When was uptown girl made

Short Music Romance. Director Jay Dubin. Christie Brinkley Billy Joel. Top credits Director Jay Dubin. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 4. Add image. Top cast Edit. Jay Dubin. More like this. Storyline Edit. Then, depending on the version, the next image on the TV is either a blank screen or the logo of the network or TV show the video was on.

Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. User reviews 1 Review. Details Edit. Release date United States. United States. He later said: "The fact that I can attract such a beautiful woman as Christie should give hope to every ugly guy in the world!

Billy has also said that the song was inspired by the music style of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The song's video shows Billy and his backup singers working as car mechanics. Christie arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, as Billy and his mates dance around her. A poster of Brinkley can also be seen in the garage, as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising 'Uptown cosmetics'. The couple got married in They first met in on the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean, and were married on a yacht on the Hudson River, the second marriage for both of them.

Guests at the wedding included singer Paul Simon and members of the band Stray Cats. They had one child together: Alexa Ray Joel , born December 29, It was a number three record in the US, and reached number one in the UK, his only number one in the country.

It was the second biggest-selling single of in the UK, and was the 19th biggest-selling single of the s, selling , copies. It had sold over 1. Of the many cover versions, boyband Westlife's is the most famous. In the UK, the song was recorded as 's Comic Relief single, reaching number one and becoming the group's best-selling single to date.