Empire State of Mind ist ein Song aus der ersten Folge der zweiten Staffel, Neue Gesichter und Gemeinheiten. Der Song wird von den New Directions gesungen, um zum Einen nach Matts Umzug neue Mitglieder anzuwerben und zum Anderen, nachdem sie herausgefunden haben, dass die Nationals in New York stattfinden. Ihre Absicht ist es, den Schülern zu zeigen, dass sich auch populäre und nicht nur ältere Songs singen können, jedoch zeigen lediglich Sunshine Corazon und Sam Evans Interesse.
Das Original stammt von Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys aus seinem elften Album "The Blueprint 3" aus dem Jahr 2009.
Charts[]
| Chart (2010) | Spitzen position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 20 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 25 |
| Irish Single Chart | 20 |
| UK Singles Charts | 35 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
Lyrics[]
Artie:
Yeah, yeah
Now I'm up at Brooklyn
Now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to DeNiro
But I’ll be hood forever
I’m the new Sinatra
And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere
Yeah they love me everywhere
Finn:
I used to cop in Harlem
All of my Dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stash box
Five Sixty State street
Catch me in the kitchen
Like a Simmons with them pastries
Puck:
Cruising down 8th street
Off white Lexus
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas
Me I’m up at Bed-Stuy
Home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
And I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ty Ty
Still sipping Mai Tai's
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high fives
Jigga, I be spiked out (Santana: Come on)
I can trip a referee (Santana: Come on)
Tell by my attitude (Santana: Come on)
That I most definitely from
Rachel und Santana mit New Directions (Puck):
New York (Hey, aha)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of (Yeah)
There's nothing you can’t do (Yeah)
Now you’re in New York (Rachel: You're in New York) (Aha aha aha)
These streets will make you feel brand new (Rachel: You feel brand new) (New)
Big lights will inspire you (Rachel: Inspire you) ( Come on)
Let's hear it for New York (Your welcome old G)
New York, New York (I hold you high, sugar)
Finn (Mercedes):
Catch me at the X
With OG at a Yankee game (Whoa, whoa)
Dude I made a Yankee hat
More famous than a Yankee can
You should know I bleed Blue (Whoa, whoa)
But I aint a crip tho
But I got a gang of brothers
Walking with my clique though
Welcome to the Melting Pot (Whoa, whoa)
Corners where we selling rocks
Africa bambaataa
Home of the hip hop
Yellow cap, gypsy cap
Dollar cab, holla back
For foreigners, it ain't for they act
Like they forgot how to act
Puck (Mercedes):
Eight million stories
Out there in it naked (Whoa, whoa)
The city is a pity
Half o' y’all won’t make it
Me (Whoa, whoa) I gotta plug Special Ed
"I Got It Made"
If Jesus payin' LeBron
I’m payin' Dwayne Wade
Three-dice Cee-Lo (Whoa, whoa)
Three-card Marley
Labor Day Parade
Rest in peace, Bob Marley
Statue of Liberty (Whoa, whoa) (New Directions: Come on)
Long live the World trade (New Directions: Come on! Yeah, eh)
Long live the kingdom (New Directions: Come on! Yeah, eh)
I’m from the empire state that's
Santana mit New Directions:
New York (Rachel: New york!) (Puck: Hey) (Santana: Huh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can’t do (Puck: That you can't do) (Mercedes: You can't do, oh)
Now you’re in New York (Rachel: You're in New York) (Santana: Huh, yeah) (Puck: Welcome to the bright lights baby)
These streets will make (und Rachel: you feel brand new) (Mercedes: Brand new, baby)
Big lights will (und Rachel: inspire you) (Mercedes: Oh)
Let's hear it for New York (Santana: Uh, huh)
New York (Santana: Yeah)
New York (Santana: Uh, huh) (Rachel: Yeah, hey)
Artie (Mercedes):
Lights is blinding
Girls need blinders (Whoa, whoa)
So they can step out of bounds quick
The side lines is
Lined with casualties (Whoa, whoa)
Who sipping life casually
Then gradually become worse (Uh, huh)
Don’t bite the apple Eve
Caught up in the in crowd
Now your in-style
End in the winter gets cold
En Vogue with your skin out (Whoa, hoo)
The city of sin is a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad
The city's filled with them
Finn (Mercedes):
Mommy took a bus trip
And now she got her bust out (Hoo, hoo)
Everybody ride her
Just like a bus route
Hail Mary to the city your a virgin
And (Oh, oh, oh) Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Came here for school
Graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight (Oh, whoa)
Dub MHS (New Directions: Come on) (Whoa, whoa) (New Directions: Yeah, eh)
Got you feeling like a champion (New Directions: Come on) (Oh, whoa)
The city never sleeps (New Directions: Come on) better slip you an Ambien (New Directions: Yeah, eh)
Santana with New Directions (Mercedes):
New York (Rachel: New York!) (Finn: Huh, huh) (Santana: Yeah, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of (Rachel: Haa hi yeah)
There's nothing you can’t do (Nothing you can’t do) (New Directions: You can’t do)
Now you’re in New York (Rachel: You're in New York) (Yeah, yeah, eh) (Santana: Huh, huh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand new (Rachel: You feel brand new) ( New) (New Directions: You feel brand new)
Big lights will inspire you (Rachel: Inspire you) (You) (New Directions: Inspire you)
Let's hear it for New York (Santana: Huh, huh)
New York (Santana: Yeah) (New York)
New York (Santana: Huh, huh) (Rachel: Yeah, hey)
Mercedes mit New Directions Girls:
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air
Finn und Mercedes mit New Directions:
Everybody say yeah (Santana: Come on), yeah (Santana: Come on)
Yeah, (Santana: Come on) yeah!
Rachel und Santana mit New Directions (Mercedes):
New York (New York) (New Directions: New York) (Santana: Yeah, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of (Jungle, yeah, yeah)
There's nothing you can’t do (New Directions: You can’t do)
Now you’re in New York (New York, New York) (Artie: New York) (Santana: Yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand new (Brand new) (New Directions: Brand new)
Big lights will inspire you (Inspire you) (New Directions: Inspire you)
Let's hear it for New York (New York) (Santana: Huh)
New York (New York) (Santana: Yeah)
New York (New York, yo whoa) (Santana: Huh, uh)
Trivia[]
- Der Song weist Ähnlichkeiten zur Performance von We Got the Beat aus der dritten Staffel auf:
- Beide Songs werden außerhalb des Chorraums performt (Schulhof und Cafeteria).
- Beide Songs werden performt, um neue Mitglieder für den Glee Club anzuwerben.
- Beide Songs werden als erster in der jeweiligen Staffelpremiere performt.
- In beiden Songs haben Rachel und Santana Solos.
- Nach dem Zusehen der Performance, bewerben sich neue Mitglieder für den Glee Club (Sam und Sunshine/Sugar).
- Etwas unerwartetes passiert beide Male nach der Performances (abgesehen von Sam und Sunshine beachtet keiner auf dem Schulhof die Performance/eine Essensschlacht bricht aus)
- Santanas Stimme ist im Original nicht leicht zu hören. Erst in der a capella-Version kann man sie klar hören.
- Melissa Benoist, Blake Jenner und Kevin McHale sangen den Song 2012 bei der American Australian Association.
Videos[]
Jay feat Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind Official Video
GLEE 2 - Empire state of mind (Jay-Z e Alicia Keys)-1
Empire State of Mind Glee Lyrics
Empire State of Mind Glee HD FULL STUDIO