The Stranger jẹ aṣeyọri iṣowo nla, ti o ni awọn hit mẹrin Top-25 lori awọn shatti Billboard: "Just the Way You Are" (# 3), "Movin' Out" (# 17), "Only the Good Die Young" (# 24), ati "She's Always a Woman" (# 17). Atilẹba akọkọ ti Joel Top Ten album, The Stranger ti ni ifọwọsi pupọ-platinum ati pe o de nọmba meji lori awọn shatti, ti o ta Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia ti o ta julọ tẹlẹ.
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