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"First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by American singer Jennifer Warnes on her 1986 Cohen tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat , which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.
For the album's American release on Atlantic Records, R.E.M.'s rendition of "First We Take Manhattan" and House of Love's "Who by Fire" (the lead tracks on each side of the vinyl and cassette versions) were swapped so that R.E.M., one of the most popular American rock bands of the era, led the album. In all other countries where the album was ...
Released in November 1986, Famous Blue Raincoat is a tribute to Leonard Cohen, with whom Warnes had toured as a backup singer in the 1970s.The album's songs span much of Cohen's career, from his 1969 album Songs from a Room to his 1984 album Various Positions (on which Warnes sang), and even two songs ("First We Take Manhattan" and "Ain't No Cure for Love") from Cohen's then-unreleased album I ...
The second half is followed by "First We Take Manhattan" sung by Leonard Cohen. The song " The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning ", composed by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins for the soundtrack of Batman & Robin , although used in a promotional trailer, was not included on the soundtrack of Watchmen .
First We Take Manhattan; The Flowers of Guatemala; G. Gardening at Night; Get Up (R.E.M. song) ... It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) J. Just a ...
The title itself is derived from Stipe and R.E.M.'s support for what would eventually become the "Motor Voter Bill" and the lyric "Hey, kids, rock 'n' roll" is an homage to the song "Stop It" by fellow Athens, Georgia, group Pylon; Stipe has also said the song is an "obvious homage to 'Rock On' by David Essex," which features a similar line.
No Ordinary World is the seventeenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released on 8 October 1999 [2] in Europe and on 22 August 2000 in USA. The US edition of the album features two bonus tracks and has different cover artwork.
Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions is a 2014 live album from alternative rock band R.E.M., released initially on vinyl recordings through Rhino Records for Record Store Day, and later made available on compact disc and digitally.