Uptown Girl
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Uptown Girl | 3:17 | Billy Joel | An Innocent Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | QC 38837 |
| 2.7 | Uptown Girl | 3:15 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2 40121 |
| 2.3 | Uptown Girl | 3:18 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (BMG Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | C2K 86005, D241888 |
| 1.6 | Uptown Girl | 3:18 | Billy Joel | An Innocent Man (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2094 |
| 2.6 | Uptown Girl | 3:18 | Billy Joel | An Innocent Man (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2094 |
| 2.11 | Uptown Girl | 3:15 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia House edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Scott James (US recording engineer) Mike Mairé |
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| engineer and mixer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) |
| producer: | Phil Ramone |
| drums (drum set): | Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) (in 1983) |
| electric bass guitar: | Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas) (in 1983) |
| electric guitar: | David Brown (guitarist for Billy Joel) (in 1983) |
| piano and lead vocals: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) (in 1983) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983) Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1983) 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 1983) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1987) |
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| mixed at: | A & R Recording (Second studio, 799 7th Avenue) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
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| sampled by: | Uptown (explicit) by Drake (Canadian rapper) feat. Bun B & Lil Wayne |
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| mash-ups: | Uptown House by Expensive Dispenser (SiIvaGunner contributor) Uptown Interlude by Ph0ton (order: 2) |
| music videos: | Uptown Girl |
| part of: | BILLIONS CLUB (order: 286) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 443) (order: 443) |
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| stream for free: | https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=H6M0EulApMM [info] https://open.spotify.com/track/3A1N2sdFIkIt5Bol1I9UOL [info] |
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| recording of: | Uptown Girl (in 1983) |
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Related works
Uptown Girl
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) |
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| publisher: | EMI Songs Ltd. CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1983) Joelsongs (in 1983) |
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| sub-publisher: | ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) |
| later translated versions: | Gärdettjej 我愛你 |
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