In 2015, American singer Cris Cab covered the song featuring Tefa & Moox, and Willy William.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
* Sales figures based on certification alone.
"Bring on the Night"/" When the World Is Running Down" (Live) – 11:42. and I'm not doing badly." In 2011, the official video was replaced with a version without the male voice. At the end of the video, after the song fades, an elderly male voice says: "If I have an ambition other than a desire to be a chronic invalid, it would be to meet everybody in the world before I die. The video was shot in black-and-white and was directed by David Fincher, and featured scenes of Sting and his band in New York (primarily Branford Marsalis playing sax), as well as the elusive Quentin Crisp. This corresponds with III - VII - i - V, VI - VII - V - i. In the bridge the chords change to D - A - Bm - F#, G - A - F# - Bm. The soprano saxophone that plays over the song uses mainly notes of the B minor scale. These chords' functions are iv - VII - i. The song is in the key of B minor, and uses mainly the same chord progression throughout, Em - A - Bm (except in the bridge). Crime is so rarely glamorous these days." Sting included this story in the liner notes of his album. Sting had met him and Crisp remarked jokingly to the musician that he "looked forward to receiving his naturalisation papers so that I can commit a crime and not be deported." When Sting asked him what kind of crime, he answered, "Something glamorous, non-violent, with a dash of style. The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan. Sting wrote the song about the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp, who is the "Englishman" of the title. Sting and Shirazee released a music video and performed the song on ABC's Good Morning America. Shirazee had previously covered the song as "African in New York" with Sting's approval. "Englishman/African in New York", a reworking of the song recorded with African artist Shirazee was released as a non-album digital-only single on 19 March 2021. In 2010, Sting re-recorded the song in an orchestral version for his album Symphonicities. The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990. The remix played around with the introduction and some of the instrumentation, but the essence of the song remained the same. In 1990, just prior to the release of his third studio album The Soul Cages, Sting's record label licensed Dutch DJ and producer Ben Liebrand to remix "Englishman in New York" and subsequently released it as a single. 
"Englishman in New York" was also a top 20 hit in Ireland. However, the single was more successful in continental Europe, becoming a hit in several countries, reaching the top 40 in France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium. 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart that same month. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1988 and reached No. In the US, "Englishman in New York" peaked at No. The single was released in February 1988 as the third single from the album, but only reached No. Branford Marsalis played soprano saxophone on the track, while the drums were played by Manu Katché and the percussion by Mino Cinélu. Nothing Like the Sun, released in October 1987. " Englishman in New York" is a song by English singer-songwriter Sting, from his second studio album.
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