“Just The Way You Are” was even granted the honour of an interpretation by Frank Sinatra, on his Trilogy album, released in 1980. I dont want clever conversation I never want to work that hard I just want someone that I can talk to I want you just the way you are. The problem, as you may have noticed, is that not everyone you know, love, or work with is overjoyed to tread the path of change along with you. I said I love you and thats forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are. Dozens more would accrue in the ensuing years, for a number that was named both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1979. Im guessing youve been this way for years, whether its a trait you celebrate every day or a dirty secret you ruminate over while churning butter with your Amish kinfolk. Joel’s song attracted at least 15 other cover versions in 1978 alone, including interpretations by everyone from Johnny Mathis to Grover Washington Jr, Engelbert Humperdinck to Ray Conniff and from Dionne Warwick to Isaac Hayes. Unusually, too, that international success outstripped the domestic performance of White’s “Just The Way You Are.” The US single made the R&B chart in January 1979, but only reached No.45 and failed to cross over to the Hot 100. It landed at No.12 in late January, its 12-week sales span only outdone in his chart life there by the 14 weeks logged by his 1974 No.1 “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything.” Just the Way You Are Lyrics: Oh, oh-oh-oh / Oh-oh-oh-oh / Oh-oh-oh / Oh, her eyes, her eyes / Make the stars look like they're not shinin' / Her hair, her hair / Falls perfectly without her tryin.
The cover opened at a modest No.61, but became Barry’s 13th Top 40 UK hit in just five and a half years, climbing steadily over the holiday and new year period.