The Stranger (song)

"The Stranger"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album The Stranger
B-side	"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
Released	May 21, 1978 (Japan)
Recorded	A & R Recording,Inc., New York City, 1977
Genre	Funk rock
Length	5:10 (Album version) 4:10 (Single version)
Label	Columbia CBS Sony (Japan)
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"She's Always a Woman" (1977) "The Stranger" (1978) "My Life" (1978)

"The Stranger" is a 1978 song by Billy Joel and is the title track from his fifth studio album of the same name. It went to number 2 in Japan, number 8 in New Zealand and number 59 in Australia and France. It was not released in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Ireland.

Track listing

7" vinyl (CBS)

1. "The Stranger"
2. "Just the Way You Are"

Japanese 7" vinyl

1. "The Stranger" [4:10]
2. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" [3:30]