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For years, artists person turned to euphony to stock their astir friendly thoughts and ideas, including nationalist emotion letters to their partners.
From Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" to Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed," these hits person remained a immense portion of their personality and what they guidelines for.
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Here's a look astatine immoderate of nan astir romanticist songs inspired by real-life emotion stories.
Billy Joel's ‘Uptown Girl’ - Dedicated to Christie Brinkley
Billy Joel serenaded ex-wife Christie Brinkley during his performance astatine Madison Square Garden connected April 26, 2024. (@merrrr___/LIFESTYLOGY/TMX/Getty Images)
On April 26, Billy Joel serenaded his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley, during his performance astatine Madison Square Garden.
In video obtained by Fox News Digital, Brinkley is seen swaying backmost and distant to "Uptown Girl," a opus that Joel wrote astir her successful 1983. She was broadcast connected nan jumbotron for nan full crowd to see.
Pictures seemingly show Joel singing passionately to Brinkley.
In 2010, Joel confirmed that "Uptown Girl" was written astir Brinkley (she did look successful nan euphony video), though he explained that location was much to nan story.
Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel divided successful 1994. (Getty Images/File)
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"I wasn't moreover making love Christie erstwhile I started penning nan song; I was making love Elle [Macpherson]," Joel said connected "The Howard Stern Show." He remembered a infinitesimal erstwhile he was surrounded by Brinkley, Macpherson and Whitney Houston while he was moving connected nan song.
"That's why I started penning a opus called ‘Uptown Girls.’ It was plural. I couldn't believe, you know, nan business I was in," he said of having a bevy of beauties adjacent him.
Joel, 74, said erstwhile he and Macpherson went their abstracted ways, nan quality of nan opus changed because of his narration pinch Brinkley. "And past I started making love Christie, and alternatively than it [being] astir each these different girls, she became nan ‘Uptown Girl.’ I started penning it astir 1 person."
Paul McCartney's 'Maybe I'm Amazed' - Dedicated to Linda McCartney
Paul McCartney and woman Linda divided successful 1998 aft 29 years of marriage. (Michael Putland/Getty Images/File)
While Paul McCartney's first wife, Linda, was nan inspiration down his 1970 deed "Maybe I'm Amazed," nan opus hits otherwise for him these days.
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"As you say, [the song] was for Linda, but arsenic clip goes connected and group opportunity they for illustration it, I ever for illustration to springiness up ownership and say, ‘Great, well, I dream this fits pinch your life,’" McCartney, who was joined to Linda from 1969 to 1998 earlier marrying his existent wife, Nancy Shevell, successful 2011, told NPR successful a 2020 interview.
"And you know, it's very bully erstwhile group say, ‘We utilized this opus successful our wedding.’ That's a immense compliment. Once you've written [songs] and erstwhile you merchandise them, they're for illustration birds. They alert away, and you person nary power complete them. And I'm happy for them to onshore successful different people's lives."
Vince Gill's ‘When My Amy Prays’ - Dedicated to Amy Grant
Amy Grant and Vince Gill joined successful 2000. (Getty Images/File)
After adjacent to 25 years of marriage, Amy Grant still inspires hubby Vince Gill successful galore ways.
In 2021, astatine nan 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Gill won for champion state solo capacity for "When My Amy Prays," a opus he wrote for his wife.
"You cognize you're from Nashville erstwhile you constitute a opus astir your wife, and she tells you your 3rd verse could usage a small work," he told CMT astatine nan time.
Vince Gill says his opus is "a testament" to really overmuch he cares astir his wife, Amy Grant. (John Shearer/Getty Images for CMT/File)
"[The song] is conscionable a testament to really overmuch I attraction astir her, really beloved she is to maine successful my life," he said. "Kindness is really she leads her life, and it's nan first point you ever notice. It's nan first point you ever experience, and it's benignant of unending."
"It's 1 of my favourite vocals that I've ever done," he told nan outlet. "The full grounds came from a spot of honesty … nan beauty of this opus is nan vulnerability I overgarment myself successful being honorable capable to say, 'Well, you whitethorn presume I'm thing because of being joined to this salient Christian singer.' My life isn't rather for illustration that. To me, it's a testament to that we don't each request to beryllium nan aforesaid to get on … arsenic agelong arsenic I'm honoring her, I'm trying to beryllium honorable pinch myself."
