Hits List: Billy Joel

One thing that will stick out here is that "Piano Man" did not make the top 25 yet everyone knows it is a classic.  Once in a while, radio blows it but at least in this case, they realized their mistake and it is in the regular rotation for most classic rock stations (worth their salt).


1974:  "Piano Man" (#25)
           "Worst Comes to Worst" (#80)
           "Travelin' Prayer" (#77)
1975:  "The Entertainer" (#34)
1976:  "New York State of Mind"
           "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
           "James"
1978:  "Just the Way You Are" (#3, #1 Adult Contemporary)
           "Movin' Out" (#17)
           "Only the Good Die Youg (#24)
           "She's Always a Woman" (#17, #2 AC)
           "The Stranger"

1979:  "My Life" (#3, #2 AC)
           "Honesty" (#24, #9 AC)
           "Until the Night"
1980:  "All for Leyna"
           "You May Be Right" (#7)
           "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me" (#1)
           "Don't Ask Me Why" (#19, #1 AC)
           "Sometimes a Fantasy" (#36)
1981:  "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (live--#17)
           "You're My Home" (live)
1982:  "She's Got a Way" (live--#23, #4 AC)
           "Pressure" (#20)
1983:  "Allentown" (#17)
           "Goodnight Saigon" (#56)
           "Tell Her About It" (#1, #1 AC)
           "Uptown Girl" (#3, #2 AC)
           "An Innocent Man" (#10, #1 AC)

1984:  "The Longest Time (#14, #1 AC)
           "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (#27, #1 AC)
           "This Night"
           "Keeping the Faith" (#18, #3 AC)
1985:  "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"--#9, #2 AC
           "The Night is Still Young" (#34, #13 AC)
1986:  "Modern Woman" (#10, #7 AC)
           "A Matter of Trust" (#10)
           "This Is the Time" (#18,#1 AC)
1987:  "Baby Grand" (with Ray Charles--#75, #3 AC)
           "Back in the U.S.S.R." (live)

1989:  "We Didn't Start the Fire" (#1, #5 AC)
           "Leningrad"
1990:  "I Go to Extremes" (#6, #4 AC)
           "The Downeaster Alexa" (#57, #18 AC
           "That's Not Her Style" (#77)
           "And So It Goes" (#37, #5 AC)
1991:  "Shameless" (#40 AC)
1992:  "All Shook Up" (#92, #15 AC)
1993:  "The River of Dreams (#3, #1 AC)
           "All About Soul" (#29, #6 AC)
           "No Man's Land"
1994:  "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"--#77, #18 AC
1997:  "To Make You Fell My Love" (#50, #9 AC)
           "Hey Girl" (#13 AC)
2001:  "New York State of Mind" (with Tony Bennett)
2007:  "All My Life"
           "Christmas In Fallujah"
2008:  "Christmas In Fallujah" (live with Cass Dillon)

Joel has posted 35 career hits, with 13 going Top 10 and 3 #1 songs.  He has been one of the top Adult performers ever, charting 35 hits on the AC chart, with an amazing 23 reaching the Top 10 and 8 #1 songs.