It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Infobox Single
Name = It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Artist = Billy Joel
from Album = Glass Houses
B-side =
Released = 1980
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:57
Label = Columbia
Writer = Billy Joel
Producer = Phil Ramone
Certification = Platinum
Last single = "You May Be Right" (1980)
This single = "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (1980)
Next single = "Don't Ask Me Why" (1980)
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 song performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album "Glass Houses". The song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980. The song is a cynical look at the music industry as a publicist/manager begs the protagonist (Joel) to remain hip for the younger crowd ("What's the matter with the car I'm driving? / "Can't you tell that it's out of style?"), and the protagonist's refusal to change, claiming his music will remain relevant regardless of his appearance. The song was a stab by Joel at the new music genres that were around in the early 1980's (punk, funk, new wave) and ironically almost uses a new wave sound. The music video has Joel, mixing elements of new wave, punk, and funk as he records a music video. The single reached 'Platinum' certification from the RIAA for sales in the U.S.
"Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of this song, in which he explains that Joel's new sound for the song and the album, "Glass Houses" doesn't change a thing; no matter what Joel's sound in whatever he does, "It's Still Billy Joel to Me." The song was released on the CD set, "Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes".
The song appears on the game .
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