Big Shot

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"Big Shot" is a 1978 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its satirical take on New York high society and featured on his album "52nd Street."

All labels observed (1)

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Big Shot canonical 10

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumSide Side One ⓘ
artist Billy Joel ⓘ
belongsToDiscographyOf Billy Joel ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 20 ⓘ
composer Billy Joel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
featuresVocalStyle lead male vocal ⓘ
genre rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasBPM fast tempo ⓘ
hasCoverArtFormat 7-inch single sleeve ⓘ
hasEra late 1970s ⓘ
hasISRC US-COL-078123 ⓘ
hasMusicalArtist Billy Joel ⓘ
hasMusicStyle satirical ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective second person ⓘ
hasNotableLyricTheme hangover after a wild night ⓘ
mockery of elitist behavior ⓘ
hasRecordingLocation New York City ⓘ
hasType studio recording ⓘ
includedInAlbum 52nd Street ⓘ
includedInTourSetlist Billy Joel concert tours ⓘ
isFollowedBy Honesty ⓘ
isPrecededBy My Life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:42 ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf 52nd Street ⓘ
performer Billy Joel ⓘ
producer Phil Ramone ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1978 ⓘ
recordLabel CBS Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
subjectMatter New York high society ⓘ
arrogance and pretension ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum 2 ⓘ
writer Billy Joel ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billy Joel → notableWork → Big Shot ⓘ
Movin’ Out → hasSong → Big Shot ⓘ
Brightside → hasPart → Big Shot ⓘ
52nd Street → hasPart → Big Shot ⓘ
52nd Street → single → Big Shot ⓘ
Jeff Cardoni → notableWork → Big Shot ⓘ