Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
| "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Billy Joel | |
| from the album The Stranger | |
| Released | September 1977 |
| Recorded | A & R Recording, New York City |
| Genre | |
| Length | 7:37 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel |
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone |
| Music video | |
| "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" on YouTube | |
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.
It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life". In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th greatest song of all time. The song was also described as "a seven-minute epic" by American Songwriter.