Uptown Girl#Westlife version

{{Infobox song

| name = Uptown Girl

| cover = Uptown Girl joel.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Artwork for U.S. and Canadian singles, also used for the Japanese release with its native language

| type = single

| artist = Billy Joel

| album = An Innocent Man

| B-side = Careless Talk

| released = September 19, 1983

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{Hlist|Doo-wop{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= Billboard |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 10, 2024|quote= 1960s doo-wop meets 1980s pop-rock in an endlessly-singable ragtag love story...}}|pop rock{{cite web|url=https://www.subjectivesounds.com/musicblog/billy-joel-an-innocent-man-album-review|title=Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (album review)|date=September 27, 2023 |publisher=Subjective Sounds}}{{Cite web|url=https://singersroom.com/best-billy-joel-songs-of-all-time/|title=10 Best Billy Joel Songs of All Time - Singersroom.com|first=Edward|last=Tomlin|date=March 20, 2023|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}|pop soul{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/an-innocent-man-102810/|title=An Innocent Man|first=Parke|last=Puterbaugh|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 18, 1983|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}}}

| length = 3:18

| label = Columbia

| writer = Billy Joel

| producer = Phil Ramone{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/860596|title=Billy Joel - Uptown Girl|publisher=Discogs|access-date=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127181833/http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/860596|archive-date=November 27, 2009|url-status=live}}

| prev_title = Tell Her About It

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = An Innocent Man

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|hCuMWrfXG4E|"Uptown Girl"|}}}}

}}

"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel from his ninth studio album An Innocent Man (1983), released in September 1983 as the album's second single. The lyrics describe a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl".

The 12" EP has the tracks "My Life", "Just the Way You Are" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (catalogue number TA3775),{{Cite web|title=Billy Joel - Uptown Girl - Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/1215978|website=Discogs|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127121054/https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/1215978|archive-date=November 27, 2016|url-status=live}} whereas some 7" single versions featured "Careless Talk" as a B-side.{{Cite web|title=Billy Joel - Uptown Girl|url=https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/433987|website=Discogs|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127121106/https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/release/433987|archive-date=November 27, 2016|url-status=live}}

"Uptown Girl" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks from November 12 to December 10, 1983.{{Cite book|title=Rock N' Roll Gold Rush|last=Dean|first=Maury|author-link=Maury Dean|year=2003|publisher=Algora|isbn=0-87586-207-1|pages=137–138}} It also reached number one in the United Kingdom for five weeks, his only number-one hit in the country. It was the second-best-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon", which Joel had knocked off the number-one position on November 1, 1983. The song was the 19th-best-selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, selling 975,000 copies. It has sold over 1.2 million copies as of 2023.

Inspiration

According to an interview with Howard Stern, Joel had originally titled the song "Uptown Girls", and it was conceived on an occasion when he was surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston, and his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson. According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley, both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s.{{Cite web|title=Billy Joel Visits. 11/16/10. 7:55am|url=http://www.marksfriggin.com/news10/11-15.htm#tue|work=Howard Stern archive|publisher=Marksfriggin.com|access-date=March 15, 2012|date=November 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528171527/http://www.marksfriggin.com/news10/11-15.htm#tue|archive-date=May 28, 2012|url-status=live}} Joel said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.{{Cite web |url=http://www.billyjoel.com/an-innocent-man-complete-albums-collection-video |title=Billy Joel Website Interview |access-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319065929/http://www.billyjoel.com/an-innocent-man-complete-albums-collection-video |archive-date=March 19, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

File:Christie Brinkley by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg, Joel's future wife, appears as the main character of the video]]

Reception

Cash Box said that "sounding uncannily like Frankie Valli, Joel plays out the city uptown-downtown caste system, longing for a seemingly unavailable 'white-bread' lovely."{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-09-24.pdf|date=September 24, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-20|page=8}} Four Seasons bassist Joe Long praised the record and considered it vindication for him, as he had been forced out of the band during its 1970s renaissance when it moved away from the classic sound; Long argued that the success of "Uptown Girl" had shown the Four Seasons had not needed to make those kinds of changes.{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Voger |date=July 2, 2016 |title=Four Seasons singer a real Jersey |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/07/four_seasons.html |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Nj.com}}

Music video

The video depicts Joel and his backup singers working as auto mechanics. Brinkley arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce as Joel and the mechanics dance with her. A poster of Brinkley can be seen in the garage as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising "Uptown Cosmetics". At the end of the video Joel and Brinkley ride off on a motorcycle. Before the song starts, footage from the music video "Tell Her About It" is seen playing on a portable TV.

