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Billy Joel - Greatest Hits (#ad)
"We Didn’t Start the Fire" was released on September 27, 1989, from Billy Joel’s album Storm Front. The track hit number one in the US and got nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
His inspiration came from a brief encounter with a friend and with the help of Mick Jones; the track attracted Columbia Records who helped voice Billy on air.
Directed by Chris Blum, the music video portrayed a married couple with the goal of achieving the American dream of having a home, career, and children.
The artist acts as an unseen observer in the video as he sings to the beat referring to historical events that actually happened from 1949 to 1989.
The artist gave an outstanding performance at the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx in 1990, the 1990 Grammy Awards, and AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas on December 9, 2016.
By August 2017, "We Didn’t Start the Fire" had already gathered over 60 million YouTube views with millions of digital copies sold globally.
His personal life has had a toll on his life with three divorces on the list but Billy claims that a special woman saved his life from drowning.
Though he hasn’t produced any music in 23 years, his track remains to be a constant reminder of crazy times (like civil wars) that continue to invade life as long as we breathe.
"We Didn’t Start the Fire" carries information that succeeded the World War II and all the way to the end of the Cold war. Even at the age of 40, Joel had it in him to produce an outstanding track.
He is a generous giver to the needy and the society at large. This track is available on major music streaming services with various versions of remix tapes and mash-ups.
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire - Lyrics
Release Date - September 27, 1989
Album - Storm Front
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou Enlai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say?
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
Disc 1 -
1. Piano Man
2. Captain Jack
3. The Entertainer
4. Say Goodbye to Hollywood
5. New York State of Mind
6. The Stranger
7. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
10. Only the Good Die Young
11. She's Always A Woman
Disc 2 -
1. My Life
2. Big Shot
3. You May Be Right
4. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
5. Don't Ask Me Why
6. She's Got a Way
7. Pressure
8. Allentown
9. Goodnight Saigon
10. Tell Her About It
11. Uptown Girl
12. The Longest Time
13. You're Only Human
14. The Night Is Still Young
