7 Songs By Billy Joel That Should Have Been Hits
Hello everyone, this is a continuation of my weekly Top7 Posts. This week I decided to write about my favorite artist of all time, Billy Joel. These are 7 of his songs that I think should have been hits.
7. Ain't No Crime
This is definitely one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. He wrote it because he got in a fight with his wife. As shown by the chorus and title, Ain't No Crime, the theme of the song is sometimes even though we do stuff wrong, it is not that bad.
6. Roberta
Billy Joel is notoriously known for his many relationship problems, and this is one of them. This is a song he wrote about a hooker he met in Los Angeles. Billy was married at the time, and yet he still tried to get her to come with him, even though she was making more money than him at the time.
5. This Night
You may recognize the melody of the chorus of this song if you follow my series. In this song Billy uses the melody from Sonata no. 8 Movement II by: Beethoven, combined with a 60 do-op style. This is from the album innocent man with many hits, such as Uptown Girl and For the Longest Time. It astonishes me that this was not a hit.
4. All For Leyna
This song is from the album Glass Houses. Billy is likely writing about someone he had a crush on as a kid. This is one of my favorite Billy Joel songs, and is a lot like the song Stiletto as the Piano part is sharp like a knife.
3. Rosalinda's Eyes
Billy Joel is known mainly for his Ballads, and this is no exception. This is a song he wrote for his mother Rosalind Joel. It is about how hard his mother worked, and how his life is worthwhile because she is in it. Lyrics such as "When she smiles she gives everything to me," show this. It is shocking that this beautiful song was not a hit.
2. Tomorrow is Today
This is probably Joel's most emotional song. He wrote it as a suicide note. This is an incredibly heart felt song about being sick of life, and not caring to go on, but thankfully he did. This was his first album, and was messed up in the recording process causing his voice to be higher pitched.
1. Miami 2017
This is my absolute favorite Billy Joel song. Based on New York City's Financial crisis in the 1970s, this song is about a disaster striking in New York causing all of the citizens to move to Miami. He played this song along with New York State of Mind at a 911 relief concert in October, 2001, ending the song by saying "Unlike the end of this song, we ain't goin anywhere."
Please let me know what you thought of this article. Comment your favorite song, and let me know if I should do more articles about Billy Joel as he is my favorite artist. Thanks for reading this!