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[ 0 => '{{Infobox song', 1 => '| name = It's Still Rock and Roll to Me', 2 => '| cover = StillRock&Roll.jpg', 3 => '| alt =', 4 => '| type = single', 5 => '| artist = [[Billy Joel]]', 6 => '| album = [[Glass Houses (album)|Glass Houses]]', 7 => '| B-side = Through the Long Night', 8 => '| released = May 12, 1980', 9 => '| recorded = 1979', 10 => '| studio =', 11 => '| venue =', 12 => '| genre = {{flatlist|', 13 => '*[[New wave music|New wave]]<ref name="thomas1">{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10433/review |title=Glass Houses - Billy Joel |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2011-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.avclub.com/article/glass-houses-billy-joel-attempted-rehaul-his-image-210643 | title=With Glass Houses, Billy Joel attempted to overhaul his image | work=[[The A.V. Club]] | date=October 28, 2014 | access-date=November 7, 2015 | author=Brusie, David}}</ref>', 14 => '*[[doo-wop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_stranger_at_70_billy_joels_25_best_songs/s1__29058026#slide_5|title = The Stranger at 70: Billy Joel's 25 best songs|date = 31 March 2020}}</ref>', 15 => '*[[rock music|rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/its-still-rock-and-roll-to-me-mt0008791744|title=It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel &#124; Song Info &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>', 16 => '*[[rockabilly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2078370/the-number-ones-billy-joels-its-still-rock-and-roll-to-me/columns/the-number-ones/|title = The Number Ones: Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"|date = 30 March 2020}}</ref>', 17 => '}}', 18 => '| length = 2:57', 19 => '| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]', 20 => '| writer = Billy Joel', 21 => '| producer = [[Phil Ramone]]', 22 => '| prev_title = [[You May Be Right (song)|You May Be Right]]', 23 => '| prev_year = 1980', 24 => '| next_title = [[Don't Ask Me Why (Billy Joel song)|Don't Ask Me Why]]', 25 => '| next_year = 1980', 26 => '}}', 27 => '', 28 => '"'''It's Still Rock and Roll to Me'''" is a song written and performed by [[Billy Joel]], from the hit album ''[[Glass Houses (album)|Glass Houses]]''. Released in 1980, the song peaked at number 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980. The song spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was the 7th biggest hit of 1980 according to [[American Top 40]].', 29 => '', 30 => 'The song conveys Joel's criticisms of the music industry and press, commenting on new musical styles of the time such as [[New wave music|new wave]] being mere rehashes of older musical styles. It also addresses changing trends and attitudes of the era.', 31 => '', 32 => 'The single eventually reached [[Platinum certification|Platinum]] status from the [[RIAA]] for sales of over 1 million copies in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=BILLY+JOEL#search_section|website=RIAA}}</ref> [[Pop rock]] musician [[Drake Bell]] covered the song in 2014 on his [[rockabilly]] album ''[[Ready, Steady, Go! (album)|Ready Steady Go!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Drake Bell - Ready Steady Go! Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ready-steady-go!-mw0002629839|website=Allmusic|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref>', 33 => '', 34 => '== History and composition ==', 35 => 'Joel wrote the song in response to critics that often described his music as adult contemporary, [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road]] pop. He felt that new styles of music were not particularly different to older styles of music unlike what was being marketed, especially viewing new wave as akin to older genres such as [[power pop]] and [[rock and roll]], commenting in an interview with [[Rolling Stone]] that "new wave songs, it seems, can only be about two and a half minutes long... only a certain number of instruments can be played on the record - usually a very few... only a certain amount of production is allowed or can be heard... the sound has to be limited to what you can hear in a garage... a return to that sound is all that’s going on now".<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 12, 2020|first=Martin|last=Kielty|title=When Billy Joel Lashed Back With 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me'|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-joel-its-still-rock-and-roll-to-me/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}</ref>', 36 => '', 37 => 'The song is in 4/4 time, is at 144bpm and is written in C Major.<ref>{{Citation|title=BPM for It's Still Rock And Roll To Me (Billy Joel)|url=https://getsongbpm.com/song/it-s-still-rock-and-roll-to-me/oZ6N|language=en|access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref> It features a saxophone solo before the final verse. According to drummer [[Liberty DeVitto]] in an interview, the sound engineer for the song had him tune his snare drum extremely low so that it would "flop" when he played it.<ref name="Band Interview">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/XfFo2TVKeLw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211005035401/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfFo2TVKeLw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfFo2TVKeLw| title = Billy Joel's Legendary Band - The Lords of 52nd Street Interview | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The "miracle mile" mentioned in the lyrics refers to a road host to many stores in [[Manhasset, New York|Manhasset, Long Island]], a location near the area Joel grew up in.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Songfacts|title=It's Still Rock And Roll To Me by Billy Joel - Songfacts|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/billy-joel/its-still-rock-and-roll-to-me|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en}}</ref>', 38 => '', 39 => '== Critical reception ==', 40 => 'In review made a week later after single release, ''Billboard'' editors noticed the laconicism of backing support and Joel's vocal that made the song sparkling.<ref name="bboardreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-05-17.pdf|title=Review: Billy Joel — It's Still Rock and Roll to Me|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=17 May 1980|access-date=31 May 2020|volume=85|number=20|page=68|via=American Radio History|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Tom Breihan of [[Stereogum]], in a retrospective review, was mixed, referring to it as "a sharp, well-written song" but commenting that it "never takes off".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-30|title=The Number Ones: Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2078370/the-number-ones-billy-joels-its-still-rock-and-roll-to-me/columns/the-number-ones/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Stereogum|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that Joel "throws a few slyly humorous stones...at the present new wave fad" and that the song includes "a torrid sax break."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=May 17, 1980|page=18|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-05-17.pdf}}</ref>', 41 => '', 42 => '== Personnel ==', 43 => '* [[Billy Joel]] – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, electric piano', 44 => '* Dave Brown – electric guitar', 45 => '* [[Russell Javors]] – electric guitar', 46 => '* [[Doug Stegmeyer]] – bass', 47 => '* [[Liberty DeVitto]] – drums, percussion', 48 => '* [[Richie Cannata]] – saxophone solo', 49 => '', 50 => '==Chart history==', 51 => '{{col-begin}}', 52 => '{{col-2}}', 53 => '', 54 => '===Weekly charts===', 55 => '{|class="wikitable sortable"', 56 => '|-', 57 => '!Chart (1980)', 58 => '!Peak<br>position', 59 => '|-', 60 => '|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{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}}</ref>', 61 => '| style="text-align:center;"|10', 62 => '|-', 63 => '|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]', 64 => '| style="text-align:center;"|1', 65 => '|-', 66 => '|[[French Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|author=InfoDisc, Daniel Lesueur, Dominic Durand, Lesueur |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Artistes.php |title=InfoDisc : Bilan des Ventes par Artiste |website=Infodisc.fr |access-date=2016-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614035645/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artistes.php |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref>', 67 => '| style="text-align:center;"|61', 68 => '|-', 69 => '|{{singlechart|Ireland2|11|song=It's Still Rock and Roll to Me|access-date=June 22, 2017}}', 70 => '|-', 71 => '|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]', 72 => '| style="text-align:center;"|21', 73 => '|-', 74 => '|[[UK Singles Chart]]', 75 => '| style="text-align:center;"|14', 76 => '|-', 77 => '|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]', 78 => '| style="text-align:center;"|1', 79 => '|-', 80 => '|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]', 81 => '| style="text-align:center;"|45', 82 => '|}', 83 => '{{col-2}}', 84 => '', 85 => '===Year-end charts===', 86 => '{| class="wikitable"', 87 => '|-', 88 => '!Chart (1980)', 89 => '!Position', 90 => '|-', 91 => '|Canada<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=dd5ti2h5hh8l6p5jsms2ohlh91 |title= Canadian 1980 Top 100 Singles |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date= 24 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101816/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=dd5ti2h5hh8l6p5jsms2ohlh91 |archive-date= 2 February 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>', 92 => '| style="text-align:center;"|6', 93 => '|-', 94 => '|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref>', 95 => '| style="text-align:center;"|9', 96 => '|}', 97 => '', 98 => '===All-time charts===', 99 => '{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"', 100 => '|-', 101 => '! Chart (1958–2018)', 102 => '! Position', 103 => '|-', 104 => '|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|work=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>', 105 => '| style="text-align:center;"|303', 106 => '|}', 107 => '{{col-end}}', 108 => '', 109 => '==Certifications and sales==', 110 => '{{Certification Table Top}}', 111 => '{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Billy Joel|title=It's Still Rock and Roll to Me|nocert=true|relyear=1980|salesamount=213,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-01-24.pdf|title=Juno Album, Singles Data|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=World Radio History|page=102|date=January 24, 1981|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}</ref>}}', 112 => '{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Billy Joel|title=It's Still Rock 'N' Roll To Me|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1980|certyear=2018|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}', 113 => '{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}', 114 => '', 115 => '==Music video==', 116 => 'A music video for the song was made, showing Joel performing the song live with his band. According to his band members, the song vocals were performed live by Joel during the video's filming.<ref name="Band Interview"/>', 117 => '', 118 => '==Parody==', 119 => '[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] recorded a parody of the song entitled "It's Still Billy Joel to Me" in 1980, popularized on the [[Dr. Demento]] radio program. It was not released, either as a single or an album track. Yankovic commented, "I wrote that in 1980, but even by 1983 (when my first album came out) it felt a bit dated. Also, we figured that Billy wasn’t very likely to give us his blessing on that one anyway, so we never even bothered asking."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/10/weird-al-yankovic-its-still-billy-joel-to-me.html|title=Weird Al Yankovic - It's Still Billy Joel To Me |website=Paste Magazine |date=2008-10-24 |access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>', 120 => '', 121 => '==See also==', 122 => '*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980]]', 123 => '', 124 => '==References==', 125 => '{{reflist|40em}}', 126 => '', 127 => '== External links ==', 128 => '* [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2398 Song Facts on It's Still Rock and Roll to Me.]', 129 => '* {{YouTube|id = 5eAQa4MOGkE&ob=av3e|title = "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" Music Video}} / ⒞1980 [[Sony BMG]] channel', 130 => '', 131 => '{{Billy Joel}}', 132 => '', 133 => '{{authority control}}', 134 => '', 135 => '[[Category:1979 songs]]', 136 => '[[Category:1980 singles]]', 137 => '[[Category:Billy Joel songs]]', 138 => '[[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]]', 139 => '[[Category:Cashbox number-one singles]]', 140 => '[[Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles]]', 141 => '[[Category:Songs written by Billy Joel]]', 142 => '[[Category:Song recordings produced by Phil Ramone]]', 143 => '[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]', 144 => '[[Category:Songs about rock music]]', 145 => '[[Category:American new wave songs]]' ]