Uptown girl

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)
  DE 18th 12/12/1983 (13 weeks)
  AT 18th 02/15/1984 (2 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 10/08/1983 (18 weeks)
  US 3 09/24/1983 (22 weeks)
Uptown Girl (Westlife)
  DE 8th 04/30/2001 (16 weeks)
  AT 12 04/29/2001 (17 weeks)
  CH 13 04/29/2001 (23 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/17/2001 (16 weeks)

Uptown Girl is a 1983 song by Billy Joel , written by him and produced by Phil Ramone . It appeared on the album An Innocent Man .

history

According to an interview with Channel 5 , Joel wrote the song about his relationship with model Elle Macpherson at the time , which ended with his future wife Christie Brinkley . Joel also stated in this interview that the song should also be understood as an homage to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons . In the song, Joel also sings about an encounter between a downtown man and his uptown girl .

The publication took place in September 1983. In Great Britain , Ireland , Australia and New Zealand the title became a number one hit.

Music video

At the beginning of the music video, a tow truck drives into a workshop, the boss of the company watches television and then goes to his workers. Then Billy Joel and all employees show a choreography. Afterwards, a customer drives into the workshop who portrays the uptown girl in the video , later the choreography is continued. At the end of the clip everyone leaves the workshop. The customer in the video was played by Christie Brinkley .

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart placements: DE - AT - CH - UK - US
  2. ↑ release date
  3. ↑ Music video on Dailymotion.com