This was another 1983 release on the album “An innocent man”.  Uptown girl is possibly one of the most popular songs Billy ever released and is still very popular today. The single reached number 3 in the Billboard charts in the US. The song reached number 1 in the UK and was the second biggest selling single of 1983.
The lyrics are based on a working class “downtown man” who was trying to win over a wealthy “uptown girl”. The song was also inspired by his ex-wife Christine Brinkley. Billy has also based the song around himself as he considerers himself a working class man and was therefore surprised that Christine, a supermodel, took interest in him. He even stated "The fact that I can attract such a beautiful woman as Christie should give hope to every ugly guy in the world!"

He said on an Australian TV show in 2006 that the song was originally called uptown girls as he found himself dating various other women, which he would have previously considered to be ‘out of his league’. Billy mentioned that he even dated Elle McPherson for a period of time.  Christine Brinkley featured in the music video along with Joel who was portrayed as a car mechanic working on her car.
Additionally the song was briefly featured in a Simpson’s episode and covered by west life as a way of raising money for comic relief.