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"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel from his ninth studio album An Innocent Man (1983), released in September 1983 as the album's second single. The lyrics describe a working-class " downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy " uptown girl".
Brinkley starred in the music video for the song two years before she and Joel married in 1985, the same year they welcomed their daughter Alexa Ray Joel. Brinkley and Joel divorced in 1994.
In 1983, Christie Brinkley featured in the music video for "Uptown Girl", alongside her then-future husband Billy Joel. Christy Turlington appeared in the music video for Duran Duran's "Notorious" in 1986. Four years later, she became one of the supermodels in George Michael's "Freedom! '90" music video.
Joel told Howard Stern in 2010 that after he stopped dating fellow model Elle Macpherson, he turned a song he was writing called “Uptown Girls” into “Uptown Girl,” specifically about Brinkley.
Christie Brinkley was feeling the music as Billy Joel performed her song!On Friday, Brinkley attended her ex-husband's sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, and got a special serenade. In a ...
Uptown Girl" is a 1983 song by Billy Joel. Uptown Girl(s) may also refer to: Uptown Girl, by Mirani, 2021 "Uptown Girl", a 1981 song by Leif Garrett "Uptown Girl", a season 8 episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation; Uptown Girls, a 2003 American film; Uptown Girls (group), an American music group active during the 1980s
“Uptown Girl” remains one of Joel’s biggest hits and featured Brinkley in the video, starring as a sophisticated, upper-class woman, while Joel plays a blue-collar mechanic. The duo was ...
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel is a greatest hits album by Billy Joel, originally released on 15 November 2004. The album was re-released on 10 July 2006 with a DVD included. The CD contains 18 of his biggest hits, and the DVD contains 10 videos (some of which are live).