New York, New York (On the Town) Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane utters "The Bronx is up and the Battery's down" to his traveling party in the final scene. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman sing the chorus of the song in "" The song was parodied in an episode of The Critic. The song was performed by the bells on Disney's Sing Along video: "Let's Go to the Circus". During "Wheel of Fortune"'s first road trip to New York in 1988, the song was played over an image montage of the city, and the lyrics were altered from "It's a helluva town" to "It's a wonderful town". New
The Only Living Boy in New York The Only Living Boy in New York "The Only Living Boy in New York" is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It is the eighth track from the duo's fifth and final studio album, "Bridge over Troubled Water". The song was also issued as the B-side to the duo's "Cecilia" single. Simon wrote this as a thinly veiled message to Art Garfunkel, referencing a specific incident where Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film "Catch-22." Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for "Bridge over Troubled Water," hence the lonely