NPR : ' New York, New York ', Present at the Creation Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Frank Sinatra -- New York New York ''. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 25, 2013. Enter New York New York in the search field and then press Enter. Jump up ^ Knight, Graham ( 2005 - 09 - 24 ). `` Yankee Stadium ''. Baseballpilgrimages.com. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 17. Jump up ^ `` 10 Facts About Yankee Stadium ''. Mentalfloss.com. 2008 - 09 - 23. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 17. Jump up ^ Hockey Night in Canada : Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals ( television ). CBC. 1994 - 06 - 14. And Bob ( Cole ), they 're hollering out all the artillery just for you, Sinatra, before the opening faceoff. It ca n't get any better than that for an excitement standpoint. Dick Irvin, Jr. told Bob Cole just before the opening faceoff, when Sinatra 's song was played over the PA system. Jump up ^ `` Belmont Stakes Traditions ''. Horseracing.about.com. 2010 - 06 - 15. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Sinatra 's voice returns to Belmont Stakes ''. boston.com. Associated Press. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Sundae in New York video ''. Zappinternet.com. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 17. Jump up ^ Ball Drop 2011 on YouTube Jump up ^ Laurie, Timothy ( 2015 ), `` Becoming - Animal Is A Trap For Humans '', Deleuze and the Non-Human eds. Hannah Stark and Jon Roffe. Jump up ^ `` Ed Koch funeral : Former mayor 's coffin exits to ' New York, New York ' '', nj.com, 2013 External links Present at the Creation ( segment of NPR radio show Morning Edition about the song ) Liza Minnelli Discography Filmography Awards Albums Studio albums : Liza ! Liza ! ( 1964 ) It Amazes Me ( 1965 ) There Is a Time ( 1966 ) Liza Minnelli ( 1967 ) Come Saturday Morning ( 1968 ) New Feelin ' ( 1970 ) The Singer ( 1973 ) Tropical Nights ( 1977 ) Results ( 1989 ) Gently ( 1996 ) Confessions ( 2010 ) Live albums : `` Live '' at the London Palladium with Judy Garland ( 1965 ) Live at the Olympia in Paris ( 1972 ) Live at the Winter Garden ( 1974 ) Live at Carnegie Hall ( 1981 ) At Carnegie Hall ( 1987 ) Live from Radio City Music Hall ( 1992 ) Paris -- Palais des Congrès : Intégrale du spectacle ( 1995 ) Minnelli on Minnelli : Live at the Palace ( 1999 ) Liza 's Back ( 2002 ) Liza 's at the Palace... ( 2008 ) Soundtracks : The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood ( 1965 ) Cabaret ( 1972 ) Liza with a `` Z '' ( 1972 ) Lucky Lady ( 1975 ) A Matter of Time ( 1976 ) New York, New York ( 1977 ) Stepping Out ( 1991 ) Sex and the City 2 ( 2010 ) Cast recordings : Best Foot Forward ( 1963 ) Flora the Red Menace ( 1965 ) The Act ( 1977 ) The Rink ( 1984 ) Music from The Life : A New Musical ( 1995 ) Video albums : Visible Results ( 1990 ) Live from Radio City Music Hall ( 1992 ) Other albums : Muscle of Love ( 1973 ) Remember : Michael Feinstein Sings Irving Berlin ( 1987 ) The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ( 1992 ) Duets ( 1993 ) The Black Parade ( 2006 ) Singles `` Hello, Dolly ! 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Question: who wrote the lyrics for new york new york
Answer: Fred Ebb