Who do you think of if I mention the song Vienna?

[LesMisSaigon]

AIBU to think most people think of Ultravox if asked "Who sang Vienna?"
My DD reckons more people think of Billy Joel.(I didn't even know he had a much earlier single out called Vienna)
So my fellow Mumsnetters, tell me who you think of please?
Yanbu- Of course it's Ultravox.
Yabu- Billy Joel, you philistine.

Ultravox first, but I’m familiar with the Billy Joel track too.

they are completely separate songs.

My beautiful dog, who died too soon 💕

They're two completely different songs that happen to have the same title. I thought of both and wondered which one you meant. Very generally, though, I'd expect a British person to think of Ultravox/Ure first and an American to be more likely to think of Joel. Both go back quite a way though, and may not be familiar to younger people.

Rigsbys cat in rising damp was called Vienna, so your both wrong.

Billy Joel. I'm 40 if that's useful information! I do know of the Ultravox one though.

To PP, Billy didn't cover Ultravox's song, he wrote a different song also called Vienna.

Just did a test.

15 yo DD and 50 yo DH. Said the word Vienna and asked them to say which artist.

DD said Billy Joel, DH said “Freddie Mercury, Queen, ahh no I was thinking of Barcelona. Ultravox.”

For me it was Midge Ute.

Ultravox = Vienna

Billy Joel = Leningrad, like the filthy Commie he is

*Ure

Thank you!!! I've never heard it! I must be on the wrong side of tiktok 😬

Midge Ure in a trenchcoat comes to mind. I had no idea about the Billy Joel song.

Ultravox.. Vienna released 1980.
Thanks Google.👍😁

I thought Freddy Mercury sang it for a long time! I was a baby when it came out, so had never actually seen the video.

The Vox and Midge. Saw them live several times, they were brilliant.

ETA I'm early 60s.

Midge Ure. Had no idea about Billy Joel. I’m 41.

Clicked the wrong button - Ultravox!

Ultravox.

Always uultravox for me ❤️

I was listening to Hymn earlier (all the religious imagery today I think). Midge could definitely sing an anthem 🥰

My thought is oh god make it stop. Bloody awful song was in the charts forever. It still makes my teeth itch even now to think of midge ure wailing away.

Uncle Midge 😉

I share the same TikTok ignorance 😉

My DD was singing it so I found the album CD in the cupboard (resulting in having to explain what a CD is 🤭), then played the Ultravox song being one of my all time faves. I was told in no uncertain terms 'her' Vienna was better. 🤭

Apparently so-called "Midge" got his name because (he reckons) it's "Jim" backwards. I wonder if anyone has ever pointed out to his small moustachioed self that actually it is "Egdim" backwards.

I didn't even know Billy Joel had covered it!

Sorry, I hadn’t appreciated that.