"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" | |
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Song by Billy Joel | |
from the album The Stranger | |
Released | September 1977 |
Recorded | A & R Recording, New York City |
Genre | |
Length | 7:37 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel |
Producer(s) | Phil Ramone |
Music video | |
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" on YouTube |
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.
It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life."[2] In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th[3] greatest song of all time. The song was also described as "a seven-minute epic"[4] by American Songwriter.