It was the second biggest-selling single of 1983 in the UK, and was the 19th biggest-selling single of the 1980s, selling 975,000 copies. It was a number three record in the US, and reached number one in the UK, his only number one in the country.
The couple have remained good friends over the years while raising Alexa. They had one child together: Alexa Ray Joel, born December 29, 1985.
However, the marriage ended in August 1994. Guests at the wedding included singer Paul Simon and members of the band Stray Cats. They first met in 1983 on the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean, and were married on a yacht on the Hudson River, the second marriage for both of them.
Are Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley still together?Ĭhristie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel and Billy Joel in 2010. So he's saying both that it's just a slight (minor) change (variation) in his condition, and that he's in a dark, brooding, minor-keyed mood, and a recurring one at that.The song's video shows Billy and his backup singers working as car mechanics.Ĭhristie arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, as Billy and his mates dance around her.Ī poster of Brinkley can also be seen in the garage, as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising 'Uptown cosmetics'.īy the end of the video, Billy and Christie ride off on a motorcycle. The lyrics indicate that, like a musical variation, this is an ongoing and recurring thing ("ain't nothing new," "more of the same thing," "it's just a part of the pattern," "it's not as though I don't know the condition"). And in classical music, variations are when a part is repeated, but altered during the repetitions so, a minor variation would sound familiar, but darker than its major counterpart. The lyrics make reference to a "sad composition" (probably referring to this song, which is likely in a minor key, too), and a "blue situation"-the blues scale, which most blues musicians base their solos on, is a variation on the minor pentatonic scale. It's less common for a pop song to be wholly in a minor key minor tonality in pop music is usually used to provide contrast to the rest of the song: "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" is primarily minor up until the car-revving part at the end, and the moody-sounding piano interlude in "Piano Man" is minor, while the rest of the song trends towards major. Minor keys are often described as sad, somber, haunting, or dark. Think of "Only the Good Die Young" or "Uptown Girl"-or most pop music, really. Songs written in major keys tend to be described as positive or light-not always, but generally speaking. My InterpretationThere's an underlying musical pun here, too:īasic theory rundown: the most common two scales in Western music are the major and minor scales. No way to win when you've already been forgottenĭon't even hurt, it's a part of the pattern Pass me the wine, it's just a minor variation Until I'm through with this blue situation 
It's not as though I don't know that condition
I'm ready for the next time it hits me again I'm getting to the point where I don't feel the pain Nowhere to hide and believe me I've tried to shake 'em Like a hungry pack of wolves when it's feeding timeĭon't even hurt it's been part of the patternīut still in all it's a small consulation When troubles want to find me, I ain't hard to find Some days I have to give right in to the bluesįor what's been causing my bad disposition?Īnd nothing's fine, it's just a minor variation
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