This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by <a href="https://www.factset.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset">Factset</a>. Powered and implemented by <a href="https://www.factset.com/solutions/business-needs/digital-solutions" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_digital_solutions">FactSet Digital Solutions</a>. <a href="https://www.factset.com/privacy" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_privacy">Legal Statement</a>. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>During his concert at Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel performed his song "Uptown Girl" in front of the girl he wrote it about - his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley. (CREDIT: @merrrr___ /LIFESTYLOGY/TMX)<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/christie-brinkley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christie Brinkley</a> may be one of Billy Joel's several ex-wives, but she is his only "Uptown Girl."<br>The supermodel, 70, was spotted at Joel's concert in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> on Friday. In video obtained by Fox News Digital, Brinkley looked elated as she swayed back and forth to "Uptown Girl," a song Joel wrote about her in 1983. She was broadcast on the jumbotron for the whole crowd to see.<br>Another angle of the moment, captured and shared <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@gnarcar_/video/7362409553163455787?_r=1&_t=8luXlxTnHmI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">on TikTok</a>, shows Brinkley singing along.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christie-brinkley-open-finding-love-laments-lack-options-doesnt-seem-anybody-out-there" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 'OPEN' TO FINDING LOVE BUT LAMENTS LACK OF OPTIONS: 'DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYBODY OUT THERE'</strong></a><br><span>Billy Joel looked joyful performing "Uptown Girl" at Madison Square Garden.</span> <span>(@merrrr___ /LIFESTYLOGY/TMX)</span><br>Pictures show Joel seemingly singing passionately to Brinkley. <br><strong>WATCH: BILLY JOEL SERENADES CHRISTIE BRINKLEY WITH ‘UPTOWN GIRL’</strong><br>Although the couple <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/events/divorce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorced in 1994</a>, the two have remained friends. They share a daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, who also performed on Friday at Joel's concert. <br>The "Piano Man" singer is finishing up his residency at Madison Square Garden, which began in Jan. 2014 and will end in July 2024.<br><span>Alexa Ray Joel performed with her father, Billy Joel, on April 26 at Madison Square Garden.</span> <span>(Taylor Hill/Getty Images)</span><br>In 2010, Joel finally confirmed that "Uptown Girl" was written about Brinkley (she did appear in the music video), although he explained that there was more to the story. <br>"I wasn't even dating Christie when I started writing the song, I was dating <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/elle-macpherson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elle [Macpherson]</a>," Joel shared on "The Howard Stern Show." He remembered a moment when he was surrounded by Brinkley, Macpherson and Whitney Houston while he was working on the song. <br><span>Billy Joel confirmed in 2010 that "Uptown Girl" was written about his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley.</span> <span>(Robin Platzer/Images/Getty Images)</span><br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</u></strong></a><br>"That's why I started writing a song called ‘Uptown Girls’. It was plural. I couldn't believe, you know, the situation I was in," he said of having a bevy of beauties near him.<br><span>Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were married for nine years.</span> <span>(Sonia Moskowitz/IMAGES/Getty Images)</span><br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</strong></a><br>Joel, 74, said when he and Macpherson went their separate ways, the nature of the song changed because of his relationship with Brinkley. "And then I started dating Christie and rather than it [being] about all these different girls, she became the ‘Uptown Girl.’ I started writing it about one person."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a><br><span>Although they have both moved on since their divorce, Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel remain friends.</span> <span>(Getty Images)</span><br>Both the model and musician have since moved on, having each been married four times. In 1994, Brinkley was briefly married to Richard Taubman. She was married to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christie-brinkley-peter-cook-july-4-hamptons-party-fiancee-alba-jancou" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Cook</a> from 1996 to 2008. They have two children together.<br>Joel married Katie Lee in 2004, only to split in 2009. He is now married to Alexis Roderick. 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