Brinkley starred in the song's music video and was one of its inspirations.
shows Joel singing his hit 1983 song "Uptown Girl," which was inspired by Brinkley, at a recent New York City concert. In the video, Brinkley is shown on the big screen at Madison Square Garden laughing and dancing along as Joel belts out the lyrics."Billy Joel wrote 'Uptown Girl' about his then-partner Christie Brinkley," read text overlaid in the fan video. "Tonight she watched him sing the song he wrote about her to all of Madison Square Garden.
"I started dating Christie, and rather than it being about all these different girls, she became the uptown girl," he said at the time.shared a similar moment Joel and Brinkley were married from 1985 to 1994 and share one child, daughter Alexa Ray Joel. Both Joel and Brinkley have two additional children apiece from other relationships.
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