| "Safe in New York City" | ||||
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| Single by AC/DC | ||||
| from the album Stiff Upper Lip | ||||
| B-side | "Cyberspace", "Back in Black" (Live Plaza De Toros Madrid 1996) | |||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 11:08 | |||
| Label | Eastwest | |||
| Producer | George Young, AC/DC | |||
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"Safe in New York City" is a song by popular hard rock group AC/DC. It is found on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. The song was also released as a single.
The video to the song, directed by Andy Morahan[1], shows the band playing a busy tunnel in the city, surrounded and guarded by a lot of armed police guards.
The track gained poignancy after September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Angus Young said that although originally the lyrics were meant to make fun of Rudy Giuliani's claim that he'd cleaned up Manhattan, he also said that "to me New York is a city where you can never predict what's coming next."[2] The song was later included in the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum, a list of "lyrically questionable" songs.
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Single track listing
- Safe in New York City - 3:59
- Cyberspace - 2:57
- Back in Black (Live - Plaza De Toros, Madrid) - 4:07
Personnel
- Brian Johnson- lead vocals
- Angus Young- lead guitar
- Malcolm Young- rhythm guitar
- Cliff Williams- bass guitar
- Phil Rudd- drums
References
- ^ mvdbase.com - AC/DC - "Safe in New York City"
- ^ Stiff Upper Lip 2004 reissue CD booklet, pg 12
External links
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