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Glass Houses by Billy Joel
Glass Houses is an album by Billy Joel, released in 1980. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 36 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You May Be Right”, on 31 lists with a best position of #41.
Glass Houses, Billy Joel's seventh album, landed on Columbia on March 12, 1980, and it's the Piano Man rolling up his sleeves and plugging in. With punk and new wave rattling the windows, Joel and producer Phil Ramone went for a tougher, harder-edged sound, and the band hits like it means it: Richie Cannata, Doug Stegmeyer, Russell Javors and Liberty DeVitto, with new lead guitarist David Brown adding bite. It was the last studio album that original crew made together.
"You May Be Right" kicks the door in, "All for Leyna" churns with nervous energy, and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" became his first single to top the Hot 100. The album sat at number one for six straight weeks, moved 7.1 million copies in America alone, and earned Joel a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Glass Houses on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You May Be Right | 31 | #41 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 2 | All For Leyna | 5 | #515 | – | 2021–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.