I Happen to Like New York

This article is about the Cole Porter song. For the 1964 Caterina Valente album, see I Happen to Like New York (album).

"I Happen to Like New York" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1930 musical The New Yorkers when it was introduced by Oscar Ragland.^[1]

The song has become a standard of the Great American Songbook, with recordings by many different artists. British-born singer Dorothy Carless closes her album Mixed Emotions (1956) with the song. Judy Garland recorded the song for her 1962 album The Garland Touch,^[2] Caterina Valente recorded the song as the title track of her 1964 album. A 1973 recording by Bobby Short from the album Live at the Café Carlyle^[3] was used in the 1993 film Manhattan Murder Mystery.^[4] The song opens the 1987 Liza Minnelli live album At Carnegie Hall.^[5] Actress Jean Smart sang a modified version of the song with different lyrics on the 50th season premiere of Saturday Night Live in September 2024.