The lyrics describe a working-class downtown man attempting to woo a. As recently as last year he told The New York Times how much he enjoyed teaching young students who “don’t ask me about what happened with Christie and ‘Uptown Girl.’” But he seemed to have put all that behind him this week at Madison Square Garden. Uptown Girl is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel. Most of An Innocent Man is fairly nonspecific in its homages to the sound of Billy Joel's musical adolescence, but 'Uptown Girl' is full-on, 100 percent Four Seasons, from its soaring intro, with its perfect evocation of those classic New York City harmonies, to Joel's valiant attempt to get his gruff singing voice up into Frankie Valli's falsetto register on the fade. The song and its inevitable association with his marriage has, at times, been a sore subject for Joel. When Joel was on his River of Dreams tour during the divorce, the hit “Uptown Girl” was missing from his set list. The couple were married and had a daughter together, but divorced in 1994. The two reportedly bonded over the experience with Brinkley, an accomplished dancer, walking Joel through all his choreography.
Joel was already an established star when, in 1983, he wrangled top model Christie Brinkley to star in the light-hearted, dance-filled music video for the song. It’s been over thirty years since Billy Joel’s smash doo wop throwback hit “Uptown Girl” first hit the airwaves. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.