#12: Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
It is no secret that certain songs are written about specific people… But what happens when a song is influenced by more than one person? We can only imagine that things start to become a little awkward when you have to explain to people that the muse for your new hit single has changed…
Well, that was actually a reality for “Uptown Girl” singer, Billy Joel. Apparently, the singer has always had a thing for supermodels… When Joel was originally writing the song, he was looking to his ex-girlfriend and supermodel, Elle McPhearson for inspiration. However, that was short-lived when he began dating Christie Brinkley and the song became about her…