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Whereas Billy Joel could not have written his 1983 hit “Uptown Woman” about his ex-wife Christie Brinkley, she’s the lady most related to the tune.
Which is why the web has gone wild for a video displaying Brinkley dancing to the music on the piano man’s latest live performance.
The Tik Tok video reveals the previous mannequin, now 70, grooving to the music with an enormous smile on her face as Joel, 74, performs.
Brinkley starred within the music video for the music two years earlier than she and Joel married in 1985, the identical 12 months they welcomed their daughter Alexa Ray Joel. Brinkley and Joel divorced in 1994.
In 2018, mannequin Elle Macpherson stated during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” that she had really been courting Joel when he was writing the music, however they broke up within the midst.
Macpherson stated she believed the music was about “all of the uptown women” given the singer’s penchant for “tall women.”
Joel appeared to substantiate that in 2014’s “Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography,” the place he shared that the unique title had been a plural “Uptown Ladies,” however he made it singular after falling for Brinkley.