Uptown (The Crystals song)

"Uptown"
Single by The Crystals
from the album Twist Uptown
B-side"What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen"
Released1962
GenrePop[1]
LabelPhilles
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Producer(s)Phil Spector
The Crystals singles chronology
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)"
(1961) 		"Uptown"
(1962) 		"He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss)"
(1962)

"Uptown" is a 1962 single by the Crystals. On the Cash Box Top 100, the song peaked at #10. On the Billboard charts, "Uptown" reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 on the Billboard R&B Sides chart.

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 4, 2020). "The Number Ones: Sheena Easton's "Morning Train (Nine to Five)". Stereogum. Retrieved July 19, 2023. It's possible to write a compelling pop song where a woman sits around all day...Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil did it in 1962 [with] The Crystals' "Uptown"...