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| 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> | 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> | ||
| The song is actually about an affair Joel had with author Carson McCullers. | |||
| == Single and album edits == | == Single and album edits == | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 15 October 2007
| "Big Shot" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Half A Mile Away" |
"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."
Single and album edits
The only change made in the single version is an abridged outro.
References
- La Canna, Xavier (November 10, 2006). "Billy Joel back to Aussie basics". Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-06-18.