New York City Cops (song)

"New York City Cops"
Single by the Strokes
from the album Is This It (international editions)
A-side"Hard to Explain" (double A-side)
ReleasedJune 25, 2001 (double A-side)
RecordedMarch and April 2001
StudioTransporterraum, New York City
GenreStreet punk[1]
Length3:30
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Julian Casablancas
Producer(s)Gordon Raphael
The Strokes singles chronology
"Hard to Explain" / "New York City Cops"
(2001)
"Last Nite"
(2001)

"New York City Cops" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. It was released along with "Hard to Explain" as a double A-side single on June 25, 2001, in Australia and Europe. It appears on international editions of their debut studio album, Is This It (2001); it was replaced with the track "When It Started" on the then-unreleased American CD edition following the September 11 attacks due to its lyrics regarding the New York City Police Department. As a double A-side single, it reached number 16 in the UK and number 66 in Australia.

  1. ^ Beaumont, Mark (April 9, 2020). "The 20 greatest Strokes songs". The Independent. Retrieved February 18, 2023.