The song was also released as the fifth single for the European Special Edition and Asian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc of the group's second album, Coast to Coast (2000).

It was also the 2001 Comic Relief charity single. It was released on March 5, 2001, as the first single from the album. ' Uptown Girl' (rereleased as double A-side with ' Angels Wings' in 2002) was recorded by Irish boy band Westlife for their third studio album, World of Our Own. Westlife international singles chronology ' Queen of My Heart' / ' When You're Looking Like That' 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. 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.

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