| 词条 | Walking Down Madison |
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| name = Walking Down Madison | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Kirsty MacColl | album = | released = 1991[1] | format = | recorded = 1991[1] | studio = | venue = | genre =
| length = | label = Virign[4] | writer =
| producer = Steve Lillywhite[3] | prev_title = Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = My Affair | next_year = 1991 }} "Walking Down Madison" is a 1991 song by Kirsty MacColl featuring Aniff Cousins. It charted at #23 on the UK Singles Chart and impacted a number of Billboard charts. BackgroundThe song was written after MacColl was searching for a new musical direction but instead found writer's block; she tried writing things and asked others to try but it failed to click.[7] Meanwhile, Smiths guitar player Johnny Marr had just come away from the Smiths (they'd split up a week earlier) and had written a song with the intent of writing a dance-based guitar record. Despite it being the first song he had written after the split of the Smiths, he had kept it to one side for his own solo record after the presentation of some of his new material resulted in his friends stealing the tracks.[1] Marr sent MacColl a tape containing the demo and other ideas as he was not interested in writing words at the time. Once MacColl had heard his guitar, she adjoined it with her lyrics and assembled a melody, and recorded the results at Electric Lady Studio.[2] The track also sports a more hip-hop-influenced sound than her previous work and features production from her-then husband Steve Lillywhite. It also features rapper Aniff Cousins.[3] A selection of remixes by Howard Gray appeared across the various single formats. "Walking Down Madison" was released in 1991[4] opening the album Electric Landlady, on which it is the longest song.[3] Music videoA music video was produced for the song. It was shot on location on Madison Avenue and features interspersed advertisements for Electric Landlady. It shows both a smartly dressed MacColl walking down Madison amidst smartly dressed business men during the daytime and a more scruffily dressed MacColl with women sleeping rough, the "beaming boy from Harlem with the air force coat" which is mentioned in the lyrics of the song, a man with a knife on the A-train and other assorted characters at night whilst Londonbeat dance. Cousins appears both during the day and at night. The night-time characters arrive in a chauffeur-driven limousine and depart in it at the end of the video.[5] Critical receptionPitchfork commended the record as a "subtle, scathing takedown of the city’s neon facade".[6]Chart positionsChartwise, the song made #23 on the UK Singles Chart,[7] #4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,[4] #18 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart[4] and #36 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.[4] In Australia, "Walking Down Madison" peaked at #58 on the ARIA singles chart in September 1991, and spent 8 weeks in the top 100.[8] Uses in other mediaMacColl performed this song on Top of the Pops. Alison Moyet has covered this song live[9] having been offered the chance to record it.[10] Co-writer Johnny Marr has also covered the track. In addition, Iain Banks included it on Personal Effects, a CD intended as music to listen to whilst driving.[9] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnymarrplaysguitar.com/2013/08/walking-down-madison-johnny-marr/|title='Walking Down Madison' - Johnny Marr|work=johnnymarrplaysguitar.com}} {{Kirsty MacColl}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/media/interviews/career-summaries/ |title=Career Summaries |publisher=Kirsty MacColl |date=1996-09-13 |accessdate=2015-02-18}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/electric-landlady-mw0000675021|title=Electric Landlady - Kirsty MacColl|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kirsty-maccoll-mn0000084258/awards|title=Kirsty MacColl - Awards|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 5. ^{{cite episode|title=Tune In... To 1991|network=Vintage TV|airdate=16 February 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|author=Zoe Camp |url=http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/534-walking-down-madison-in-appreciation-of-an-underrated-new-york-anthem/ |title=Welcome to New York: Taylor Swift, Kirsty MacColl and the Commodified City | The Pitch |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2014-10-30 |accessdate=2015-02-18}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pogues%20featuring%20kirsty%20maccoll/|title=POGUES FEATURING KIRSTY MACCOLL|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 8. ^{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/songs/kirsty-songs/walking-down-madison/ |title=Walking Down Madison |publisher=Kirsty MacColl |date= |accessdate=2015-02-18}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnymarrplaysguitar.com/2010/10/tribute-concert-for-kirsty-maccoll/|title=Tribute Concert for Kirsty MacColl|publisher=Johnnymarrplaysguitar.com|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 8 : 1991 singles|1991 songs|Kirsty MacColl songs|Songs about New York City|Songs written by Kirsty MacColl|Songs written by Johnny Marr|Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite|Virgin Records singles |
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