"All for Leyna" is a song by

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man (song), Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo ...

from the 1980

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'' Glass Houses''. "All for Leyna" was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where it reached #40 on the

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. The lyrics tell the story of the protagonist who meets a girl named Leyna, and, after a

one-night stand A one-night stand or one-night sex is a single sexual encounter in which there is an expectation that there shall be no further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single ...

, becomes obsessed with her. A performance music video was made featuring Joel and his band in the studio. The video prominently features Joel playing a Yamaha CP-80

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and an

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synthesizer.

Versions and covers

The video version differs from the album version. The music track is the same but a new vocal was recorded. The band Gods of Mount Olympus covered the song in their single "Visitor".Watch Gods Of Mount Olympus cover Billy Joel!
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Chart positions

References

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