It’s one of the most talked about and competitive cities in the world – New York City – the perfect place to follow your ambitions and make your professional dreams come true. From jazz to rock to pop, there are literally thousands of songs inspired by this great city. Here are just a few of the very best tunes aimed at inspiring you to move abroad and intern at a top NYC firm.
1. I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City – Nilsson
Well, here I am, Lord, knockin’ at your back door, hmm
Ain’t it wonderful to be where I’ve always wanted to be?
For the first time, I’ll breathe free
Here in New York City
2. New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
These little town blues
Are melting away
I’ll make a brand new start of it
In old New York
3. Welcome to New York – Taylor Swift
It’s a new soundtrack
I could dance to this beat
The lights are so bright
But they never blind me
Welcome to New York
New soundtrack
It’s been waiting for you
4. Chelsea Morning – Joni Mitchell
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words
It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pipes and drums
5. Autumn in New York – Vernon Duke (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong)
Yes, Lovers that bless the dark
On the benches in Central Park
Greet autumn in New York
It’s good to live it again
6. New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I’m taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I’m in a New York state of mind
7. On Broadway – George Benson
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there’s always magic in the air
But when you’re walkin’ down that street
And you ain’t had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere
8. Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
It is the special one, it’s never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It’s growing in the street
Right up through the concrete
But soft and sweet and dreaming
9. Take the ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington / Ella Fitzgerald
You must take the A train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss the A train
You’ll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on, now it’s coming
Listen to those rails a-humming
All aboard, get on the A train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
10. 14th Street – Rufus Wainwright
Don’t ever change, don’t ever worry
Because I’m coming back home tomorrow
To 14th Street where I won’t hurry
And where I’ll learn how to save, not just borrow
And there’ll be rainbows and we will finally know
Sources: AZLyrics, VillageVoice
Photo 1. based on new york city :: skyline, by hjjanisch, CC-by-ND 2.0
Photo 2. based on rush hour, by Giacomo Carena, CC-by-ND 2.0
Photo 3. based on New York, by www.GlynLowe.com, CC-by-2.0</p>