Release date: 1983
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. According to 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).
It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one in the United Kingdom. It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". The song was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It has sold 1.02 million copies as of 2013.
Album: An Innocent Man
