The Inspiration Behind These Famous Songs Show That A Great Idea Can Come From Anywhere

Matt Graves|Entertainment|4 Apr 2018

Uptown Girl

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Billy Joel’s classic hit was originally about his Australian model girlfriend, Elle MacPherson, who was 19-years old at the time. As soon as the pair broke up, Joel moved on and started dating another model, Christine Brinkley. The song was released two years before Joel and Brinkley said: “I do”.

It seems as if that both MacPherson and Brinkley are the inspiration behind the lyrics to “Uptown Girl”. Basically, according to Joel, the average downtown man falls for a beautiful uptown woman. Joel said that Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons inspired the melody.