My Life (single version)
~ 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 | My Life | 3:50 | Billy Joel | My Life / 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 6821, CBS S 6821 |
| 1.1 | My Life | 3:50 | Billy Joel | My Life / 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 6821 |
| 1.1 | My Life | 3:50 | Billy Joel | My Life / 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 3-10853 |
| 2.1 | マイ・ライフ My Life | 3:52 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:53 | 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) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 541672T, CG2K 40121, G2K 40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | D205443, G2K 40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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), Family Productions | G2K 40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:51 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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), Family Productions | CK 40122, CK 40123, G2K-40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (disc made in Japan) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:51 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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) | G2K-40121 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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), Sony Music Entertainment Venezuela, C.A. | 2.11.0064 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 4:44 | 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) | 491191 2 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | 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) | |
| 1.10 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 519018 2 |
| 1.10 | My Life (single version) | 3:51 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL 6927 |
| 1.10 | My Life (single version) | 3:51 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | MHCP 553 |
| 1.9 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (fake Columbia label, for bootlegs only) | CDCOL7054 |
| 1.9 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 82876817372 |
| 2.19 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | World's Best Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697074852 |
| 1.9 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697142962 |
| 1.9 | My Life | 3:53 | Billy Joel | Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 82876823592 |
| 1.20 | My Life | 3:52 | Billy Joel | NOW Yearbook '79 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now That’s What I Call Music LLP | CDYBNOW79 |
| 2.1 | My Life | 3:52 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Columbia House edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) |
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| producer: | Phil Ramone |
| acoustic guitar and electric guitar: | Steve Kahn |
| bass: | Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas) |
| clarinet, organ and saxophone: | Richie Cannata |
| drums (drum set): | Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) |
| piano and lead vocals: | Billy Joel |
| background vocals: | Peter Cetera Donnie Dacus Doug Stegmeyer (bass player, aka Slug Douglas) |
| remixer: | Jim Boyer (producer/engineer) Phil Ramone |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1978) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) (in 1978) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1978) |
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| recording of: | My Life |
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Related works
My Life
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel |
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| publisher: | April Music Inc. 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 CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1978) EMI April Music Inc. (in 1978) Impulsive Music (in 1978) |
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| later translated versions: | 不要囉嗦 |
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