First We Take Manhattan

"First We Take Manhattan"
Single by Jennifer Warnes
from the album Famous Blue Raincoat
B-side	"Famous Blue Raincoat"
Released	1987
Recorded	Spring 1986
Genre	Folk rock
Length	3:32
Label	Ariola Attic
Songwriter(s)	Leonard Cohen
Producer(s)	C. Roscoe Beck Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes singles chronology
"All the Right Moves" (1983) "First We Take Manhattan" (1987) "Bird on a Wire" (1987)

"First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by American singer Jennifer Warnes on her 1986 Cohen tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.