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The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the in Manhattan The song also charted on in the Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart
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

The instrumental sections in the song were re-worked using latin rhythms such as cumbia and dancehall.

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This version charted on , the official French Singles Chart reaching number 16
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In 1990, just prior to the release of his third studio album , Sting's record label licensed Dutch and producer to remix "Englishman in New York" and subsequently released it as a single
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The remix played around with the introduction and some of the instrumentation, but the essence of the song remained the same
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
This corresponds with III - VII - i - V, VI - VII - V - i Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

In 2010, Sting re-recorded the song in an orchestral version for his album.

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The in the key of the chords are iv - VII - i The that plays over the song mainly plays the in Bm
However, the single was more successful in , becoming a hit in several countries, reaching the Top 40 and sometimes the Top 20 in , , , , etc

It is mainly the same chord progression throughout the song except in the bridge : Em - A - Bm.

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It reached 30 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1993
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The new version was commercially successful, reaching number 15 in the UK charts in mid-1990
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In South Africa, it peaked at no