You May Be Right

This article is about the 1980 song by Billy Joel. For the 2006 Australian television game show, see You May Be Right (game show).
"You May Be Right"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Glass Houses
B-side"Close to the Borderline"
ReleasedMarch 7, 1980
Genre
Length
  • 4:15 (album version)
  • 3:58 (7" version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Billy Joel
Producer(s)Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"All for Leyna"
(1980) 		"You May Be Right"
(1980) 		"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
(1980)
Music video
"You May Be Right" on YouTube

"You May Be Right" is a song written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel, released as a single and the opening track from his 1980 album Glass Houses. The single reached No. 7 on the US charts and No. 6 in Canada. It failed to chart, however, in the UK, unlike his preceding and succeeding singles "All for Leyna" (UK #40) and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (UK #14). The Japanese single features "Close to the Borderline" as a B-side.

The song is the first track off the album and begins with the sound of broken glass, which is included to metaphorically signify the smashing of the glass house from which the album is named. "You May Be Right" is also on Billy Joel's Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II (on disc 2) and the live albums 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert, 12 Gardens Live, and Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert. A live duet with Elton John appears on the box set My Lives.

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