Billy Joel Popular Songs Ranking [2026]

I Go to ExtremesBilly Joel21rank/position

Billy Joel – I Go To Extremes (Official Video)

Released as the second single from his 11th album, Storm Front, it reached No.

6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.

and No.

70 on the UK Singles Chart.

It also ranked No.

82 on the U.S.

year-end singles chart for 1990.

It’s Still Rock & Roll to MeBilly Joel22rank/position

Billy Joel – It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me (Official HD Video)

1980 was a landmark year that saw a new wave sweep through the music world, and this track—Billy Joel’s first-ever No.

1 on the U.S.

charts—is a thrilling rock number packed with a scathing critique of the scene at the time.

Written from a sharp perspective that even so-called “new” movements like New Wave were ultimately just rehashes of past styles, and featuring a distinctive sax solo, the song became a signature single from the album Glass Houses, spending six consecutive weeks at No.

1.

Crank it up for a midsummer drive or any event and let the good times roll.

Leave A Tender Moment AloneBilly Joel23rank/position

Leave A Tender Moment Alone / Billy Joel

It’s a single cut from the album Innocent Man, with the melody composed first and the lyrics added later.

The song expresses a wish to leave a gentle moment just as it is, and it features Belgian jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans as a guest performer.

Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)Billy Joel24rank/position

Billy Joel – Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) (Official Audio)

A rock track released in 1977 by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel.

It was inspired by the spirit of immigrants from the American working class.

While the “Anthony” in the title is not a real person, it refers to children from Ireland, Poland, and Italy who are attempting to immigrate to the United States.

PressureBilly Joel25rank/position

Billy Joel – Pressure (W/Lyrics)

This is a track from the 1982 album The Nylon Curtain and was released as the lead single.

Set to an up-tempo rhythm with a melody that conveys a sense of frantic urgency, it expresses the feeling that “the world is nothing but unbearable pressure!”