In 1985, Joel said, "'Uptown Girl' I wasn't too crazy about, because they wanted me to dance. I sort of said, OK, you know, I'll give it a try. We shot it on the two hottest days of the year."{{cite magazine| magazine= Spin | title=Billy Joel Talks Back|author=Barry Millman| date=June 1985|issue=2|page=53}}

Charts

= Weekly charts =

scope="row"\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=156}} \|1
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1983–1984) !Peak position
{{Single chart\|Austria\|18\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Flanders\|3\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Canada (The Record){{cite book\|last=Lwin\|first=Nanda\|author-link=Nanda Lwin\|title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide\|publisher=Music Data Canada\|location=Mississauga, Ont.\|year=1999\|isbn=1-896594-13-1}} \|3
{{singlechart\|Canadatopsingles\|4\|chartid=4382\|access-date=November 19, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{Cite web\|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4380&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4380.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4380 \| title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada \| website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca \| date=December 3, 1983\| access-date=October 26, 2019}} \|1
scope="row"\| Colombia (UPI){{cite news\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iu1DAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+canciones+latinoamerica&pg=PA9&article_id=1220,8568989\|title=Las canciones más escuchadas en Latinoamérica\|newspaper=La Opinión (Los Angeles)\|language=es\|access-date=October 5, 2024\|date=June 24, 1984}} \| 9
{{Single chart\|Denmark\|8\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book \| first= Timo \| last= Pennanen \| year= 2006 \| title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 \| edition= 1st \| publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava \| location= Helsinki\| isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 \| page= 263 \| language= fi }} \|align="center"\|26
scope="row"\|Ireland (IRMA) \|1
{{Single chart\|Dutch40\|8\|year=1983\|week=49\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Dutch100\|10\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|New Zealand\|1\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Norway\|3\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{Cite web\|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html\|title="Uptown Girl" on the South African Singles Chart\|date=January 13, 1984\|publisher=Springbok Radio\|access-date=September 25, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119114411/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(J).html\|archive-date=November 19, 2017\|url-status=live}} \|8
{{Single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|1\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|access-date=June 15, 2017\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Billboardhot100\|3\|artist=Billy Joel\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|2\|artist=Billy Joel\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|Billboardmainstreamrock\|22\|artist=Billy Joel\|access-date=June 15, 2017\|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart\|West Germany\|18\|artist=Billy Joel\|song=Uptown Girl\|songid=6992\|access-date=May 17, 2019\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Zimbabwe Singles (ZIMA)Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000 \|9

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1983) ! Position
scope="row"\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web \|url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg \|title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 \|publisher=Kent Music Report \|via=Imgur.com \|access-date=January 22, 2023}} \|62
scope="row"\|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1983\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1983\|publisher=Ultratop\|access-date=March 13, 2021}} \|34
scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{Cite web\|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6699&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 \|title= Top 100 Singles of 1983 – Volume 39, No. 17, December 24 1983 \|work= RPM \|publisher= Library and Archives Canada \|access-date= April 9, 2017}} \|46
scope="row"\|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web\|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1983\|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983\|publisher=Dutch Top 40\|access-date=March 13, 2021}} \|94
scope="row"\|UK Singles (OCC) \|2

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! Chart (1983)

! Position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=Kent Music Report |via=Imgur.com |access-date=January 22, 2023}}

|62

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1983|title=Jaaroverzichten 1983|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=March 13, 2021}}

|34

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{Cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6699&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title= Top 100 Singles of 1983 – Volume 39, No. 17, December 24 1983 |work= RPM |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |access-date= April 9, 2017}}

|46

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1983|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 13, 2021}}

|94

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1984) ! Position
scope="row"\|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web\|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg\|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984\|publisher=Kent Music Report\|via=Imgur.com\|access-date=January 23, 2023}} \|82
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm "Top 100 Hits of 1984/Top 100 Songs of 1984"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530090815/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm \|date=May 30, 2016}}, musicoutfitters.com (retrieved April 9, 2017). \|39
scope="row"\|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/adult-contemporary-songs\|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=March 13, 2021}} \|49

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! Chart (1984)

! Position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=January 23, 2023}}

|82

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm "Top 100 Hits of 1984/Top 100 Songs of 1984"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530090815/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1984.htm |date=May 30, 2016}}, musicoutfitters.com (retrieved April 9, 2017).

|39

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 13, 2021}}

|49

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=1984|access-date=July 12, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|id=13448|access-date=January 26, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|access-date=June 28, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|id=11916|access-date=January 26, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1983|access-date=December 17, 2024|certyear=2024|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf|access-date=May 23, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|access-date=August 6, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=7923-1999-1|access-date=November 3, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Billy Joel|title=Uptown Girl|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2021|access-date=November 20, 2021}}

Personnel

Billy Joel – Baldwin SF-10 acoustic piano, lead and backing vocals
David Brown – lead electric guitar
Russell Javors – rhythm electric guitar
Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
Liberty DeVitto – drums
Mark Rivera – percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Mike Alexander – backing vocals
Tom Bahler – backing vocals
Rory Dodd – backing vocals
Frank Floyd – backing vocals
Lani Groves – backing vocals
Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals
Ron Taylor – backing vocals
Terry Textor – backing vocals
Eric Troyer – backing vocals

Legacy and impact

Olivia Rodrigo mentioned the song and Joel in her hit single "Deja Vu", which became a top 3 U.S. hit.{{Cite magazine|date=2021-04-15|title=Olivia Rodrigo Makes History on Streaming Songs Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/9557285/olivia-rodrigo-streaming-songs-chart-record-deja-vu|access-date=2021-10-08|magazine=Billboard|language=en}} Rodrigo made a surprise appearance at Joel's Madison Square Garden performance on August 24, 2022, singing "Deja Vu" with Joel on piano and "Uptown Girl" as a duet with Joel.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/olivia-rodrigo-billy-joel-uptown-girl-deja-vu-madison-square-garden-1234581341/ | title=Watch Olivia Rodrigo Sing 'Deja Vu' and 'Uptown Girl' with Billy Joel | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=August 25, 2022 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmvQXHoCoDM|title=Billy Joel with Olivia Rodrigo - "deja vu" and "Uptown Girl" - Madison Square Garden 8/24/2022|date=August 24, 2022 |accessdate=April 7, 2023|via=www.youtube.com}}

Westlife version

{{Infobox song

| name = Uptown Girl

| cover = 9UptownGirl1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = "Angels Wings"

| artist = Westlife

| album = World of Our Own

| released = {{start date|2001|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-03-03.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting March 5, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=March 3, 2001|access-date=August 10, 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio = Rokstone (London)

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|dance-pop|doo-wop}}

| length = 3:06

| label = BMG

| writer = Billy Joel

| producer = Steve Mac

| chronology = Westlife UK/Ireland

| prev_title = What Makes a Man

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Queen of My Heart

| next_title2 = When You're Looking Like That

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Westlife international

| type = single

| prev_title = I Lay My Love on You

| prev_year = 2001

| title = Uptown Girl

| year = 2001

| next_title = When You're Looking Like That

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|0HTexqxo1og|"Uptown Girl"}}}}

}}

Irish boy band Westlife covered the song for their third studio album, World of Our Own. It was released on March 5, 2001, as the lead single from the album and the 2001 Comic Relief charity single. The song was also released as the fifth single for the European Special Edition and Asian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc of the group's second album, Coast to Coast (2000). The Westlife version is slightly shorter than Joel's version because one of the verses was not repeated. The music video was a parody of Joel's, with the members of Westlife playing workers in a burger bar, Robert Bathurst, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Ioan Gruffudd, Tim McInnerny and James Wilby play the snobby uptown customers and Claudia Schiffer is in the Christie Brinkley role.

"Uptown Girl" reached number one in Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. It became the best-selling single of 2001 and the tenth-best-selling single of all time in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, it was the sixth-best-selling single of 2001 and the 24th-best-selling single of the decade in the UK charts, with sales of 756,215 copies. It became the band's best-selling single (paid-for and combined sales categories) in the UK and also achieved the highest first week sales (292,318 copies) of any of their singles. It has since been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 600,000 copies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=BPI Certified Awards|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=February 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901062056/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|archive-date=September 1, 2009|url-status=live}} By March 2017, the song had sold almost 800,000 copies in the country from physical and digital copies which make up 81% of the total units.{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Alan |title=Charts analysis: Westlife reach summit with first album in nine years |url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-westlife-reach-summit-with-first-album-in-nine-years/078186 |website=musicweek.com |publisher=Music Week |access-date=November 28, 2019 |date=November 22, 2019 |url-access=subscription}} As of January 2019, it has 920,000 total sales. As of 30 November 2021, it has 1.1 million total sales with 67% of it or 748,000 were physical sales. This makes the single part of the list of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom and the first one for the group.

= Track listing =

United Kingdom

; CD1

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Angel's Wings" (2001 Remix) – 4:14
"Uptown Girl" (Video) – 3:14

; CD2

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) – 5:02
"Behind the Scenes Footage & Band Messages"

; VHS

"Uptown Girl" (The Video) – 3:14
"The Making of Uptown Girl" (Mini-Documentary)
"The Bits That Didn't Quite Go to Plan ..."

; DVD

"Uptown Girl" (The Video) – 3:14
"The Making of Uptown Girl" (Mini-Documentary)
"The Bits That Didn't Quite Go to Plan ..."
"Comic Relief Weblink"
"Photo Gallery"

Japan

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) – 3:06
"Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) – 5:02
"Angel's Wings" (Original Version) – 4:02
"Close Your Eyes" – 4:32
"Uptown Girl" (Video) – 3:14
"Behind the Scenes Footage & Band Messages"

= Charts =

== Weekly charts ==

Video album

Class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center;"\|Chart (2001) ! style="text-align:center;"\|Peak position
Ireland \| style="text-align:center;"\|1
UK Music Video Albums \| style="text-align:center;"\|1
UK DVD Albums (OCC){{Cite web \|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/ \|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100: 20 November 2011 - 26 November 2011 \|website=Official Charts \|access-date=June 17, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093252/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/ \|archive-date=June 17, 2018 \|url-status=live }} \| {{center\|5}}
UK Video Albums (OCC) \| {{center\|3}}

Class="wikitable"

style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2001)

! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

Ireland

| style="text-align:center;"|1

UK Music Video Albums

| style="text-align:center;"|1

UK DVD Albums (OCC){{Cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/ |title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100: 20 November 2011 - 26 November 2011 |website=Official Charts |access-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093252/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20111120/1/ |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| {{center|5}}

UK Video Albums (OCC)

| {{center|3}}

Single

Class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (2001)

!Peak
position

Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701101012/http://www.hrt.hr:80/hr/top20/maineng.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2001|title=Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|access-date=14 April 2023}}

|align="center"|2

Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxQEAAAAMBAJ&q=westlife|title=Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=March 24, 2001}}

|align="center"|8

Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-06-30.pdf|title=EHR Top 50|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=27|page=15|date=30 June 2001|access-date=16 April 2024}}

|align="center"|12

{{Single chart|Germany|8|artist=Westlife|song=Uptown Girl|songid=4681|access-date=May 17, 2019}}

{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Uptown Girl|access-date=9 April 2024}}

Japan (Oricon){{cite web |url=http://www.musicchartheaven.com/westlife/westlifehits.htm |title={title} |access-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120630/http://www.musicchartheaven.com/westlife/westlifehits.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}

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Poland (Polish Airplay Charts){{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_27/2001.html |title=Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 27/2001 |publisher=PiF PaF Production |access-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020228155444/http://pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_27_2001.html |archive-date=February 28, 2002}}

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{{Single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Westlife|song=Uptown Girl|artistid=7712}}

Class="wikitable"
Chart (2017) ! Peak position
{{Single chart\|Poland\|94\|chartid=2426\|year=2017\|access-date=September 4, 2017}}

Class="wikitable"

Chart (2017)

! Peak
position

{{Single chart|Poland|94|chartid=2426|year=2017|access-date=September 4, 2017}}

== Year-end charts ==

Class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (2001)

!Position

Australia (ARIA){{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2001.htm|title=Australian End of Year 2001 Singles Chart|work=ARIA|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808072947/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=August 8, 2015|url-status=live}}

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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2001|title=Jaaroverzichten 2001|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-12-22.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2001 p.14|publisher=Music & Media|access-date=September 12, 2022}}

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Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-12-22.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Radio 2001 p.17|publisher=Music & Media|access-date=September 12, 2022}}

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Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

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Ireland (IRMA){{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/best-of-singles|title=Best of 2001 Irish Singles Chart|work=IRMA (Would required to select the "Best of 2001" tab)|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218130150/http://www.irma.ie/best-of-singles|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=live}}

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Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2001|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2001|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|50

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2001&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2001|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

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New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2001-12-31|title=End of Year Top 50 Singles 2001|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=April 8, 2025}}

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Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2001&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2001|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

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Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2001|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2001|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=February 4, 2020}}

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UK Singles (OCC){{Cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=2001 UK Singles Chart|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023919/http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2011|url-status=live}}

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== Decade-end charts ==

Class="wikitable"

! Chart (2000–2009)

! Position

UK Top 100 Songs of the DecadeRadio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on December 29, 2009, presented by DJ Nihal

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= Certifications and sales =

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Westlife|title=Uptown Girl|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|accessdate=3 May 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Westlife|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|accessdate=3 May 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Westlife|title=Uptown Girl|award=Gold|relyear=2001|id=2001-06-01|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2001}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=November 30, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Westlife|title=Uptown Girl|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2001|certyear=2023|id=7923-1440-1|access-date=May 5, 2023}}