Jump to content

Paris Nights/New York Mornings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Paris Nights/New York Mornings"
Single by Corinne Bailey Rae
from the album The Sea
Released29 March 2010 (United Kingdom)[1]
GenreSoul, R&B
Length3:51 (album version)
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Corinne Bailey Rae
Producer(s)Corinne Bailey Rae, Steve Chrisanthou
Corinne Bailey Rae singles chronology
"I'd Do It All Again"
(2010)
"Paris Nights/New York Mornings"
(2010)
"Closer"
(2010)

"Paris Nights/New York Mornings" is a single by UK soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae. It was issued as the second single from her second album The Sea.[2] It was released on 29 March 2010 on EMI[3] and added to the BBC Radio 2 A-list on 3 March 2010.[4]

Music video

[edit]

The video for "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" was shot in Paris and was directed by Charles Mehling.[5] The U.S. premiere of the video was on Amazon's Corinne Bailey Rae webstore on 11 February 2010.[6] The UK premiere of the video was on MSN's web site on 15 February 2010.[7]

The video for the single features Rae walking around the streets and various sites of Paris. The final scene of the video shows Rae getting into a yellow taxi, that features a New York number plate.

Promotion

[edit]

Bailey Rae's first television performance of the song was on the Alan Carr: Chatty Man show on Channel 4 on 4 February 2010, the week of The Sea's release.[8]

Critical reception

[edit]

Comments regarding "Paris Nights/New York Mornings", in album reviews for The Sea were mixed. Kitty Empire of The Observer gave a negative review of the song, stating: "It is not flawless – the deeply dippy "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" feels out of place".[9] In a mixed review, Tony Hardy of Consequence of Sound said the song provides something of an up tempo and lyrical diversion.[10] However, Uncut magazine were more positive expressing: "There are lighter, more chart-friendly moments. "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" has an abundance of sass."[11]

Formats and track listings

[edit]
Digital download[12]
  1. "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" - 3:51
  2. "Love's On Its Way (Live at the Tabernacle, London) - 4:20

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 31
UK airplay 30

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom March 29, 2010 Digital download EMI

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Paris Nights/New York Mornings: Corinne Bailey Rae: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
  2. ^ CorinneBaileyRae.Net - New single news and Glastonbury festival
  3. ^ Radio 1 - Forthcoming UK Singles
  4. ^ BBC Radio 2 Playlist
  5. ^ Facebook.Com/CorinneBaileyRae - "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" video information
  6. ^ Amazon.com: Corinne Bailey Rae: Albums, Songs, Bios, Photos
  7. ^ 'Paris Nights/ New York Mornings' MSN UK video exclusive
  8. ^ Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings (live on Alan Carr's Chatty Man
  9. ^ Empire, Kitty (31 January 2010). "Corinne Bailey Rae: The Sea". The Observer. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ Hardy, Tony (4 February 2010). "Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. ^ McKay, Alastair (8 February 2010). "CORINNE BAILEY RAE - THE SEA". Uncut. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ Paris Nights/New York Mornings: Corinne Bailey Rae: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads