Pulling the Knife on the Railing is the song "Uptown Girl", a song written and sung by American musician Billy Joel. This song was released on September 29, 1987, and was included in Billy's ninth solo album "An Innocent Man", which was released on August 8 of the same year. Song is an art form that combines lyrics and music score, and it is also a form of expression. The lyrics and music correspond one to one. There are generally three ways to create songs: first, there are words first, and then the music is composed according to them; second, the music is first, then the words, and the words are written according to the sound; third, the words and music are recomposed based on the existing music or words, which is an adaptation or cover. The singing methods are divided into one person singing solo, multiple people singing together, multiple people singing together with multiple voices, duet singing, joint singing, leading singing, singing in unison or chorus.