The video for this song was shot in a Cafe setting with the band working there. As of October 2011, the song had sold almost 800,000 copies. It has since been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 600,000 copies. It became the band's biggest-selling single in the UK, and also achieved the highest first-week sales (292,318 copies) of any of their singles. It became the sixth best-selling single of 2001 and the 24th best-selling single of the decade in the UK, with sales of 756,215 copies. "Uptown Girl" reached number one on in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Westlife version is slightly shorter than the Billy Joel version because the one of the verses was repeated in the Billy Joel version which wasn't repeated in the Westlife version. The song was also included on 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 Maas the fifth single from the album. " Uptown Girl" was recorded by Irish boy band Westlife for their third studio album, World of Our Own (2001). " Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton " Reckless (Don't Be So)" by Australian Crawl " Love of the Common People" by Paul Young Xunspecified figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone *sales figures based on certification alone Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart (1983)
WHO IS ON UPTOWN GIRL VIDEO BY WESTLIFE TV
Then, depending on the version, the next image on the TV is either a blank screen or the logo of the network or TV show the video was on. The title character in the music video was played by Christie Brinkley.ĭifferent 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. Music videoĬhristie Brinkley appears as the main character of the video and later married Joel. It has sold 1.02 million copies as of 2013. The song was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one in the United Kingdom, staying at that position for five weeks 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. as previous single " Tell Her About It", it was still a big hit. SuccessĪlthough "Uptown Girl" was not as successful in the U.S. Joel also has said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley (both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s). According to an interview with Howard Stern, Joel had originally titled the song "Uptown Girls" and it was conceived on an occasion when he was surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston and his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson.