Billy Joel sings ‘Uptown Girl’ to Christie Brinkley
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(WJW) – Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley divorced 30 years ago, but they are reminding people that exes can be good friends.
During a recent show at Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel serenaded Brinkley while performing “Uptown Girl” as she danced in the crowd.
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Video of the moment was captured on TikTok.
The song was famously inspired by Brinkley.
Joel released the song in 1983. Brinkley appeared in the music video.
The two married in 1985.
The pair divorced in 1994, but clearly there is no bad blood between them.
Joel and Brinkley share one child together.
Brinkley previously told Yahoo Entertainment that she loves the song and being associated with it.
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“Being the ‘Uptown Girl’ was really fun and it remains really fun to have a theme song,” she said. “You know, you go into tennis, and they play it. You go here, or on a talk show and they play it as you walk out. It’s really fun to have a theme song, you know? How many (people) get to have that?”
Joel has been performing at Madison Square Garden since January 2014.
His record-setting run is set to end on July 25.
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