Empire State of Mind

"Empire State of Mind" is a song by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. It was released as the third single from Jay-Z's 11th music album The Blueprint 3 (2009). The song is about New York City, and has a music sample of "Love on a Two-Way Street" (1970) by The Moments. The title of the song takes its name from Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" (1976).

"Empire State of Mind"
Song by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
from the album The Blueprint 3
Released	October 20, 2009 (single)
Recorded	2009; Roc The Mic Studios, Oven Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	4:37
Label	Roc Nation, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	A. Hunte, A. Keys, A. Shuckburgh, B. Keyes, J. Sewell, S. Carter, S. Robinson
Producer(s)	Al Shux
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Run This Town" (2009) "Empire State of Mind" (2009) "On to the Next One" (2009)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Another Way to Die" (2008) "Empire State of Mind" (2009) "Doesn't Mean Anything" (2009)

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak Position
Australian Singles Chart	4
Austrian Singles Chart	13
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)	4
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia)	4
Brazil Hot 100 Airplay	17
Canadian Hot 100	3
Danish Singles Chart	2
Dutch Top 40	2
Finnish Singles Chart	9
French Digital Singles Chart	3
French Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	13
Italian Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	2
New Zealand Singles Chart	6
Norwegian Singles Chart	5
Portuguese Singles Chart	1
Spanish Singles Chart	27
Swedish Singles Chart	6
Swiss Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	2
UK R&B Singles Chart	2
Scottish Singles Charts	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1
U.S. Rap Songs	1