# Which Billy Joel single and album are your favorites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174 "2014-03-20T19:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/1 "2014-03-20T19:07:23Z")
I love Billy Joel. Especially his homage album to the late 50’s _An Innocent Man_. That album had great songs like Uptown Girl, Tell Her About It, and the doo wop song This Night. My favorite Billy Joel song? depends on the hour and day. 😉[Honesty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL10yO_T9UQ)is one I always looks forward to hearing and love. What’s your favorite Billy Joel Album? (Poll coming)? For a guy with such a long career it’s surprising that he’s only released 13 albums. BJ song? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/2 "2014-03-20T19:14:17Z")
btw Honesty is from the 52nd Street Album. Written by Billy Joel and produced by Phil Ramone. young people probably associate the song with Beyoncé ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/3 "2014-03-20T19:22:07Z")
The Stranger. Either _**Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)**_ or _ **Just The Way You Are.** _ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/4 "2014-03-20T19:41:02Z")
I prefer **Piano Man** as an album. Hard to pick a song, but I was always taken by “Everybody Loves You Now.” ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/5 "2014-03-20T20:48:10Z")
Hate to be the wet blanket, but there are exactly three Billy Joel songs that I like: She’s Got a Way You May Be Right Uptown Girl …and the last one I like because it’s such a faithful Four Seasons cop. All others I’ve heard (and admittedly, I don’t really know any deep cuts) I either actively dislike or am at best indifferent to. I’ll say no more. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/6 "2014-03-20T21:07:16Z")
Favorite song is “You May Be Right”. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/7 "2014-03-20T21:13:49Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > The Stranger. > > Either _**Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)**_ or _ **Just The Way You Are.** _ I would agree with _The Stranger_ but I would pick the title track, “Vienna”, and “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” rather than the pop list songs. A close runner up was _Storm Front_, save that stupid “We Didn’t Start The Fire” song. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/8 "2014-03-20T21:42:25Z")
I adore “Vienna”, but I also have a soft spot in my heart for “Summer, Highland Falls”. Sincerely, a Long Island girl ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/9 "2014-03-20T21:54:55Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I would agree with _The Stranger_ but I would pick the title track, “Vienna”, and “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” rather than the pop list songs. A close runner up was _Storm Front_, save that stupid “We Didn’t Start The Fire” song. > > Stranger Both of my choices have strong sentimental meaning to me. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/10 "2014-03-20T21:57:20Z")
My favorite Billy Joel song is “And So It Goes.” ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/11 "2014-03-20T22:40:18Z")
My favourite song right now would have to be “Roberta” (off _Streetlife Serenade_) After “The Downeaster Alexa.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/12 "2014-03-20T23:07:27Z")
I like The Stranger a lot, but I think my favorite song is from An Innocent Man–“The Longest Time.” The sentiment, the background stuff, oooh. But I also like “Root Beer Rag” and I can play it (not fast though). ---
**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/13 "2014-03-20T23:17:02Z")
I have two memories: I first saw MTV when I was six, and saw a video of some court members on a jury dancing to Billy Joel’s single. There was a pretty blonde in it too (Christie) I just loved that single, but not sure how big it was back then. Last year, I was flipping thru VH1 classics and saw a live video performance of “Leave a Tender Moment Alone” and thought wth I’ve never heard of this song amongst all the singles over the years, it became my favorite song and stuck on my ipod and mix CD in my car since then. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/14 "2014-03-20T23:27:18Z")
I like almost every Billy song, so I’m just going to mention one that I like that those that haven’t bought the albums probably don’t know. [No Man’s Land](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duQIG2nKEH8) “There ain’t much work out here in our consumer power base, No major industry, just miles and miles of parking space.” It was true when it was released, but it’s even more relevant in today’s unbalanced economy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/15 "2014-03-20T23:30:11Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > I have two memories: > I first saw MTV when I was six, and saw a video of some court members on a jury dancing to Billy Joel’s single. There was a pretty blonde in it too (Christie) I just loved that single, but not sure how big it was back then. I’m pretty sure that was “[Keeping the Faith](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7oZnBH05s&feature=kp).” Both the songs you mention are among the lesser-known tracks from _An Innocent Man_. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/16 "2014-03-21T00:10:35Z")
[Uptown Girl Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E) with Christie Brinkley I recall watching this music video constantly when it came out. It was one of my favorites from that era. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/17 "2014-03-21T00:25:25Z")
The Stranger, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant. There are a lot of artists who wish they had a greatest hits album as good as The Stranger. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/18 "2014-03-21T00:34:00Z")
Singles: _New York State of Mind Goodnight Saigon_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/19 "2014-03-21T00:49:23Z")
“The River of Dreams” for my fave song. And I used to hate the essobee (very long story, involves him being the fave musician of an old girlfriend), but after hearing some stuff of his in public places over the last two years, I’ve DLed a few things. But you could hold a nuclear device next to my head and I still would refuse to listen to a single thing off of _Glass Houses_; some things don’t change. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174/20 "2014-03-21T01:28:42Z")
The Stanger, and “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.” I’m not the biggest fan of his music, but what he does he does well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-billy-joel-single-and-album-are-your-favorites/684174.md?page=2)