Who Is the Song (Supposedly) About?

Who Is the Song (Supposedly) About?

January 29, 2010

by POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 18

I can imagine it feels pretty good to have a song written about you — unless of course it's an angry breakup anthem. Some of the best love songs (and antilove songs) have true stories behind them, so in honor of the Grammy Awards this weekend, can you guess who these songs are rumored to be written about?

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Music Quiz Exam Love Songs Songs Culture 2010 Grammy Awards Subjects Of Songs

18 Comments

3 years 15 weeks

Hah, Layla...possibly one of the weirdest love triangles in music history.

mystique 3 years 15 weeks

I just Googled the "Uptown Girl" question, and he did write the song about Elle MacPherson. It was a surprise to me as well.

bryseana 3 years 15 weeks

Billy Joel dated Elle McPherson before Christie Brinkley? I didn't know that. What was she like 18? That was the very early 80s. Surely not.

eastcoastgirl 3 years 15 weeks

Billy wrote the song for Christie I read it in many interviews and she is in the video too!!

HoneyBrown1976 3 years 15 weeks

Uptown Girl was written for Christie!

nikkisoda 3 years 16 weeks

Buzz, I think you are thinking that because at one of the concerts he changed the lyrics so it would sound like it was intended for Camille Belle. I think it was shortly after they broke up.

nikkisoda 3 years 16 weeks

Buzz, I think you are thinking that because at one of the concerts he changed the lyrics so it would sound like it was intended for Camille Belle. I think it was shortly after they broke up.

Pistil 3 years 16 weeks

The only one I actually knew was Alanis.

betty kraker 3 years 16 weeks

4/10

betty kraker 3 years 16 weeks

4/10

MyssCC914 3 years 16 weeks

6/10I had no idea Billy Joel dated Elle McPherson.

MyssCC914 3 years 16 weeks

6/10 I had no idea Billy Joel dated Elle McPherson.

Daisy Duke 3 years 16 weeks

Yeah, Uptown Girl was definitely for Christie Brinkley. I'm a big Billy fan!

genesisrocks 3 years 16 weeks

Deny it to the death, Buzz ;)

genesisrocks 3 years 16 weeks

Deny it to the death, Buzz ;)

POPSUGAR Entertainment 3 years 16 weeks

Waaaait — I thought "Much Better" was written about Taylor Swift AND Camilla Belle. Um, not that I know anything about the Jonas Brothers. . .

genesisrocks 3 years 16 weeks

6/10 Guessed Pattie Boyd whenever she came up

Hiding55 3 years 16 weeks

7/3. I'm pretty sure Billy Joel wrote Uptown Girl about Christie Brinkley.