Just the Way You Are (compilation edit)

~ Recording by Billy Joel

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Just the Way You Are3:34Billy JoelGreatest Hits Volume I & Volume IIBilly JoelAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)C2 40121
25.6Just the Way You Are3:30Billy JoelSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750
1.8Just the Way You Are3:37Billy JoelGreatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia House edition)Billy JoelAlbum + CompilationColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G2K 40121

Relationships

engineer:Jim Boyer (producer/engineer)
Phil Ramone
producer:Phil Ramone
12 string guitar and guitar [High String Guitar]:Steve Khan
acoustic guitar:Steve Burgh
Steve Khan
Hugh McCracken
alto saxophone:Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player)
bass:Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas)
clarinet, flute, organ, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Richie Cannata
drums (drum set):Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
electric guitar:Hiram Bullock
Steve Khan
keyboard, piano, synthesizer and lead vocals:Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist)
percussion:Ralph MacDonald
orchestrator:Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1977)
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
edit of:Just the Way You Are
recording of:Just the Way You Are

Just the Way You Are

lyricist and composer:Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist)
publisher:April Music Inc.
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI Songs Ltd.
Joelsongs (from 1977 to present)
CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1977)
Impulsive Music (in 1977)
sub-publisher:Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division
Yamaha Music EH(CM)
later translated versions:Ich lieb' Dich immer wie Du bist
Ik hou van jou zoals je bent
Slik du engang er
Zoals je bent
可會有明天