You May Be Right (song)

"You May Be Right"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Glass Houses
B-side	"Close to the Borderline"
Released	March 7, 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock, new wave[1]
Length	4:15
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"All for Leyna" (1980) "You May Be Right" (1980) "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (1980)
Music video
"You May Be Right" on YouTube

"You May Be Right" is a single written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses. The song reached #7 on the US charts and #6 in Canada. It failed to chart, however, in the UK. This is unlike his preceding and succeeding singles "All for Leyna" (UK #40) and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (UK #14). The Japanese single features "Close to the Borderline" as a B-side.

"You May Be Right" can also be found on disc 2 of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits - Volumes I and II and Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert albums. The song begins with the sound of broken glass.

Music video[]

The video version differs from the album version. The most notable difference is the intro, where the sound of broken glass is replaced with "one, two, one, two, three, four".

Personnel[]

• Billy Joel - vocals, piano and harmonica
• Dave Brown - electric guitar
• Richie Cannata - saxophone solo
• Liberty DeVitto - drums and percussion
• Russell Javors - electric guitar
• Doug Stegmeyer - bass guitar

Chart performance[]

Cover versions[]

The song has also been covered by:

• The song was used as the theme song for the television show Dave's World, as sung by Southside Johnny.
• The song was performed by Garth Brooks on the live video This Is Garth Brooks recorded in Dallas, Texas, and at Brooks's 1997 New York concert with Joel as a special guest.^{[citation needed]}
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• Keith Urban
• The Vindictives
• The New Directions glee club on Glee
• The folk-punk band AJJ, the Rock Bottom Remainders and by Alvin and the Chipmunks on their 1980 album Chipmunk Punk.^{[7][8][9][10]}
• A Danish version was sung py rock-pioneer Peter Belli in 1981 and was a minor hit for him. The Danish title was "Hvis det er sandt" and the text was by Fini. It was part of his same year album "Er det sådan?".

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics