Uptown Girl

by Westlife

Uptown Girl cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 5 March 2001
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 7:08
  • Community rating: 1.61/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Guy Barker, Ronan Keating, Fridrik Karlsson, Steve Pearce, The Tuff Session Singers, Paul Gendler, Jimmy McCarthy, Billy Joel, Dick Beetham, Steve Mac, Phil Todd, Louis Walsh, Chris Laws

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A cover of Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl' recorded as the year's Comic Relief charity single, with the group restaging the original's doo-wop harmonies. The arrangement rests on a concise, hook-centred arrangement, its melodic writing coloured by a energetic undertow.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, guitars, atmospheric, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Uptown Girl (Radio Edit) (3:06)
  2. Angels Wings (4:02)

Credits

  • Andy Caine - backing vocals [additional]
  • Wayne Hector - arranged by [vocal arrangement], written-by
  • Daniel Pursey - engineer [assistant engineer]
  • Louis Walsh - management
  • Ronan Keating - management
  • Dick Beetham - mastered by
  • Billy Joel - written-by
  • Richard Niles - arranged by [orchestral arrangement]
  • Matt Howe - engineer [orchestral and mix engineer]
  • Jimmy McCarthy - written-by

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