Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)

"Just the Way You Are"
Side-A label of U.S. vinyl single
Single by Billy Joel
from the album The Stranger
B-side"Get It Right the First Time"
"Vienna"
ReleasedNovember 1, 1977[1]
RecordedApril - May 1976
GenreSoft rock, smooth jazz[2][3]
Length4:47 (Album version)
3:36 (Single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Billy Joel
Producer(s)Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"I've Loved These Days"
(1976)
"Just the Way You Are"
(1977)
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
(1977)
Audio
"Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are (Audio)" on YouTube
Alternative release
Dutch vinyl single

"Just the Way You Are" is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977), released as the album's second single in early November 1977. It became both Joel's first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching No. 3 and No. 19 respectively), as well as Joel's first gold single in the US. The song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening Chart for the entire month of January 1978.

"Just the Way You Are" garnered two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.[4]

  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 436.
  2. ^ Lecaro, Lina (November 19, 2016). "This Monthly Club Is a Non-Ironic Celebration of Rock's Softer Side". LA Weekly.
  3. ^ "200 Greatest Soft Rock Songs - Entertainment Blog". Entertainment.expertscolumn.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Past Winners Search". The Grammys. Retrieved November 7, 2016.