Uptown Girl

About Uptown Girl

"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". According 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. .

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About this song

Credited to

Billy Joel

Album

An Innocent Man · Track 6 of 10

Released

August 8, 1983

Duration

3:18

Ranking

#2 most played Billy Joel track on Foxsoundi

Top countries on Foxsoundi

United States (95 %), France (3 %), Malta (3 %)

Playlists

In 1 public playlist: Rocky

On Last.fm

1,741,471 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: An Innocent Man