You May Be Right
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (red copyright notice on back) | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 86108 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (yellow copyright notice on back) | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 86108 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 36384 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:17 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 35DP 18 |
| 2.4 | ガラスのニューヨーク You May be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | ビリー・ザ・ベスト | ビリー・ジョエル | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 50DP 241/2 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Longer edit of Captain Jack) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 01-088666-10, CDCBS 88666 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:17 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997), Family Productions | 32DP 656 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | WCK 36384 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 450087 2 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 450087 2, CBS 450087 2 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | ?:?? | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS-9032 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | VCK-36384 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 (Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | CXK 85666, D242138 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CXK 68007 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Box: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS 8571~4 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (remastered) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69386 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:09 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (enhanced with bonus CD-Extra video clips) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 69391 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL5565 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (remastered) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491186 2 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69386 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69386 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 Australian Tour Commemorative Edition | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 489523.2 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 UK Tour Commemorative Edition | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491274 2 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | C2K 69391, D226820 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:15 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”) | SRCS-9449 |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | SONYTV98CD |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 497908.2 |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 4979082 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:12 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection (Japan edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 654652 |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 2.3 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 504502 2 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (BMG Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | C2K 86005, D241888 |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:12 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 513976 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | MHCP-465 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5097462000 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (limited edition 3.0) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 8697 29114 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:15 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-20130 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 092 |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:12 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | The Hits | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 80811 2 |
| 7.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2091 |
| 2.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2091 |
| 2.1 | You May Be Right | 4:17 | Billy Joel | Original Album Classics | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88691968542 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:15 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-30106 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses (24bit/96kHz) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 7.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection (Mastered for itunes) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.14 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:15 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-4701 |
| 2.11 | You May Be Right | 4:09 | Billy Joel | Countdown: 40th Anniversary Continues… | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ABC Music (Australian Broadcasting Corporation in-house label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 535 9448 |
| 2.8 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 3-418 |
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2-2121 |
| 4.4 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2-2121 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:15 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-5433 |
| 1.9 | You May Be Right | 4:14 | Billy Joel | Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 31510~2 |
| 1.32 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | 50 Years of the Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Rebels | Billy Joel | EP + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G010000669345W |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:17 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 86108 |
| 1.1 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 36384 |
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (24bit/96kHz) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | ||
| 1.15 | You May Be Right | 4:16 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | [none] | |
| 1.16 | You May Be Right | 4:12 | Billy Joel | The Essential Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697776802 | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 2.4 | You May Be Right | 4:13 | Billy Joel | Souvenir, The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 001013 2, 001013 3, 001013 8, 465658 2, CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.13 | You May Be Right | 4:07 | Billy Joel | That’s Not Her Style (The Storm Front Tour CD) | Billy Joel | Album + Live |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 2127 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Bradshaw Leigh |
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| engineer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) |
| producer: | Phil Ramone |
| drums (drum set): | Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) (in 1979) |
| electric bass guitar: | Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas) (in 1979) |
| electric guitar and guitar: | David Brown (guitarist for Billy Joel) (in 1979) Russell Javors (in 1979) |
| flute, organ and saxophone and saxophone: | Richie Cannata (in 1979) |
| piano and lead vocals: | Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist) (in 1979) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1980) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1980) |
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| edits: | You May Be Right |
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| music videos: | You May Be Right |
| recording of: | You May Be Right (in 1979) |
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Related works
You May Be Right
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel (American singer-songwriter and pianist) |
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| publisher: | Joelsongs ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 April Music (from 1979 until 1980) Impulsive Music (from 1979 until 1980) CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1980) |
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| later parody versions: | You May Be Bright |
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