First We Take Manhattan

~ Recording by Jennifer Warnes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Initial 1986 release)Jennifer WarnesAlbum
Cypress RecordsYD 0100
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cypress Records661 111-2
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Attic (Canadian label), Cypress RecordsACD 1227
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Attic (Canadian label)LAT 1227
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Attic (Canadian label)ACDM 1227
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:44Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)208 418
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cypress Records258 418
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cypress RecordsPD90048
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
  • US1996-05-24
Classic Records (audiophile reissues)RTHCD 5052
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Classic Compact Discs (audiophile limited editions)RTHCD 5052
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
  • US2007-08-07
Shout! Factory
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (20th anniversary edition)Jennifer WarnesAlbum
  • XW2007-08-07
Porch Light LLC
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
  • CA2007-11-13
Universal Music Canada7697425542
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Impex Records, Attic (Canadian label)IMP8301, LAT 1227
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cisco MusicGCD8011
(unknown)
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue RaincoatJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cisco Music, Porch Light LLCCLP7060-45
1.1First We Take Manhattan3:47Jennifer WarnesFamous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard CohenJennifer WarnesAlbum
Cypress RecordsVPCD 6012

Relationships

engineer:Billy Youdelman
producer:C. Roscoe Beck
Jennifer Warnes
mixer:Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
bass:Roscoe Beck
drums (drum set):Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:Roscoe Beck
Robben Ford (blues, jazz & rock guitarist and songwriter)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
percussion:Lenny Castro
synthesizer:Russell Ferrante
vocals:Jennifer Warnes
recording of:First We Take Manhattan

Related works

First We Take Manhattan

lyricist and composer:Leonard Cohen
publisher:Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
later translated versions:Earst nim ik Manhattan
Eerst nemen we Manhattan
Eez steht he: Manhattan
Ensin napataan Oulu, sit kaapataan Porvoo
Manhattan (version in Spanish)
Zersch näh mer Mänhättan
Zuerst also Manhattan
Zuerst nehmen wir Manhattan
Манхэттен и Берлин #1
is the basis for:Ik laat je nooit meer gaan