Big Shot

Name: Big Shot
Duration: 4 min 3 s

~ Recording by Billy Joel

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1978-10-13 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1978 CA
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1978 NL
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street (Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc./51 W 52 Street, N.Y., N.Y.)	1978 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (1st edition, "gold face")	1982-10-01 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1982 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (2nd edition, "silver face")	1983 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (made in Japan)	1984 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1984 XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1984 CA
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1985 CA
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1987-05-02 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1987 XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1988-07-21 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1990-12-01 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (longbox gold CD)	1992-12-08 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1993-04-21 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1993 US
2.2	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997	1997 US
2.2	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 (Club Edition)	1997 US
2.2	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	The Complete Hits Box: 1973–1997	1998-03-21 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998-10-20 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998-10-20 US
2.2	Big Shot	3:44	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (enhanced with bonus CD-Extra video clips)	1998-10-20 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998 DE
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1998 AU
2.2	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition)	1998 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1999-01-21 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1999 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	1999 XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2001-07-31 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2001-10-11 JP
2.2	Big Shot	4:02	Billy Joel	The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997	2001-11-26 DE
1.11	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Wonderland	2003-09-30 US
1.11	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Wonderland	2004-04-12 GB
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2004-11-03 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2006-04-19 JP
3.4	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	The Essential Billy Joel (limited edition 3.0)	2008-08-26 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2008-12-24 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2010-11-02 US
1.8	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	The Hits	2010-11-16 US
1.1	Big Shot	?:??	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2011-08-16 US
6.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	The Complete Albums Collection	2011-11-08 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (Special Limited Edition)	2012-07-31 US
2.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (Special Limited Edition)	2012-07-31 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street (MFSL Remaster)	2012-07-31 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2012 -
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2013-02-15 XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2013-03-06 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2013-05-27 XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2013 US
6.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	The Complete Albums Collection (Mastered for itunes)	2014-01-21 XW
3.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	Original Album Classics (Volume 2)	2014-02-18 XE
3.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	Original Album Classics #2	2014-04-14 XW
1.13	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II	2014 US
2.6	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II	2017-07-19 US
2.2	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (MFSL Remaster)	2017-07-31 US
4.2	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (MFSL Remaster)	2017-07-31 US
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2017-08-02 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:00	Billy Joel	52nd Street	2018-03-21 JP
2.1	Big Shot	?:??	Billy Joel	52nd Street (40th Anniversary Edition)	2018-10-17 JP
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (40th Anniversary Edition)	2018-10-17 JP
6.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	The Vinyl Collection Vol. 1	2021-11-05 -
1.22	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	50 Years of the Piano Man	2022-04-08 -
1.3	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	Rebels	2022-08-21 XW
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	- XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street (DIDP 50001)	- US
1.1	Big Shot	4:01	Billy Joel	52nd Street (price codes CB 271 and 57)	- XE
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	- AU
1.1	Big Shot	4:04	Billy Joel	52nd Street (glass mastered at Sony Music, Pitman)
1.1	Big Shot	4:03	Billy Joel	52nd Street	- CA

Relationships

assistant engineer:	Dave Martone
engineer:	Jim Boyer
producer:	Phil Ramone
mixer:	Jim Boyer Phil Ramone
drums (drum set):	Liberty DeVitto (in 1978)
electric bass guitar:	Doug Stegmeyer (in 1978)
electric guitar:	Steve Kahn (in 1978)
piano and lead vocals:	Billy Joel (in 1978)
saxophone:	Richie Cannata (in 1978)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	CBS, Inc. (in 1978) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1978) Sony Music Entertainment (in 1978) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1978)

recorded at:	A & R Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1978)
mixed at:	A & R Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

music videos:	Big Shot

recording of:	Big Shot (in 1978)

Big Shot

lyricist and composer:	Billy Joel

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)

Big Shot

Genres: rock, pop, pop rock, singer-songwriter, classic rock

Other tags: jazz-rock, rock/pop

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Big Shot

Big Shot

Genres: rock, pop, pop rock, singer-songwriter, classic rock

Other tags: jazz-rock, rock/pop

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Big Shot