| "Uptown Girl" | ||||
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 Artwork for U.S. and Canadian singles, also used for the Japanese release with its native language | ||||
| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album An Innocent Man | ||||
| B-side | "Careless Talk" | |||
| Released | September 19, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone[5] | |||
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| "Uptown Girl" on YouTube | ||||
"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". The 12" EP has the tracks "My Life", "Just the Way You Are" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (catalogue number TA3775),[6] whereas some 7" single versions featured "Careless Talk" as a B-side.[7]
"Uptown Girl" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks from November 12 to December 10, 1983.[8] It also reached number one in the United Kingdom for five weeks, his only number-one hit in the country. It was the second-best-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon", which Joel had knocked off the number-one position on November 1, 1983. The song was the 19th-best-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It has sold over 1.2 million copies as of 2023.
- ^ a b Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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- ^ "Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (album review)". Subjective Sounds. September 27, 2023.
- ^ Tomlin, Edward (March 20, 2023). "10 Best Billy Joel Songs of All Time - Singersroom.com". Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (August 18, 1983). "An Innocent Man". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
- ^ "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl - Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. pp. 137–138. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.