New York City Cops (song)

"New York City Cops"
Single by the Strokes
from the album Is This It (international editions)
A-side	"Hard to Explain" (double A-side)
Released	June 25, 2001 (double A-side)
Recorded	March and April 2001
Studio	Transporterraum, New York City
Genre	Street punk[1]
Length	3:30
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Julian Casablancas
Producer(s)	Gordon Raphael
The Strokes singles chronology
"Hard to Explain" / "New York City Cops" (2001) "Last Nite" (2001)

"New York City Cops" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. It was released along with "Hard to Explain" as a double A-side single on June 25, 2001, in Australia and Europe. It appears on international editions of their debut studio album, Is This It (2001); it was replaced with the track "When It Started" on the then-unreleased American CD edition following the September 11 attacks due to its lyrics regarding the New York City Police Department. As a double A-side single, it reached number 16 in the UK and number 66 in Australia.