RetroNewsNow(@RetroNewsNow):🎶Billy Joel released ‘Uptown Girl’ 43 years ago, September 19, 1983. The music video starred his soon-to-be wife Christie Brinkley. In 1985, Joel said he ‘wasn’t too crazy about’ the video ‘because they wanted me to dance. I sort of said, OK, you know, I’ll give it a try. We shot it on the two hottest days of the year.’

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2026.09.19 19:10

🎶Billy Joel released ‘Uptown Girl’ 43 years ago, September 19, 1983. The music video starred his soon-to-be wife Christie Brinkley. In 1985, Joel said he ‘wasn’t too crazy about’ the video ‘because they wanted me to dance. I sort of said, OK, you know, I’ll give it a try. We shot it on the two hottest days of the year.’