It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the UK, and was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s, selling 975,000 copies. Uptown girl Shes been living in her uptown world I bet she never had a backstreet guy I bet her mama never told her why Im gonna try for an uptown girl Shes been living in her white bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now shes looking for a downtown man Thats what I am And when she knows what She wants from her time And when she wakes up And makes up her mind Shell see I. It was a number three record in the US, and reached number one in the UK, his only number one in the country. Billy Joel Uptown Girl lyrics & video : Uptown girl Shes been living in her uptown world I bet shes never had a backstreet guy I bet her momma never told her why Im gonna tr. The couple have remained good friends over the years while raising Alexa. Joel had orginally named the song with Uptown Girls and initially was about his relationships with Macpherson, but ended up becoming the song. They had one child together: Alexa Ray Joel, born December 29, 1985. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Lyrics - 'Uptown Girl' is a song from the album An Innocent Man written by Billy Joel himself and produced by Phil Ramone and released on 29th September 1983. However, the marriage ended in August 1994. Guests at the wedding included singer Paul Simon and members of the band Stray Cats. They first met in 1983 on the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean, and were married on a yacht on the Hudson River, the second marriage for both of them.
Inspired by Frankie Valli’s Rag Doll, its lyrics find a downtown boy (lower class) waxing. The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along.The song's video shows Billy and his backup singers working as car mechanics.Ĭhristie arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, as Billy and his mates dance around her.Ī poster of Brinkley can also be seen in the garage, as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising 'Uptown cosmetics'.īy the end of the video, Billy and Christie ride off on a motorcycle. Uptown Girl is a Billy Joel classic that can be found on 1983’s An Innocent Man. We invite you to click on the video of Joel’s 1984 live performance of “Uptown Girl” in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Wembley Stadium in London. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
The 64-year-old Joel, who was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, is one of the most prolific and successful recording artists of all time, with more than 150 million records sold worldwide. at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted in 11 other countries. Brinkley famously appeared in Joel’s music video as the “uptown girl” and the couple would eventually marry in 1985. The song was to be called “Uptown Girls” (plural).Īfter breaking up with Macpherson, he began dating Brinkley and changed the name of the song to “Uptown Girl” (singular). Joel began dating Macpherson and wrote the song with her and her girlfriends in mind. Remy Anne Joel was born at New York University Hospital and weighed in at 7 lbs. G 320033 or 355433 (use barre in bridge) G/Ab 455433 use your thumb over the top to play this, or 4554xx if you dont play that way. While it is widely believed that the subject of the song is Joel’s ex-wife and supermodel Christie Brinkley, Brit writers Michael Heatley and Frank Hopkinson revealed in The Girl in the Song: The True Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics, that Joel actually penned “Uptown Girl” about an earlier love interest, supermodel Elle Macpherson.Īccording to the authors, Joel drew his inspiration for the song while encountering Brinkley, Macpherson and singer Whitney Houston while on vacation in the Caribbean. Billy Joel became a father for third time on Sunday (October 22nd, 2017). Here are the chords - guitar not too high in the mix, but still a good one to strum. He sings, “Uptown girl / You know I can’t afford to buy her pearls / But maybe someday when my ship comes in / She’ll understand what kind of guy I’ve been / And then I’ll win.” In this 1983 song from his album An Innocent Man, Joel struggles with the fact that he can’t keep up with the rich guys - at least when it comes to lavishing gifts upon the uptown girl. Today we have rock legend Billy Joel performing “Uptown Girl,” his international hit about a “backstreet guy” trying to romance a privileged girl from the high-class part of town. Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics.
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