Uptown girl billy joel uk record
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(2001) Westlife international singles chronology " I Lay My Love on You" (2001) " Queen of My Heart" / " When You're Looking Like That"
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Westlife version "Uptown Girl" Single by Westlife from the album World of Our Own A-side "Angels Wings" (2002 re-release) Released March 5, 2001 ( ) Studio Rokstone (London) Genre Teen pop, dance-pop Length 3: 06 Label BMG Songwriter(s) Billy Joel Producer(s) Steve Mac Westlife UK/Ireland singles chronology " What Makes a Man"
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Olivia Rodrigo mentioned the song and Joel in her hit single " deja vu", which became a Top 3 U.S. Mark Rivera – percussion, backing vocals.Russell Javors – rhythm electric guitar.Billy Joel – Baldwin SF-10 acoustic piano, lead and background vocals.Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Position Australia ( ARIA) 1 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) 18 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) 3 Canada Top Singles ( RPM) 4 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM) 1 Denmark ( Tracklisten) 8 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) 26 Ireland ( IRMA) 1 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) 8 Netherlands ( Single Top 100) 10 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) 1 Norway ( VG-lista) 3 Poland ( LP3) 11 South Africa ( RISA) 8 UK Singles ( OCC) 1 US Billboard Hot 100 3 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) 2 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard) 22 West Germany ( Official German Charts) 18 Zimbabwe Singles ( ZIMA) 9 Year-end charts Chart (1983) Position Australia (ARIA) 62 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 34 Canada Top Singles ( RPM) 46 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 94 UK Singles (OCC) 2 Chart (1984) Position US Billboard Hot 100 39 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) 49Ĭertifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Denmark ( IFPI Danmark) Gold 45,000 United Kingdom ( BPI) Platinum 1,066,141 United States ( RIAA) 3× Platinum 3,000,000 It has sold over 1.06 million copies as of 2017. The song was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It was the second biggest-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. It also reached number one in the United Kingdom for five weeks, his only number-one hit in the country. "Uptown Girl" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks from November 12 to December 10, 1983. At the end of the video Joel and Brinkley ride off on a motorcycle. A poster of Brinkley can be seen in the garage as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising "Uptown cosmetics". Brinkley arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce as Joel and the mechanics dance with her. The video depicts Joel and his backup singers working as auto mechanics. Christie Brinkley appears as the main character of the video and later married Joel.