Keeping the Faith

"Keeping the Faith" is a song by rock singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released from his 1983 album An Innocent Man as its closing track. "Keeping the Faith" is the last track and final single from the album. The cover for the single shows an image of Joel and the judge (character actor Richard Shull) in the "jukebox" courtroom from the video. It reached No. 18 on the main US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was the only single from the album that failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart, despite the success of An Innocent Man in the United Kingdom. Background It is an autobiographical song about Joel's teenage years, with him reminiscing about the 1950s and 1960s lifestyle. Joel told SiriusXM in 2016 that this song was kind of his way of explaining. Joel said that he did the song because he "owe[s] a great debt to that time in his life" and "to the wild guys he used to hang out with and the old rock and roll" that really inspired him. Reception Cash Box said that the song is "Joel at his melodic and lyric best, representing pure American pop music."