Joel not only serenaded Brinkley during “Uptown Girl” (and dusted off some of that original choreography she helped him with), he beckoned for his camera crew to capture her smiling and dancing in the front row. 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. 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. It had sold over 1.06 million copies by 2017.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the UK, and was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s, selling 975,000 copies. It was a number three record in the US, and reached number one in the UK, his only number one in the country. The couple have remained good friends over the years while raising Alexa. They had one child together: Alexa Ray Joel, born December 29, 1985. However, the marriage ended in August 1994.
Guests at the wedding included singer Paul Simon and members of the band Stray Cats. Most of An Innocent Man is fairly nonspecific in its homages to the sound of Billy Joels 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 Joels valiant attempt to get his gruff singing voice up into Frankie Vallis falsetto register on the fade. They first met in 1983 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. Are Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley still together?Ĭhristie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel and Billy Joel in 2010.The song's video shows Billy and his backup singers working as car mechanics.Ĭhristie arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, as Billy and his mates dance around her.Ī poster of Brinkley can also be seen in the garage, as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising 'Uptown cosmetics'.īy the end of the video, Billy and Christie ride off on a motorcycle.
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