Billy Joel shares video of 5-year-old daughter singing TODAY via Yahoo News While the famous couple called it quits in. See Billy Joel & Christie Brinkleys Daughter, Whos a Singer-Songwriter Best Life via Yahoo News Brinkley also starred in the song’s music video. Brinkley gained worldwide fame with her appearances in the late 1970s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, ultimately appearing on an unprecedented three consecutive covers starting in 1979.Billy Joel – Uptown Girl (Official Video)While the song was originally titled Uptown Girls, Joel explained that it changed once he began exclusively dating Brinkley. Christie Brinkley (born Christie Lee Hudson February 2, 1954) is an American model, actress, and entrepreneur.
It was released on September 29, 1983, on his ninth studio album, An Innocent Man (1983).The 12" EP has the tracks " My Life", " Just the Way You Are" and " It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (catalogue number TA3775), whereas some 7" single versions featured "Careless Talk" as a B-side. The lyrics describe a working-class " downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy " uptown girl". And Canadian singles, also used for the Japanese release with its native language" Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by the American musician Billy Joel.
A poster of Brinkley can be seen in the garage as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising "Uptown cosmetics". Brinkley arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce as Joel and the mechanics dance with her. Music videoThe video depicts Joel and his backup singers working as auto mechanics. Christie Brinkley appears as the main character of the video and later married Joel. According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley, both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s. Joel also has said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
It has sold over 1.06 million copies as of 2017. The song was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's " Karma Chameleon", which Joel had knocked off the number-one position on November 1, 1983.
It became the band's biggest selling single (paid-for and combined sales categories) in the UK and also achieved the highest first week sales (292,318 copies) of any of their singles. In the United Kingdom, it was the sixth best selling single of 2001 and the 24th best-selling single of the decade in the UK charts, with sales of 756,215 copies. It became the biggest selling single of 2001 and the tenth best-selling single of all-time in Ireland. The music video was a parody of the Billy Joel one, with the members of Westlife playing workers in a burger bar, Robert Bathurst, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Ioan Gruffudd, Tim McInnerny and James Wilby play the snobby uptown customers and Claudia Schiffer is in the Christie Brinkley role."Uptown Girl" reached number one in Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
The lyrics describe a working-class “ downtown man” attempting to woo a wealthy “ uptown girl”. It is also their second most streamed song in the United Kingdom of all-time.By May be found at the following website: , Fair use, Link “Uptown Girl”“ Uptown Girl” is a song written and performed by the American musician Billy Joel. By March 2017, the song had sold almost 800,000 copies in the country from physical and digital copies which make up 81% of the total units. As of January 2019, it has 920,000 total sales.
Brinkley arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce as Joel and the mechanics dance with her. Music videoThe video depicts Joel and his backup singers working as auto mechanics. Christie Brinkley appears as the main character of the video and later married Joel. According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley, both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s. Joel also has said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. InspirationAccording to an interview with Howard Stern, Joel had originally titled the song “Uptown Girls”, and it was conceived on an occasion when he was surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston and his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson.
Westlife versionBy The cover art can be obtained from BMG., Fair use, Link “Uptown Girl”(2001)” Queen of My Heart” / “ When You’re Looking Like That““ Uptown Girl” (rereleased as double A-side with “ Angels Wings” in 2002) was recorded by Irish boy band Westlife for their third studio album, World of Our Own. It has sold over 1.06 million copies as of 2017. The song was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club‘s “ Karma Chameleon“, which Joel had knocked off the number-one position on November 1, 1983. At the end of the video Joel and Brinkley ride off on a motorcycle.“Uptown Girl” peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks from November 12 to December 10, 1983. It also reached number one in the United Kingdom for five weeks, his only number-one hit in the country.
In the United Kingdom, it was the sixth best selling single of 2001 and the 24th best-selling single of the decade in the UK charts, with sales of 756,215 copies. It became the biggest selling single of 2001 and the tenth best-selling single of all-time in Ireland. The music video was a parody of the Billy Joel one, with the members of Westlife playing workers in a burger bar, Robert Bathurst, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Ioan Gruffudd, Tim McInnerny and James Wilby play the snobby uptown customers and Claudia Schiffer is in the Christie Brinkley role.“Uptown Girl” reached number one in Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Westlife version is slightly shorter than the Billy Joel version because one of the verses was not repeated. The song was also released as the fifth single for the European Special Edition and Asian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc of the group’s second album, Coast to Coast (2000). It was also the 2001 Comic Relief charity single.
It has since been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 600,000 copies. In Mexico, the song was the fourth best selling single of 2001.
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