Uptown Girl
| "Uptown Girl" | ||||
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Artwork for U.S. and Canadian singles, also used for the Japanese release with its native language | ||||
| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album An Innocent Man | ||||
| B-side | "Careless Talk" | |||
| Released | September 19, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |||
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| "Uptown Girl" on YouTube | ||||
"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". 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.
"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. It was the second-best-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. The song was the 19th-best-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It has sold over 1.2 million copies as of 2023.