Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Official HD Video)

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Official HD Music Video for "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
In 1989, Billy Joel released his album Storm Front, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum.
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Lyrics:
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
Billy Joel's official KZfaq channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
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@Fede_uyz 3 жыл бұрын

"England got a new queen" words that would not be repeated for a century. Edit: for all 'this didnt age well' folk .. does england got a new queen lately?

@krystiankaczmarczyk8019 3 жыл бұрын

Or even for more

@okas425 3 жыл бұрын

She’s only 94 not even that old

@leeneedsfriends6750 3 жыл бұрын

could be even longer bc there arent any girls close in line ://

@timothychristensen343 3 жыл бұрын

@@okas425 smh, shes actually 19463824 years old

@dilthepickle5346 3 жыл бұрын

Only if you don’t count 1985

@mr_chocomec 5 жыл бұрын

For someone who didn't start a fire, Billy Joel sure is defensive about it.

@jacklyn6253 5 жыл бұрын

He DID

@Robby4291 5 жыл бұрын

@@jacklyn6253 AND he has every right to be ...it IS his song. Legally & otherwise.

@earlefrost5512 5 жыл бұрын

lol BEST comment so far. Made me laugh, and that's a GOOD thing!!

@Bob-np2uc 5 жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY what someone who started the fire would say!

@pato2200 5 жыл бұрын

He is defensive about it because the accusation is always that they, the Jews, started the fire and this led to terrible persecution throughout history. This was a persecution his father has suffered keenly .

@Propsman416 2 ай бұрын

I love how the "Cola Wars" finally pushed him over the edge.

@StarPlaty Ай бұрын

Well, yeah... If someone tried to give me Pepsi instead of Coke back then, I'd be flipping tables (that weren't bolted to the floor).

@Amadeus-ms9lt 26 күн бұрын

Didn't that happen a couple of years back when Cristiano Ronaldo hid some Coke bottles under the table at a press conference, cuasing the stock of Coca-Cola to go down?

@jay70games14 10 күн бұрын

@@Amadeus-ms9lt that was more because of sponsorship not happened in the 80s

@pickeljarsforhillary102 3 күн бұрын

RC Cola has left the chat.

@Rusty_Rat_Huntsman 2 сағат бұрын

No way that’s Cola Wars. I thought it was Color Wars, like racism or something

@TheControversyGuy 15 күн бұрын

What I love about this song is what it implies. It’s basically saying that there has been a fire burning every day since the Dawn of humanity. And each generation just adds fuel to the fire. Each generation just makes things worse by bringing in their own set of problems to the world. And each new generation does this by building off of the previous generation. And so the fire just grows and grows and grows…

@wisemanspoke 10 күн бұрын

Fire doesn’t grow…It’s the same fire continues. You think it’s new but it was there in another form or shape of problem. We didn’t start the fire, it was ALWAYS burning since the world’s been turning

@Billyjoel-vd5fl 6 күн бұрын

Hi I just wanted to thank you again for being so supportive and following me on my journey. I love inspiring and encouraging others. People like you help me to keep showing up! Hope you are having an amazing day!

@pastordehermas8774 22 сағат бұрын

Each generation blames the previous generation for the problems but brings more trouble to the question.

@McBadassish 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Billy Joel had an arguement with a younger person who said that the 50' would be the best time to grow up because nothing happened in the 50'. Billy looked at the person in confused bewilderment and started listing various events of the 50'. The conversation became the inspiration of this song.

@letsgobrandonantibidencamp42 3 жыл бұрын

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@ngndnd 3 жыл бұрын

im sorry but the person who said that must be dumb as hell

@thunderbolt64_ 3 жыл бұрын

We know

@tappajaav 3 жыл бұрын

@@ngndnd Yea you better be sorry if you can't see the difference between intelligence and lack of knowledge

@ngndnd 3 жыл бұрын

@@tappajaav they teach you this stuff in elementary/middle school... unless a 7 year old said that then that person is dumb

@alexcarratu5554 Жыл бұрын

A 40-year history lesson in one song. Genius. Well done, Mr Joel.

