"Christie Lee" describes a narrative about a saxophone player who has his heart broken by a woman he falls in love with, whom he later realizes is only interested in him for his saxophone skills. Chart performance The album featured three Billboard Top 10 hit singles: "Tell Her About It" (No. 1), "Uptown Girl" (No. 3) and "An Innocent Man" (No. 10). Four other singles were released from the album: "The Longest Time" (No. 14), "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (No. 27), "Keeping the Faith" (No. 18) and "This Night" (US B-side of "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"). "Tell Her About It" and "Uptown Girl" garnered international success—"Uptown Girl" reached No. 1 in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. An Innocent Man remained on the US Pop album chart for 111 weeks, becoming Joel's longest charting studio album behind The Stranger. For over a year, the album remained on the charts in the UK, Japan and Australia. Critical reception Like his three previous efforts, Joel's An Innocent Man received a nomination for the 26th Grammy Award for Album of the Year, although the award went to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The album was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Uptown Girl," but again was beaten by Thriller. Track listing All songs by Billy Joel, except for the chorus for "This Night," which is credited on the sleeve to L. v. Beethoven. The track listing on the LP is slightly different from that on the cassette and original CD pressings, with the latter swapping the places of "The Longest Time" and "Uptown Girl." However, on the actual cassette shell and disc label, the songs are listed (and play) in the correct order as printed on the LP. Personnel Billy Joel – Baldwin SF-10 acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, lead and background vocals Liberty DeVitto – drums Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar David Brown – lead electric and acoustic guitars Russell Javors – rhythm electric and acoustic guitars Mark Rivera – alto saxophone on "Keeping the Faith", "This Night" and "Christie Lee"; tenor saxophone, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel Ralph MacDonald – percussion on "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" and "Careless Talk" Leon Pendarvis – Hammond B3 organ on "Easy Money" Richard Tee – acoustic piano on "Tell Her About It" Eric Gale – electric guitar on "Easy Money" Toots Thielemans – harmonica