New York City Boy

"New York City Boy"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Nightlife
B-side	"The Ghost of Myself" "Casting a Shadow"
Released	22 September 1999 (1999-09-22)
Studio	Quad (New York City)
Genre	Nu-disco
Length	5:16
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe David Morales
Producer(s)	David Morales Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" (1999) "New York City Boy" (1999) "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk" (2000)
Music video
"New York City Boy" on YouTube

"New York City Boy" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 22 September 1999 as the second single from their seventh studio album, Nightlife (1999). In the UK, the single peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the charts in numerous European countries, peaking at number three in Spain, and number four in Finland and Hungary. In the US, the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 53 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart.

One of the single's B-sides, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, and CD2 included a video of the song with footage of the eclipse in the UK.

The song's string arrangements, by Vincent Montana Jr., interpolate "It's Good for the Soul" by Montana's Salsoul Orchestra. The song also samples "MacArthur Park" as recorded by Donna Summer.^{[citation needed]}