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"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel from his ninth studio album An Innocent Man (1983), released in September 1983 as the album's second single. The lyrics describe a working-class " downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy " uptown girl".
Uptown Girl" is a 1983 song by Billy Joel. Uptown Girl(s) may also refer to: Uptown Girl, by Mirani, 2021 "Uptown Girl", a 1981 song by Leif Garrett "Uptown Girl", a season 8 episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation; Uptown Girls, a 2003 American film; Uptown Girls (group), an American music group active during the 1980s
“Uptown Girl” remains one of Joel’s biggest hits and featured Brinkley in the video, starring as a sophisticated, upper-class woman, while Joel plays a blue-collar mechanic. The duo was ...
One passage of the revealing new memoir looks back at how Diana decided to surprise her husband by dancing to Billy Joel’s "Uptown Girl" on stage at a charity event at the Royal Opera House in ...
American singer-songwriter Billy Joel has released 13 studio albums, seven live albums, 18 compilation albums, 10 video albums, 82 singles, three promotional singles, and 45 music videos. Throughout his career, he has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in history .
Joel told Howard Stern in 2010 that after he stopped dating fellow model Elle Macpherson, he turned a song he was writing called “Uptown Girls” into “Uptown Girl,” specifically about Brinkley.
As I've mentioned before, I disagree with the change of category you are suggesting for this article. I don't believe either the song "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel, or the music of Franki Valli and the Four Seasons which inspired it, fit the label of "rock." The pop music category that was already provided seems a much more accurate a description ...
A little over a year after introducing teens across America to the existence of a singer named Billy Joel and his 1983 tune “Uptown Girl” thanks to her hit “Deja Vu,” Olivia Rodrigo came ...