I Had a New York Girlfriend is the third album by Robert Forster, released in 1994 on Beggar's Banquet.

[3][4] It consists of cover versions of his favourite songs and unlike his previous albums contains no original compositions.

[5] The album was reissued in 2024 as Beautiful Hearts (the album's original working title) on the Needle Mythology label.

[6] Trouser Press called the collection "quirky enough to maintain a distinctly confessional quality.

"[4]