Vienna ( Billy Joel song ) - Wikipedia Vienna ( Billy Joel song ) `` Vienna '' Single by Billy Joel from the album The Stranger A-side `` She 's Always a Woman '' Released 1977 Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded A & R Recording, New York City Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 34 Label Columbia Records Songwriter ( s ) Billy Joel Producer ( s ) Phil Ramone Billy Joel singles chronology `` String Module Error : Match not found '' ( 1977 ) `` She 's Always a Woman '' / `` Vienna '' ( 1977 ) `` The Stranger '' ( 1978 ) Only the Good Die Young '' ( 1977 ) `` She 's Always a Woman '' / `` Vienna '' ( 1977 ) `` The Stranger '' ( 1978 ) `` Vienna '' is a song from Billy Joel 's 1977 album The Stranger, released as the B - side to his `` She 's Always a Woman '' single. In a July 2008 New York Times article, Joel cited this as one of his two favorite songs, along with `` Summer, Highland Falls ''. It was played in a 1981 episode of Taxi called `` Vienna Waits ''. Marilu Henner 's character Elaine Nardo refers to the song while on vacation in Europe with Alex Reiger, played by Judd Hirsch. Due to licensing restrictions, the song has been omitted from the episode on DVD. `` Vienna '' can also be found on the soundtrack of 13 Going on 30. Contents 1 Cover versions 2 In popular culture 3 References 4 External links Cover versions American singer and Victorious actress Ariana Grande covered the song in 2011, initially sending the MP3 to her fans if they donated to her 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami appeal, and then later making it available to the public via her YouTube channel. American Idol contestant Elise Testone performed the song on the 11th season of the show the week the contestants sang Billy Joel 's songs, managing to break her previous trend of landing in the bottom 3 the previous weeks, being declared safe for the first time. Christian Borle performed it in `` The Phenomenon '', the 14th episode of the second season of Smash. Mac Miller also made a cover in 2012 under his alias Larry Fisherman. In 2015, the Austrian band Granada released their version, `` Wien wort auf di '', sung in an Austrian dialect of German. In 2016, contestant Andrew DeMuro performed the song at the Blind Auditions on The Voice of the show and was made a part of Adam Levine 's team. In popular culture `` Vienna '' is featured in the soundtrack of the 2004 romantic comedy 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo References Jump up ^ Barry, Dan ( 13 July 2008 ). `` Just the Way He Is ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Granada - Wien wort auf di - YouTube Jump up ^ The Voice ( 2016 - 09 - 20 ), The Voice 2016 Blind Audition - Andrew DeMuro : `` Vienna '', retrieved 2016 - 10 - 14 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Billy Joel Studio albums Cold Spring Harbor Piano Man Streetlife Serenade Turnstiles The Stranger 52nd Street Glass Houses The Nylon Curtain An Innocent Man The Bridge Storm Front River of Dreams Fantasies & Delusions Live albums Songs in the Attic KOHЦEPT 2000 Years : The Millennium Concert 12 Gardens Live Live at Shea Stadium : The Concert Compilations Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 -- 3 Souvenir : The Ultimate Collection The Ultimate Collection The Essential Billy Joel Piano Man : The Very Best of Billy Joel My Lives The Hits Singles `` She 's Got a Way '' `` Piano Man '' `` You 're My Home '' `` Worse Comes to Worst '' `` Travelin ' Prayer '' `` The Ballad of Billy the Kid '' `` The Entertainer '' `` Just the Way You Are '' `` Movin ' Out ( Anthony 's Song ) '' `` Only the Good Die Young '' `` She 's Always a Woman '' `` Vienna '' `` The Stranger '' `` My Life '' `` Big Shot '' `` Honesty '' `` Until the Night '' `` All for Leyna '' `` You May Be Right '' `` It 's Still Rock and Roll to Me '' `` Do n't Ask Me Why '' `` Sometimes a Fantasy '' `` Say Goodbye to Hollywood '' ( Live ) `` She 's Got a Way '' ( Live ) `` Pressure '' `` Allentown '' `` Goodnight Saigon '' `` Tell Her About It '' `` Uptown Girl '' `` An Innocent Man '' `` The Longest Time '' `` Leave a Tender Moment Alone '' `` This Night '' `` Keeping the Faith '' `` You 're Only Human ( Second Wind ) '' `` The Night Is Still Young '' `` Modern Woman '' `` A Matter of Trust '' `` This Is the Time '' `` Baby Grand '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' ( Live ) `` We Did n't Start the Fire '' `` Leningrad '' `` I Go to Extremes '' `` The Downeaster ' Alexa ' '' `` That 's Not Her Style '' `` And So It Goes '' `` Shameless '' `` All Shook Up '' `` The River of Dreams '' `` All About Soul '' `` No Man 's Land '' `` Lullabye ( Goodnight, My Angel ) '' `` To Make You Feel My Love '' `` Hey Girl '' `` All My Life '' `` Christmas in Fallujah '' Other songs `` Everybody Loves You Now '' `` Captain Jack '' `` Los Angelenos '' `` Root Beer Rag '' `` New York State of Mind '' `` Prelude / Angry Young Man '' `` Miami 2017 ( Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway ) '' `` Scenes from an Italian Restaurant '' `` Zanzibar '' `` Laura '' `` Scandinavian Skies '' `` Big Man on Mulberry Street '' Tours An Innocent Man Tour Face to Face 1994 Face to Face 1995 Face to Face 1998 Face to Face 2001 Face to Face 2003 Face to Face 2009 Face to Face 2010 Billy Joel in Concert Film Oliver & Company The Last Play at Shea See also Discography Movin ' Out Billy Joel Band The Hassles Attila Alexa Ray Joel Christie Brinkley Katie Lee `` Movin ' Out '' ( Glee episode ) Book This 1970s song -- related article is a stub. 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Question: what movies is vienna by billy joel in
Answer: 13 Going on 30