Shameless (Billy Joel song)
1991 single by Billy Joel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Shameless" is a song written by American singer Billy Joel and recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front. His version peaked at No. 40 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. Two years later, the song was covered by country music artist Garth Brooks on his third studio album, 1991's Ropin' the Wind. Brooks' rendering of the song was his seventh No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts in late 1991. It also reached No. 71 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Shameless" | ||||
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Single by Billy Joel | ||||
from the album Storm Front | ||||
B-side | "Stormfront (live)" | |||
Released | January 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1988–89 | |||
Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
Producer(s) | Mick Jones | |||
Billy Joel singles chronology | ||||
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"Shameless" | ||||
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Single by Garth Brooks | ||||
from the album Ropin' the Wind | ||||
B-side | "The Dance"/"Rodeo"/"The Thunder Rolls" | |||
Released | October 21, 1991 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
Garth Brooks singles chronology | ||||
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In 1993, on stage in Boston, Joel introduced the song by saying, "I want[ed] to write a song, like a Jimi Hendrix song, you know. Back in the sixties, he was one of my idols, Jimi Hendrix."[1] Joel also mentioned the Hendrix inspiration at a talk in Nuremberg, in 1995.[2]