From Billy Joel to Tim McGraw, artists have long used real-life inspiration for some of their biggest hits.
For years, artists have turned to music to share their most intimate thoughts and ideas, including public love letters to their partners. From Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl' to Paul McCartney's 'Maybe I'm Amazed,' these hits have remained a huge part of their identity and what they stand for.
wasn't even dating Christie when I started writing the song; I was dating Elle ,' Joel said on 'The Howard Stern Show.' He remembered a moment when he was surrounded by Brinkley, Macpherson and Whitney Houston while he was working on the song. 'That's why I started writing a song called ‘Uptown Girls.’ It was plural. I couldn't believe, you know, the situation I was in,' he said of having a bevy of beauties near him.
As you say, was for Linda, but as time goes on and people say they like it, I always like to give up ownership and say, ‘Great, well, I hope this fits with your life,’' McCartney, who was married to Linda from 1969 to 1998 before marrying his current wife, Nancy Shevell, in 2011, told NPR in a 2020 interview. 'And you know, it's very nice when people say, ‘We used this song in our wedding.’ That's a huge compliment.
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