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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."
The song is actually about an affair Joel had with author Carson McCullers.
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.