"Paris Is Burning" is a song by Ladyhawke, taken from her debut self titled album

Ladyhawke (Ladyhawke album)

Ladyhawke is the eponymous debut album by New Zealand recording artist Ladyhawke, released on 22 September 2008 by Modular Recordings. Produced by Pascal Gabriel, Greg Kurstin, Kid Gloves, Kish Mauve's Jim Eliot, Paul Harris and Van She's Michael Di Francesco, the album incorporates...

. "Paris Is Burning" is the musician's second single, however it is the first to receive a physical release. The song has been featured on season 3 of Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

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, as a theme song for the French TV show Paris 16e and Le Grand Journal

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's "coming next" sequence, and remixed for the beginning of a CSI: Miami

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episode in the seventh season.

Chart performance

In the UK this song charted two weeks: it debuted at number 61, which became its peak position, the next week dropping 39 places to number 100. It entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 40, making it Ladyhawke's highest charting song. In Australia it peaked at 52, this is despite the song being in heavy rotation on Australian music channel, Channel V.
The track was re-released on 2 March 2009 as a digital download/limited 7" vinyl release. The limited edition of "Paris Is Burning" did better than the original release.

Music video

The video for "Paris Is Burning" includes Pip Brown walking through a street with a wolf ahead of her, intermittently showing her walking through falling feathers, electric sparks, and bits of plastic. She also carries a drunk man and is followed by people for portions of the music video before she walks into a bright light in the distance with the wolf, car alarms blaring as the video fades. The video was directed by Danish director Casper Balslev.

Tracklisting

CD

(MODCDS058; Released: 7 July 2008)

1. "Paris Is Burning" - 3:49
2. "Paris Is Burning" (Cut Copy Remix) - 5:24
3. "Paris Is Burning" (Kid Gloves CDG Chi Remix) - 6:43
4. "Paris Is Burning" (A Chicken Lips Malfunction) - 6:38
5. "Paris Is Burning" (Chicken Lips Dub Deluxe) - 6:38
6. "Paris Is Burning" (Video)

UK 7" Vinyl

(MODVL 97; Released: 2008)

Side A

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Original)

Side B

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Alex Gopher
   Alex Gopher
   Alex Gopher is a French DJ who composes electronic dance music and house.- Career :Alex began his musical career playing bass in the band Orange with future Air members Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin...
   
    Remix)

UK 7" Vinyl

(MODVL 98; Released: 2008)

Side A

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Peaches
   Peaches (musician)
   Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...
   
    Remix)

Side B

1. "Paris S'enflamme"

U.S. Digital EP

(Released: 2008)

1. "Paris Is Burning" - 3:51
2. "Back of the Van" - 3:38
3. "Paris s'enflamme" (French version of "Paris Is Burning") - 3:51
4. "Paris Is Burning" (Cut Copy
   Cut Copy
   Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
   
    Remix) - 5:24
5. "Back of the Van" (Van She
   Van She
   Van She is an electropop band formed in 2005 in Sydney, Australia, with Matt Van Schie on bass guitar/vocals, Tomek Archer on drums/sequencer, Michael Di Francesco on synth/guitar and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar...
   
    Tech Turbo Fire Engine Mix) - 6:07
6. "Danny & Jenny" - 3:31

EUR CD

(Digital only; Released: 2 March 2009)

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Radio Edit)
2. "Paris Is Burning" (Matthew Dekay Remix)
3. "Paris Is Burning" (Simmons and Cristopher Radio Mix)
4. "Paris Is Burning" (Simmons and Cristopher Club Mix)
5. "Paris Is Burning" (Innerpartysystem Remix)
6. "Paris Is Burning" (Funkagenda Remix)
7. "Paris Is Burning" (Original)

Limited white 7" Vinyl

(MODVL113; Released: 2 March 2009)
Limited to 600 copies

Side A

1. "Paris Is Burning"

Side B

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Chicken Lips Zeefungk Beatdown)

Other versions

1. "Paris Is Burning" (Alex Metric Remix) - 4:49
2. "Paris Is Burning" (Fred Falke Mix) - 6:42
3. "Paris Is Burning" (Kim Fai Remix) - 7:24

Charts

Chart (2008/2009)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	52
Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)	5
Global Dance Tracks	33
New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	40
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	47[A]

^ The song originally reached number sixty-one in July 2008.