"I Happen to Like New York" is a

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song written by Cole Porter for the 1930 musical ''

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'' when it was introduced by Oscar Ragland. The song has become a standard of the

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, with recordings by many different artists.

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recorded the song for her 1962 album ''

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'', while

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recorded the song as the title track of her 1964 album. The song opens the 1987 Liza Minnelli live album '' At Carnegie Hall''. A 1973 recording by

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from the album ''Live at the Café Carlyle'' was used in the 1993 film ''

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''. British-born singer Dorothy Carless closes her album ''Mixed Emotions'' (1956) with the song.

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