@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV Жыл бұрын

I know the entire cold war

@alexcarratu5554 Жыл бұрын

@@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV must be hard for Mr Joel to sing this live though due to all the events he mentions in this song from 1949-1989. Great song, though. From the hand of a genius clearly.

@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV Жыл бұрын

Exactly! He’s amazing

@alexcarratu5554 Жыл бұрын

@@SirSamuel_Smith_Squirrel_TheIV, Mr Joel sure is amazing. He grew up in a great time in music history. Great tune this.

@shaunroberts4533 Жыл бұрын

Not really a lesson he just mentions everyone

@djmeowzz Ай бұрын

This song amazes me, but also confirms how much I thought things are still happening today, 40 or 60 years later. The mention of wars, certain disease outbreaks, major social events. The other mentioning of new things starting, like the “new Queen of England” whom died, and what’s even better is the new song says that. This song even mentions some wars that I’ve known about but something that people rarely spoke about until now in the more 21st century, things like Palestine, which is something me and everyone is starting to address much more than before. Some fires are extinguished, but some are just starting to burn, too.

@marksmith6868 2 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite songs ever played in 1989 and now even in 2024! Rock on Billy Joel

@roberterlandson8234 3 жыл бұрын

This whole song is a history lesson

@ahsanfarazansari4770 3 жыл бұрын

This is the Forrest Gump of music

@rotting.kin11 3 жыл бұрын

69 likes

@haveanotherpinacolada 3 жыл бұрын

It's a better song than history lesson.

@brendastark5824 3 жыл бұрын

@@haveanotherpinacolada Ha Ha, its pretty much the story of my life

@stevenporter7459 3 жыл бұрын

A bullet point list of the last century

@miyuruify 5 жыл бұрын

"I can't believe i started the fire" ~Ryan.

@studiomania9115 5 жыл бұрын

Ryan started the fire.

@randypowell9792 5 жыл бұрын

@Low xang yen the office u.s.

@genericname2593 4 жыл бұрын

@Low xang yen the offfice is as good as adventure time and look how amazing that show was

@cheesytoes2203 4 жыл бұрын

Miyuru Erandahahaha

@ravijawaniganayake6111 4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this Ryan started the fire

@olivertedkupsy24CBU 2 ай бұрын

-find girl of your dreams -ask her out -get married -get a house -billy joel ?!?!?!?!?!

@Bubbet007 2 ай бұрын

Listen grateful songs

@swain-Ix1tv Ай бұрын

the plan is to marry billy joel eventually

@marzenamoskal5914 18 күн бұрын

@Billyjoel-ww5or hi

@Countcomfortable 6 күн бұрын

-burns down your house?!?!?

@weesh187 Ай бұрын

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller

@purpleable9616 Жыл бұрын

"England's got a new queen" hits wayyyyy different now

@toyufudo Жыл бұрын

Rip liz

@otesunki Жыл бұрын

rip

@CarEnthusiast1807 Жыл бұрын

Yep rip Elizabeth

@Random-sk6hm Жыл бұрын

Yeah it really does

@resistancearmada4525 Жыл бұрын

There ganna change it to we got a new king now

@countys32 8 жыл бұрын

That's one hell of a history lesson, you pretty much covered over 50 years.

@gemmaskate 8 жыл бұрын

+countys32 I believe this was 1949 - 1989. Would love to here the next 40 years in 2029!

@countys32 8 жыл бұрын

+Gemma Pettersen Me too, you never know he could release a sequel if He's still going :)

@laniblair1718 8 жыл бұрын

+Bradford Stadsvold 👍

@melissahernandez94 8 жыл бұрын

+Bradford Stadsvold my history teacher makes us learn the song and everything behind the song

@AEMoreira81 8 жыл бұрын

+Gemma Pettersen Pretty impressive in itself, since only four months had passed since the most recent event (Tiananmen Square) and the release of the song.

