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Piano Man è un singolo del cantautore statunitense Billy Joel, pubblicato nel 1973 ed estratto dall'album omonimo. Il più suonato dal vivo dei suoi brani, è anche considerata la sua canzone più famosa in assoluto.

Piano Man
singolo discografico
ArtistaBilly Joel
Pubblicazione1973
Album di provenienzaPiano Man
GenereSoft rock
Piano rock
Folk rock
EtichettaColumbia
ProduttoreMichael Stewart
Formati7"
Certificazioni
Dischi d'oro Danimarca[1]
(vendite: 45 000+)
 Messico[2]
(vendite: 30 000+)
Dischi di platino Regno Unito[3]
(vendite: 600 000+)
 Stati Uniti (5)[4]
(vendite: 5 000 000+)
Billy Joel - cronologia
Singolo precedente
Singolo successivo
(1974)

Tracce


7"
  1. Piano Man - 4:30
  2. You're My Home - 3:08

Note


  1. (DA) Piano Man, su IFPI Danmark. URL consultato il 16 febbraio 2021.
  2. (ES) Certificaciones, su Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. URL consultato il 6 ottobre 2022. Digitare "Piano Man" in "Título".
  3. (EN) Piano Man, su British Phonographic Industry. URL consultato l'8 maggio 2020.
  4. (EN) Billy Joel - Piano Man – Gold & Platinum, su Recording Industry Association of America. URL consultato il 20 novembre 2021.

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[de] Piano Man (Lied)

Piano Man ist ein Song des US-amerikanischen Sängers Billy Joel aus dem Jahr 1973. Er war Joels erster großer kommerzieller Erfolg und begründete seinen Spitznamen „Piano Man“.

[en] Piano Man (song)

"Piano Man" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. His first single in North America, it was included on Joel's 1973 album of the same name and later released as a single on November 2, 1973. The song is sung from Joel's point of view as a piano player at a bar, reminiscing about his experiences there and the people he encountered. "Piano Man" is based on Joel's real-life experiences as a lounge musician in Los Angeles from 1972 to 1973, which he had decided to pursue in an effort to escape his contracted New York City-based record company at the time, Family Productions, following the poor commercial performance of the album Cold Spring Harbor. Joel describes various characters, including a bartender named John and a "real estate novelist" named Paul, all based on real-life individuals.
- [it] Piano Man (singolo)

[ru] Piano Man

«Piano Man» (рус. Пианист) — песня американского певца и музыканта Билли Джоэла. Вышла в 1973 году как сингл на лейбле Columbia Records. Это был самый первый сингл музыканта.



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