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"'''Big Shot'''" was the second hit single from ]'s ] album '']''. The song was released in early-], just as his other hit single from that same album, "'']''", was peaking at #3. It would soon become his second top-twenty hit of 1979, peaking at #14. "'''Big Shot'''" was the second hit single from ]'s ] album '']''. The song was released in early-], just as his other hit single from that same album, "'']''", was peaking at #3. It would soon become his second top-twenty hit of 1979, peaking at #14.


A longstanding Internet rumor that the song was based on a bad date with ] is not true. In an interview with The Australian in 2006, Billy Joel said "I read that the song Big Shot is said to be about a date I had with Bianca Jagger. I never had a date with Bianca Jagger." A rumor that the song was based on a bad date with ] is not true. In an interview in 2006, Billy Joel said, "I read that the song Big Shot is said to be about a date I had with Bianca Jagger. I never had a date with Bianca Jagger."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20736947-1702,00.html | title=Billy Joel back to Aussie basics | author=La Canna, Xavier | date=November 10, 2006 | publisher=Australian Associated Press | accessdate=2007-06-18}}</ref>

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"Big Shot" was the second hit single from Billy Joel's 1978 album 52nd Street. The song was released in early-1979, just as his other hit single from that same album, "My Life", was peaking at #3. It would soon become his second top-twenty hit of 1979, peaking at #14.

A rumor that the song was based on a bad date with Bianca Jagger is not true. In an interview in 2006, Billy Joel said, "I read that the song Big Shot is said to be about a date I had with Bianca Jagger. I never had a date with Bianca Jagger."

References

  1. La Canna, Xavier (November 10, 2006). "Billy Joel back to Aussie basics". Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
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