All for Leyna

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"All for Leyna"
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Single by Billy Joel
from the album Glass Houses
B-side "Close to the Borderline"
ReleasedMarch 1980 (UK) [1]
Genre
Length4:15
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Billy Joel
Producer(s) Phil Ramone
Billy Joel singles chronology
"Until the Night"
(1979)		"All for Leyna"
(1980)		"You May Be Right"
(1980)

"All for Leyna" is a song by Billy Joel from the 1980 album Glass Houses . The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where it reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart. [5]

Contents

The lyrics tell the story of the protagonist who meets a girl named Leyna, and, after a one-night stand, becomes obsessed with her. A performance music video was made featuring Joel and his band in the studio. The video prominently features Joel playing a Yamaha CP-80 electric grand piano and an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer.

Versions and covers

The video version differs from the album version. The track from the music video is the same but a new vocal was recorded.

The band Gods of Mount Olympus covered the song in their single "Visitor". [6]

In 2024, recording artists Mirage Box released a version of the song on their "Tracks In The Sand" double-CD.

Chart positions

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Spain (AFYVE) [7] 16
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 40
UK Airplay (Record Business) [9] 6

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 436. ISBN   978-0-86241-541-9.
  2. ↑ Troper, Morgan. "Billy Joel Is Rock's Tragic Antagonist". Portland Mercury. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sometimes a Fantasy is All You Need: 40 Years of Billy Joel's Glass Houses". Legacy Recordings. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ Grant, Sarah (July 5, 2025). "The 50 Best Billy Joel Songs". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 6, 2025. Joel amplifies the drama with a polished yet frantic arena-rock track that thrives in the tension between delivering Brill Building craft while still seeming like a hyperventilating mess.
  5. ↑ "Billy Joel biography". 8notes.com. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Watch Gods Of Mount Olympus cover Billy Joel!
  7. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  8. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 284. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  9. ↑ "Top 75 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Record Business. May 5, 1980. p. 19. Retrieved April 27, 2024.


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