Uptown Girl

"Uptown Girl"
"Uptown Girl"
Single by Westlife
from the album World of Our Own
A-side	"Angels Wings" (2002 re-release)
Released	March 5, 2001
Studio	Rokstone (London)
Genre	Teen pop, dance-pop
Length	3:06; 5:02 (Extended Version);
Label	BMG
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Steve Mac
Westlife UK/Ireland singles chronology
Westlife international singles chronology
Music video
	"Uptown Girl" at YouTube

"Uptown Girl"
"Uptown Girl"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album An Innocent Man
B-side	"Careless Talk"
Released	September 29, 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Doo-wop; pop rock;
Length	3:18
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
Music video
	"Uptown Girl" at YouTube

"Uptown Girl" is a 1983 song by Billy Joel. It is the second single from his ninth studio album An Innocent Man. It topped the single charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It went to number 3 in Canada, Norway and the United States.

Westlife version[change | change source]

In 2001, Irish group Westlife covered "Uptown Girl" for their third studio album World of Our Own. It topped the single charts in Ireland, Mexico, Scotland and the United Kingdom. It also went to number 4 in New Zealand.

Track listing[change | change source]

United Kingdom

CD1

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Angel's Wings" (2001 Remix) – 4:14
"Uptown Girl" (Video) – 3:14

CD2

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) – 5:02
"Behind the Scenes Footage & Band Messages"

VHS

"Uptown Girl" (The Video) – 3:14
"The Making of Uptown Girl" (Mini-Documentary)
"The Bits That Didn't Quite Go to Plan ..."

DVD

"Uptown Girl" (The Video) – 3:14
"The Making of Uptown Girl" (Mini-Documentary)
"The Bits That Didn't Quite Go to Plan ..."
"Comic Relief Weblink"
"Photo Gallery"

Japan

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) – 5:02
"Angel's Wings" (Original Version) – 4:02
"Close Your Eyes" – 4:32
"Uptown Girl" (Video) – 3:14
"Behind the Scenes Footage & Band Messages"

References[change | change source]

↑ "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting March 5, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. March 3, 2001. p. 35. Retrieved August 10, 2021.

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[ramone-1] "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.

[2] "New Releases – For Week Starting March 5, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. March 3, 2001. p. 35. Retrieved August 10, 2021.

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Discography Songs recorded
Westlife	"Swear It Again" "If I Let You Go" "Flying Without Wings" "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" "Fool Again" "More Than Words" "Miss You" "Forever"
Coast to Coast	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "My Love" "What Makes a Man" "I Lay My Love on You" "Uptown Girl" "When You're Looking Like That" "No Place That Far" "My Girl" "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" "I'll Be There"
World of Our Own	"Queen of My Heart" "World of Our Own" "Bop Bop Baby" "Evergreen" "Angel"
Unbreakable	"Unbreakable" "Tonight "Miss You Nights"
Turnaround	"Hey Whatever" "Mandy" "Obvious" "To Be with You" "Lost in You"
...Allow Us to Be Frank	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" "Smile" "Fly Me to the Moon" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Let There Be Love" "Come Fly with Me" "Mack the Knife" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "Summer Wind" "Clementine" "When I Fall in Love" "Moon River" "That's Life"
Face to Face	"You Raise Me Up" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Amazing" "Desperado" "In This Life"
The Love Album	"The Rose" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "All Out of Love" "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" "Butterfly Kisses" "Easy" "You Light Up My Life" "You Are So Beautiful" "The Dance" "All or Nothing" "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" "If" "Solitaire"
Back Home	"Home" "Us Against the World" "Something Right" "I'm Already There" "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Have You Ever"
Where We Are	"What About Now"
Gravity	"Safe" "The Reason" "Please Stay"
Greatest Hits	"Lighthouse" "Beautiful World"
Spectrum	"Hello My Love" "Better Man" "Dynamite"
Other songs	"Everybody Hurts" "Beautiful in White" "If I Had Words" "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers" "Grease Lightning" "Beyond the Sea" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" "White Christmas" "Never Can Say Goodbye"
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