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“Movin' Out” by Billy Joel

Released 2005

“Movin' Out” by Billy Joel appears on 22 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 2005. Its best result is #128 on the BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #422 of the '70s.

22countdowns
8stations
#128best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2025years charted

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Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (Official Audio)

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Billy Joel kicks off 1977's The Stranger with "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", a sax-greased sketch of New York strivers grinding out long hours to buy the trappings of having arrived. His characters trade up from a Chevy to a Cadillac and eye a house out in Hackensack, and the song quietly calls the whole racket a losing game.

Anthony, Joel has said, was never one guy but a stand-in for every Irish, Polish and Italian kid scrambling to make a living. The kicker comes at the fade: a car turns over and peels away, and the engine belongs to bassist Doug Stegmeyer's Corvette. Live takes turn up on 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert and 12 Gardens Live.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 480 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2002 318 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2013 128 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 269 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 401 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2016 284 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 298 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 298 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 418 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 415 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2021 899 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 245 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 423 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 258 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 229 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 491 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2023 131 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 429 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 286 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 419 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2025 176 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 168 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

Also listed as: Movin' Out/Anthony's Song; Movin' Out (Anthony's Song); MOVIN' OUT (Anthony's Song).

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