Westlife international singles chronology ' Queen of My Heart' / ' When You're Looking Like That' Rodrigo made a surprise appearance at Joel's Madison Square Garden performance on August 24, 2022, singing 'Deja Vu' with Joel on piano and 'Uptown Girl' as a duet with Joel. Olivia Rodrigo mentioned the song and Joel in her hit single ' Deja Vu', which became a Top 3 U.S. Mark Rivera – percussion, backing vocals.Russell Javors – rhythm electric guitar.Billy Joel – Baldwin SF-10 acoustic piano, lead and backing vocals.Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. 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 also reached number one in the United Kingdom for five weeks, his only number-one hit in the country. 'Uptown Girl' peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks from November 12 to December 10, 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. It was released on September 29, 1983, on his ninth studio album, An Innocent Man (1983).

The lyrics describe a working-class ' downtown man' attempting to woo a wealthy ' uptown girl'. ' Uptown Girl' is a song written and performed by the American musician Billy Joel.

Uptown girl billy joel wiki