New York / N.Y.

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"New York / N.Y."
Single by Nina Hagen
from the album Angstlos
Released1983
GenreDance-punk, hip hop
Length3:36
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Nina Hagen, Karl Rucker, Steve Schiff
Nina Hagen singles chronology
"Zarah"
(1983)
"New York / N.Y."
(1983)
"The Change"
(1984)

"New York / N.Y." is a song by German artist Nina Hagen from her album Angstlos. Co-written by Hagen, Karl Rucker and Steve Schiff, it was released as the record's lead single in 1983. The song was later included on Hagen's compilation albums 14 Friendly Abductions, Definitive Collection, Prima Nina in Ekstasy and The Very Best of Nina Hagen. Nina Hagen raps in the English and the German version of the song. Only the refrain "New York, New York", which is repeated several times, is sung by her.