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| Single by Billy Joel from the album The Stranger |
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| B-side | "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" | ||||
| Released | May 21,1978 (Japan only) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | A & R Recording Inc., New York City | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 5:10 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Writer | Billy Joel | ||||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | ||||
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"The Stranger" is a song by rock artist Billy Joel from his 1977 album of the same name, The Stranger, about the id of the human psyche where desire and primal instincts are supposedly held in check by the superego (according to the theories of Sigmund Freud). The song was released as a single in Japan where it became very popular and peaked at #2 on the Oricon chart. It is the last single from the album in Japan, while the US and UK saw "She's Always a Woman", released the previous year, as the last single from the album. The single is featured in Billy Joel's greatest hits album, Greatest Hits - Volume I & II. A two-minute instrumental reprise of this song is featured at the end of the The Stranger album.
| Billy Joel |
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| Singles |
| "Piano Man" • "Worse Comes to Worst" • "Travelin' Prayer" • "The Entertainer" • "New York State of Mind" • "Just the Way You Are" • "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" • "Only the Good Die Young" • "She's Always a Woman" • "The Stranger" • "My Life" • "Big Shot" • "Honesty" • "Until the Night" • "All for Leyna" • "You May Be Right" • "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" • "Don't Ask Me Why" • "Sometimes a Fantasy" • "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (Live) • "She's Got a Way" (Live) • "Pressure" • "Allentown" • "Goodnight Saigon" • "Uptown Girl" • "Tell Her About It" • "An Innocent Man" • "The Longest Time" • "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" • "This Night" • "Keeping the Faith" • "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" • "The Night is Still Young" • "Modern Woman" • "A Matter of Trust" • "Baby Grand" • "This Is the Time" • "We Didn't Start the Fire" • "Leningrad" • "I Go to Extremes" • "And So It Goes" • "That's Not Her Style" • "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" • "Shameless" • "All Shook Up" • "The River of Dreams" • "All About Soul" • "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" • "To Make You Feel My Love" • "Hey Girl " • "All My Life" • "Christmas in Fallujah" |
