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We were sitting around listening to it going naaah, that's a chick song."
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On Australian TV in 2006, Joel confirmed: "We almost didn't put it on an album. Ramone brought Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow into the recording studio to hear the song, and of course they loved it, which was good enough for Billy. He credits his producer, Phil Ramone, with convincing him that it was a great song. After Joel recorded this, he didn't think much of it, considering it a "gloppy ballad" that would only get played at weddings.It reminded me of an old Stevie Wonder recording." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) It wasn't even rock 'n' roll, it was like a standard with a little bit of R&B in it. Joel told USA Today July 9, 2008: "I was absolutely surprised it won a Grammy. It was a breakthrough for Joel, whose biggest hit to this point was "Piano Man," which reached #25 in the US. This won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 1979 ceremony.Here's your song - we might as well say goodbye now." "Every time I wrote a song for a person I was in a relationship with, it didn't last," Joel said. Joel's next two marriages didn't work out either: he was married to Christie Brinkley from 1985-1994, and to Katie Lee from 2004-2010. Sadly, after nine years of marriage, Joel and Elizabeth divorced in 1982. A pure expression of unconditional love, he gave it to her as a birthday present. Joel wrote this song about his first wife, Elizabeth.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group I took the good times I'll take the bad times Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos