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{{Infobox Single | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Infobox Single | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = The Stranger
| Name = The Stranger
| Cover = BjstrangerEP.jpg
| Cover = Billy_Joel_-_The_Stranger.jpg
| Artist = [[Billy Joel]]
| Artist = [[Billy Joel]]
| from Album = [[The Stranger (album)|The Stranger]]
| from Album = [[The Stranger (album)|The Stranger]]
| B-side = "[[Movin' Out]] (Anthony's Song)"
| Released = [[1977]]
| Released = [[May 21]],[[1978]] (Japan only)
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| Recorded = [[1977]]
| Recorded = [[1977]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 5:10
| Length = 5:10
| Label = [[CBS Sony]]
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| Writer = [[Billy Joel]]
| Producer = [[Phil Ramone]]
| Producer = [[Phil Ramone]]
| Chart position =
| Chart position =
* #2 <small>([[Oricon|Japan]])</small>



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| Last single = "[[She's Always A Woman]]"<br />(1977)
| This single = "'''The Stranger'''"<br />(1978)
| Last single = "[[Movin' Out]]"<br />(1976)
| Next single = "[[My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]"<br />(1978)
| This single = "'''The Stranger'''"<br />(1977)
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| Next single = "[[Just the Way You Are]]"<br />(1977)
}}
}}




'''"The Stranger"''' is a [[1977]] [[title track]] appeared on [[Billy Joel|Billy Joel's]] [[The Stranger (album)|fifth album]], and released as a [[single (song)|single]] exclusively in Japan in 1978<ref>[http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/BillyJoel/MHCP-463/index.html Overview of Billy Joel's album ''The Stranger'' on the web site for Sony Music Online Japan]</ref>.
'''"The Stranger"''' is a [[1977]] [[title track]] [[single (song)|single]] released on [[Billy Joel|Billy Joel's]] [[The Stranger (album)|fifth album]].


==Personnel==


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*[[Billy Joel]]

==Track listing==
*All songs written and composed by [[Billy Joel]].
#"The Stranger"
#"[[Movin' Out|Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)]]"


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{section-stub}}


==Chart success==
==Chart position==
{|class="wikitable" width="25%"
|-
!Country!!colspan="3"|Chart
|-
! !!Peak position!!Weeks!!Sales
|-
|Japan||2||35||471,000<ref>[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15869&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=650 UKMIX - Forums - View topic - Japanese Charts-The Archives]</ref>
|-
|}


==See also==
==See also==

*[http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/chart_japan_yougaku_singlesales1.htm List of 30 best-selling international singles in Japan]
==References==
==References==

<references/>
==External links==
==External links==


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{{1970s-single-stub}}
[[Category:Billy Joel songs]]
[[Category:Billy Joel songs]]
[[Category:1978 singles|Stranger, the]]

Revision as of 00:36, 11 July 2007

"The Stranger"
Song


"The Stranger" is a 1977 title track single released on Billy Joel's fifth album.

Personnel

Overview

Chart position

See also

References

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