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Kentucky Woman is a song by Neil Diamond about a lady, and Uptown Girl is a song by Billy Joel about Christie Brinkley. Kentucky Woman is hard rock, Uptown Girl is pop/rock. Kentucky Woman reached #22 on the US Pop Singles chart, and Uptown Girl peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in the US, and #1 in the UK, staying at that position for 5 weeks; it was the second biggest selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's Karma Chameleon, which Joel had knocked off the number one position on November 1st, 1983; in 1988, Rolling Stoneranked "Uptown Girl" #99 on their list of the 100 most important singles of the period 1963-1988. The song was the 19th biggest selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom. However, only opinion can decide which song is, in effect, "better".

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