As a Gen Xer, this was one of my favorite songs. A working man who could work with his hands, a beautiful girl looking back, and a song that made distance feel close enough to reach. 😉♥️🔥
Which ’80s song brings you back to that feeling? ♥️
Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” might have one of the best real-life stories behind an 80s music video.
It was 1983. Billy Joel was playing a working-class mechanic chasing the beautiful uptown girl, played by supermodel Christie Brinkley.
The chemistry wasn’t just for the camera.
Billy and Christie were already dating when they made the video, and Joel later said that as their relationship developed, she became the “Uptown Girl” he was singing about.
Two years later, they were married.
The marriage eventually ended in 1994, but that video is still a perfect little time capsule of the 80s. Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley, the dancing mechanics and a song you recognize within the first few seconds.
Who else remembers when “Uptown Girl” was everywhere?