Recording studio to hear the song, and of course they loved it, and Ramone brought Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow into the We were sitting around listening to it going.naaah, that's a chick song." JoelĬredits his producer, Phil Ramone, with convincing him that it was a
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Joel confirmed on an Australian TV show in 2006: "We almost didn't put it on an album. After the song was recorded, Billy didn't think much of it and thought it would only get played at weddings. The song was recorded in 1977 and won Grammys for the "Song of the Year" and "Record of The Year" in 1978. This song is my favorite of all his songs. Billy Joel is an amazing composer and performer and Joel's gift to his wife was similar to what Buddy Hollyĭid for his wife when he recorded "True Love Ways" in her presence as a Cover Versionsīoyce Avenue – Maddi Jane Daniel Evans – Cory Monteith – Nathan Sykes – Matt Cardle – Karlos Rose – Anthem Lights – Megan Nicole – AHMIR – Nicholas McDonald (The X Factor UK) – The Piano Guys – Kurt Hugo Schneider – Legaci featuring Dan Kanter – Dustin Lynch – Pierce The Veil (Punk goes Pop) – Leroy Sanchez – MattyBRaps featuring Tyler Ward – Joseph Vincent – jason Chen & JRice – ortoPilot – Elise Lieberth & Meghan Knight (Acoustic) – Kina Grannis – Austin Mahone – Christian Joseph – Noah Guthrie – Applegirl – Airto Edmundo – other amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.The Billy Joel oldies music lyrics to the song "Just The Way YouĪre," was written by Joel for his first wife, and gave it to her as a Peter Gene Hernandez, aka Bruno Mars, was 25 years old when he released this song. In Japan and Spain, it was certified Gold. In Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Switzerland it was certified it Platinum. ‘Just the Way You Are’ was certified 6 times Platinum in Australia and Canada, and Double Platinum in New Zealand.
It reached the top 10 charts in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The song topped the charts in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Scotland. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it 9 times Platinum for sales over 6.7 million copies. In the US, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, Adult top 40, and US Mainstream Top 40. The British Phonographic Industry certified Double Platinum for sales over 1.32 million copies. In 2013, it was revealed that this song is the ninth most downloaded song of all time. In the UK, ‘Just the Way You Are’ topped the Official Charts Company, becoming Bruno’s second number 1 single and the third biggest seller of the year. I’m just telling a woman she looks beautiful the way she is, and let’s be honest, what woman doesn’t wanna hear those lyrics?” Release dateīruno Mars – Philip Lawrence – Ari Levine – Khalil Walton – Khari Cain Label And to me ‘Just The Way You Are’ is one of those songs. You know, there’s no mind-boggling lyrics or twists in the story, they just come directly from the heart. I’m a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker’s ‘You Are So Beautiful’ and Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’ songs that go straight to the point.
I wasn’t thinking of anything deep or poetic. This straight to the point song simply tells a girl she’s beautiful! When Bruno Mars was asked how the song came about, he explained: “It took me months to come up with ‘Just the Way You Are’.