Big Shot (song)

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"Big Shot"
Artwork for Dutch vinyl single
Single by Billy Joel
from the album 52nd Street
B-side	"Root Beer Rag", "Half a Mile Away"
Released	January 1979
Recorded	A & R Recording, Inc., New York City, 1978
Genre	Hard rock power pop
Length	4:03 (Album version) 3:43 (Single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"My Life" (1978) "Big Shot" (1979) "Honesty" (1979)

"Big Shot" is a song performed by Billy Joel from his 1978 album 52nd Street as its opening track, released as a single in early 1979. The song would become the second hit single from the album, peaking at #14 in the United States.