The title character in the music video was played by Christie Brinkley. The song also has the uncommon feature of changing key from the original two times before giving back, for a total of three keys.Ĭovers of this song have been performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Aaron Carter, Weezer and most notably in 2001 by Irish boy band Westlife, again reaching #1 in the UK, though this time for only one week, whereas Joel's version spent five weeks at the top of the charts. The style of music, including the doo-wop beat, the close harmonies and Joel's frequent use of falsetto singing, is reminiscent of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in the US, and #1 in the UK in 1988, Rolling Stone ranked "Uptown Girl" #99 on their list of the 100 most important singles of the period 1963-1988. The song was first released in 1983 on his album An Innocent Man. His first attempt at the song had the lyrics, "Uptown girls, I've been around the world." The music was more of a classical piece when it started.
Joel thanked his creator for his good fortune, and began dating Elle. 1 on the Billboard Chart.įollows in 1982 the album "Nylon curtain" which contains the no less famous single "Allentown".ġ983 will be the year of a new planetary hit for the artist, namely "Uptown girl", from the album "An innocent man" from which the title "Tell her about it" will also be taken.ġ986 will see the release of the album "The bridge", which will mark the end of the meteoric rise of this essential figure of the 70s and 80s who will remain for a long time one of the gifted of his generation."Uptown Girl" is a song performed by musician Billy Joel, whose lyrics deal with a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl".Īccording to the Uptown Girl Songfacts, Joel explained to Howard Stern that he was on vacation in the Caribbean when he was playing the piano, looked up, and saw Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston (who was more a model than a musician at that point) standing over his piano in wonderment watching him play. The album "Glass houses" was released in 1980 and contained the hit "It’s still rock and roll to me" which would be his first No. Then it was the turn of the album "Turnstiles" to be released in 1976.īut it’s the year 1977 that changed everything with the album “The stranger” which contained the planetary hit “Just the way you are”.Īnd 1978 sees him reach the highest peaks of fame with the album "52nd Street" which contains no 3 planetary hits namely "My life", "Big shot" and especially the now cult "Honesty". The album "Streetlife serenade" was released in 1974 which contained the flagship title "The entertainer". He released his first solo album "Cold spring hearbor" in 1971 without much success.Īnd it was two years later, in 1973, that he released the album "Piano man", which sold more than 5,000,000 copies ! The adventure ends, the artist falls into depression and tries to end his life. Then play with the "Hassles" in the 60s before forming with the drummer of the group a new group called "Attila". He joined the group "The Echoes" at the age of 14. Billy Joel, by his real name William Martin Joel, is an American singer and songwriter who started piano lessons from an early age, unlike his boyfriends who take great pleasure in mistreating him accordingly.
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