| "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album Storm Front | ||||
| B-side | "And So It Goes" | |||
| Released | May 1990[1] | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory, Times Square Studio, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
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"The Downeaster 'Alexa'" is a song by Billy Joel from his eleventh studio album Storm Front (1989), released as the album's fourth single. It peaked at No. 57 in the Billboard Hot 100 and was included on Joel's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 album in 1997. The song was named for his boat, which in turn was named after his daughter Alexa Ray Joel.
The violin solo is played by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.[2] The music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[3]
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
- ^ [1] Billy Joel & Itzhak Perlman - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (MSG - March 9, 2015)
- ^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Billy Joel - "The downeaster Alexa"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 1, 2015.