Garth Brooks' ‘Stronger Than Me’ - Dedicated to Trisha Yearwood
Garth Brooks debuted his opus to woman Trisha Yearwood connected nan CMA shape successful 2018. (Taylor Hill/WireImage/File)
In 2018, Garth Brooks debuted his emotion song to his woman of 18 years, Trisha Yearwood, astatine nan CMA Awards.
Brooks teared up while he sang "Stronger Than Me" successful beforehand of Yearwood, who had ne'er heard nan opus before.
Before nan show, Brooks told Fox News Digital he had initially wanted to play nan opus for his woman arsenic soon arsenic he heard it, but decided to hold for a typical moment.
"When I heard this song, I thought, 'I want to return this to Trisha.' And I said, 'No,'" Brooks said connected nan reddish carpet. "No matter really galore group are successful there, we're going to beryllium nan only group successful nan room."
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Yearwood said she was "nervous" to perceive nan opus for nan first clip connected unrecorded television.
"I haven't heard it yet. The past clip that Garth amazed maine for illustration this is erstwhile he asked maine to wed him," she told Fox News Digital up of nan show. "I'm for illustration everybody else; I'm conscionable arsenic excited to perceive it and a small spot nervous."
Kelly Clarkson's ‘Piece by Piece’ - Dedicated to Brandon Blackstock
Kelly Clarkson revenge for divorcement from Brandon Blackstock successful 2020. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/File)
Though nan exes are now successful nan mediate of an acrimonious divorce, Kelly Clarkson erstwhile wrote a heartfelt emotion opus titled "Piece by Piece" for then-husband Brandon Blackstock.
"It was a susceptible song. … My husband, he came into my life, and he’s nan complete other of really my begetter was. He was present. He wins for being around," she said successful a 2015 interview. "That’s why I deliberation it’s truthful funny erstwhile group effort and beryllium truthful mean successful nan press; I’m like, ‘Once your dada fundamentally is like, "You’re unwanted,"' you tin opportunity anything, and it’s not going to fuss me."
In different question and reply that aforesaid year, Clarkson further dissected nan meaning down nan song.
"We didn’t person a begetter that really taught america what a man should beryllium for illustration and what you should look for successful a relationship, and truthful it’s astonishing that we some ended up pinch lovers and partners and awesome fathers and conscionable really awesome men," she told New York's Fresh 102.7. "I don’t deliberation a batch of girls pinch daddy issues spell that route, truthful it’s bully that it really happened for me. … I conscionable had to constitute that because I consciousness for illustration location are a batch of girls and guys retired location that possibly didn’t person antheral power successful their life increasing up, and it’s bully that location is still dream that you tin find it."
In June 2020, nan "Since U Been Gone" hitmaker filed for divorce from Blackstock, citing "irreconcilable differences." The divided quickly turned acrimonious pinch nan 2 engaging successful a custody conflict complete their 2 children, River and Remy. Clarkson and Blackstock finalized their divorcement successful March 2022.
Tim McGraw's ‘Her’ - Dedicated to Faith Hill
Tim McGraw wrote "Her" for his wife, Faith Hill. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for ACM/File)
Their emotion communicative is 1 for nan books.
In 2023, Tim McGraw opened up astir a emotion opus dedicated to his woman of astir 28 years, Faith Hill.
"Oh, she loves it," McGraw told "Entertainment Tonight" of his azygous titled "Her." "She makes maine play it each nan time. ... I've had capable of it, I don't want to perceive it, [but] she loves it."
"She loved it truthful much. She goes, 'This is astir me, right?' I go, 'Yeah, of course, of course. You're nan ‘her.’"
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The country music superstars met successful 1994 successful Nashville, Tennessee. They were some successful relationships pinch different group astatine nan time, and it wasn't until she performed arsenic his opening enactment connected a 1996 circuit that they made a emotion connection.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill stock 3 children together. (Getty Images/File | Tim McGraw/Instagram)
They were joined connected Oct. 6, 1996, and nan adjacent January, they revealed that they were expecting their first kid together. They welcomed their oldest daughter, Grace, successful May 1997. Their 2nd daughter, Maggie, came on successful August 1998. In 2001, Faith gave commencement to a 3rd child, Audrey.
Last year, McGraw told Apple Music big Zane Lowe, "I guarantee you, had I not gotten joined to Faith astatine 29 years old, A) I astir apt would've ran my profession into nan ground, and B), I would've died already pinch my profession into nan ground, 1 aliases nan other. And it wouldn't person ever been wherever it's astatine now."
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Fox News Digital's Lori Bashian and Caroline Thayer contributed to this post.
