Uptown Girl

E308709
single song

"Uptown Girl" is a 1983 pop song by Billy Joel, styled as a doo-wop homage and widely recognized as one of his most popular and enduring hits.

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Label Occurrences
Uptown Girl canonical 6
Uptown Girl (music video) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album An Innocent Man ⓘ
artist Billy Joel ⓘ
associatedWith Christie Brinkley ⓘ
bSide Careless Talk ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealand 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesNote reached number one on the UK Singles Chart ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100Note reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
composer Billy Joel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverVersionBy Glee: The Music, Volume 1 ⓘ
surface form: Glee cast

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ⓘ
Westlife ⓘ
featuresInMusicVideo Christie Brinkley ⓘ
followedBySingle An Innocent Man ⓘ
genre doo-wop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Westlife version ⓘ
hasInstrumentation prominent backing vocals and handclaps ⓘ
hasLivePerformance regularly performed in Billy Joel concerts ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
hasRhythmicStyle up-tempo ⓘ
includedInCompilation Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II ⓘ
The Essential Billy Joel ⓘ
isOneOfArtistBestKnownSongs true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3:18 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Jay Dubin ⓘ
narrativeTheme working-class man infatuated with a wealthy uptown girl ⓘ
partOfAlbum An Innocent Man ⓘ
performer Billy Joel ⓘ
Billy Joel and his band ⓘ
precededBySingle Tell Her About It ⓘ
publisher Columbia Records ⓘ
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-09 ⓘ
style homage to 1950s and 1960s doo-wop ⓘ
subjectOf critical acclaim for catchy melody and retro style ⓘ
westlifeCoverChartPositionUKSingles 1 ⓘ
westlifeCoverInstanceOf charity single ⓘ
westlifeCoverReleaseYear 2001 ⓘ
writer Billy Joel ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1983 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billy Joel → notableWork → Uptown Girl ⓘ
Westlife → notableWork → Uptown Girl ⓘ
Christie Brinkley → notableWork → Uptown Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uptown Girl (music video)
Movin’ Out → hasSong → Uptown Girl ⓘ
Tell Her About It → followedBy → Uptown Girl ⓘ
An Innocent Man → hasPart → Uptown Girl ⓘ
An Innocent Man → includesHitSingle → Uptown Girl ⓘ