The City That Never Sleeps (nickname)
Nickname for New York City and other cities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The City That Never Sleeps is a ubiquitously used nickname for New York City that was popularized by Frank Sinatra in the song Theme from New York, New York:
- I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps
And find I'm a number one, top of the list ...[1]
Nickname for New York City and other cities
Although New York City may be the most prominently recognized city termed "The City That Never Sleeps",[2][3] and the city's subway system never closes,[4] the term has been applied to other cities. Below is a list, in alphabetical order, of cities that have also been called "the city that never sleeps":[5][4]
- Barcelona[6]
- Berlin[7]
- Beirut[8][9]
- Buenos Aires[10][11][12][13]
- Cairo[14]
- Chicago, in the film City That Never Sleeps
- Dhaka[15]
- Karachi[16]
- Lagos[17]
- Las Vegas[3]
- London[18]
- Madrid[19]
- Madurai[20]
- Manila[21][22]
- Moscow[23]
- Mumbai[24]
- Rio de Janeiro[25]
- São Paulo[26]
- Shanghai[27][28]
- Tel Aviv[29][30]
- Valencia[31]