An Innocent Man

About An Innocent Man

"An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel and the third single from his album An Innocent Man. The song, a tribute to Ben E. King and The Drifters, reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the third consecutive top 10 single from the album.[1] It also spent one week at #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[2] Joel was quoted in a 1997 interview describing a high note he sang during the song: "...I had a suspicion that was going to be the last time I was going to be able to hit those notes .

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About this song

Credited to

Billy Joel

Album

An Innocent Man · Track 2 of 10 · Title track · Longest track on the album

Released

August 8, 1983

Duration

5:18

On Last.fm

162,533 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: An Innocent Man