Uptown girl (Billy Joel-cover version)

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Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on December 29, 2009, presented by DJ Nihal Laurence, R. "New CEO". Comic Relief. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021 . Retrieved 22 February 2021. SAM SMITH FT JOHN LEGEND | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. a b John, Alan (November 22, 2019). "Charts analysis: Westlife reach summit with first album in nine years". musicweek.com. Music Week . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Joel – Uptown Girl" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

On Radio 1, Simon Mayo set the record of 37 hours of consecutive broadcasting (which was later broken in March 2011 by Chris Moyles on the same station for 52 hours, " BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief", the world record for the longest show in radio history). The 1999 Comic Relief song was "When the Going Gets Tough" by Boyzone.

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RIGHT SAID FRED & FRIENDS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Mike from Hueytown , AlYou can't help but sing along when this song comes on. Christie Brinkley may be hot but she reminds me of crazy internet date women hahahaha Hasn't she been divorced like 3 or 4 times ?

In 1993 a computer platform game was released, called Sleepwalker. The game featured voice overs from Lenny Henry and Harry Enfield, and several other references to Comic Relief and tomatoes; the theme for the 1993 campaign. From One Direction to the Spice Girls, Sam Smith to Gareth Gates, some of the BIGGEST names in music have released songs in aid of this wonderful charity.

In 1997 the Spice Girls were the biggest band in the world!! So it only seemed right that Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were asked to do the official Comic Relief single that year. Later in the film, Hader is stitching up Schumer's equally churlish father, played by Colin Quinn, who wonders why he is humming this song. They share Billy Joel stories:

The nose came in two versions which turned either yellow or pink when heated. The words 'MY NOSE' were embossed on it. Comic Relief complaints won't be investigated by Ofcom". BBC News. 24 April 2017 . Retrieved 17 April 2023. Since then hundreds of charity records have been released, seen as both a tool to inspire the public to donate to cause and an easy and relatively inexpensive way for individuals to contribute. Kt from St. Louis, Moactually ... she did divorce him because he was gone so much ... she actually got the marriage annulled, claiming that there wasn't enough "consumation" in the marriage. (i think she said 8 months since the last time) Ben from Tucson, AzBilly Joel, the great imitator...on this album, though, that was the point and this song is almost more Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons than the originals.

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British single certifications – Billy Joel – Uptown Girl". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved November 3, 2023.

Dream – He Luvs U Not: WONDERFUL and criminally underrated blast of spiky girl-pop. Did better in America, but they never really took off. The GRL of 2001 perhaps? (Minus the tragedy). Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. December 3, 1983 . Retrieved October 26, 2019. According to an interview with Howard Stern, Joel had originally titled the song "Uptown Girls", and it was conceived on an occasion when he was surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston, and his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson. According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley, both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s. [8] Joel said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. [9] Christie Brinkley, Joel's future wife, appears as the main character of the video Reception [ edit ] On 4, 5 and 6 April 1986 [10] the inaugural live fundraising show, [11] "Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Live", was staged at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London featuring popular alternative comedians and pop stars (including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Kate Bush and Cliff Richard [12]). An audio recording was released on WEA which included a live performance of the charity single " Living Doll" by Cliff Richard and the Young Ones. [10] Snootankhamun: Nose based on a mummy, wrapped in bandages. Alongside Snuffles and Dr. Nose (see below), one of the first female nose characters.Billy Joel - Uptown Girl". Discogs. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016 . Retrieved November 7, 2016. French single certifications – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved May 3, 2022. Sjoseph from Norfolk, MaBilly was horribly upset upon hearing the news of the annulment from a relative and not directly from Brinkley. Although he still vows he will always love Brinkley - his heart was broken when by hearing the news from a third party.