Success
Although "Uptown Girl" was not as successful in the U.S. as "Tell Her About It," the first single released from An Innocent Man, the single was still a big hit for Joel. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in the US, and #1 in the United Kingdom, staying at that position for 5 weeks; it was the second biggest selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon", which Joel had knocked off the number one position on November 1, 1983. The song was the 19th biggest selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over a million copies.
In 1988, Rolling Stone ranked "Uptown Girl" #99 on their list of the 100 most important singles of the period 1963-1988.
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