Apart from the fame of the song and video, the argentinian songwriter and. 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. That girl is Christie Brinkley who two years later would become in Billy Joels wife. It was a number three record in the US, and reached number one in the UK, his only number one in the country. I can't link to any of the sites that have the poster because my FunTrivia account would be immediately terminated, but a quick google image search of 'Christie Brinkley poster' shows the poster as the 17th result. The couple have remained good friends over the years while raising Alexa. She and Joel were married about two years after this video was made, in which she also appears as the 'Uptown Girl'. 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. 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.
Inspired by Frankie Vallis Rag Doll, its lyrics find a downtown boy. In 1983 the car again gained a starring role this time as a prominent feature in the music video for Billy Joels Uptown Girl, in which Joels soon to be. Different versions of the music video opening were produced, in which an auto mechanic is watching the end of Joel's previous hit 'Tell Her About It' on a small TV. 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. Uptown Girl is a Billy Joel classic that can be found on 1983s An Innocent Man. The title character in the music video was played by Christie Brinkley, whom Billy Joel married two years later.