@user-tq2fe2rh7x 21 күн бұрын

" JFK blown away, what else do I have to say.!!" " Stranger in a Strange Land.".❤.

@Bryanw-fv5dp 25 күн бұрын

My mom and I drove from Dallas to Indiana in 1991. To pass the time, we blasted this song over, and over, and over until we finally had all of the lyrics. No internet on your iphone back then to cheat!

@Billyjoel-vd5fl 6 күн бұрын

@arcuslux516 3 жыл бұрын

Proclaims he didn't start a fire But the song is pretty lit

@vitosurya6109 3 жыл бұрын

So what happened to your house rohan?

@K.Dayana 3 жыл бұрын

Of course he didn't. Josuke did it

@theoreoman4597 3 жыл бұрын

Time to turn this reply section into JOJO

@bintavi7034 3 жыл бұрын

@@theoreoman4597 honestly it's what people should expect when they have a JoJo profile pic

@columbelt7286 3 жыл бұрын

🗿

@HenWithATie 5 жыл бұрын

History teacher: You can't learn the entire history session in 4 minutes. Billy: *Hold my piano*

@28FlyingDutchman 5 жыл бұрын

I remember my history teacher in 11th grade made us dissect this song and what each line was about. It was awesome. Damn that was a long time ago lol!!!

@cryptsub 5 жыл бұрын

But this song sucks.

@cryptsub 5 жыл бұрын

@paul hutchins but I'm not a song.

@SLeoPereS 5 жыл бұрын

@@cryptsub but you suck :)

@cryptsub 5 жыл бұрын

@@SLeoPereS keep your gay fantasies fixated on Billy Joel, not me.

@yonnawood3081 2 ай бұрын

Gen-x, “don’t blame us for all the problems!” According to Billy Joel, We didn’t Start the Fire!”

@ninedaysjane2466 2 ай бұрын

Billy Joel is a Boomer.

@sharonbraselton3135 2 ай бұрын

Thatscright

@yonnawood3081 Ай бұрын

@@ninedaysjane2466 yes, he is! I assume you limited your musical taste to only artist 25 and younger? That is a shame. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks released some amazing music!

@SEANALPURVIS Ай бұрын

Gen xer here. I can tell you that even though we didn't start this fire, sometimes I worry that we didn't do more to try to put some of it out

@yonnawood3081 Ай бұрын

@@SEANALPURVIS I disagree! We had our eyes open by the time we were in elementary school! We just proved there is no stopping it!

@sharonozvenom 2 ай бұрын

Always impressed that Billy Joel can remember the lyrics to this song . So many names to remember . Great song !

@iandhr1 3 жыл бұрын

"Trouble in the Suez" seems pretty relevant right now,

@Troygdesign 3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@mrssarahlove 3 жыл бұрын

This song was on the radio yesterday and I had the same thought!!!

@basedbattledroid3507 3 жыл бұрын

Literally came here to say that

@isol330 3 жыл бұрын

Yo I was gonna write that!

@aosundragonkiller11 3 жыл бұрын

I hate you. You stole my idea that I came here specifically to write.

@AgentofChaos315 2 жыл бұрын

I just realized that the theme of this song is "Don't blame us for the world being screwed, it was like this when we got here." I've been listening to this song for years and just got that.

@grandmasteryoda4829 2 жыл бұрын

He is the Messiah

@joe6269 2 жыл бұрын

@@grandmasteryoda4829 Jesus is the way truth and the light

@NoBody-qj6fp 2 жыл бұрын

@@newrev9er Hope one we will get there,mate.Salutes from Brazil.

@delete---7593 2 жыл бұрын

.🤔😑🖕.

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 2 жыл бұрын

It's a message lost on a lot of people, even people who really like the song. *Looking at you, 50 year olds telling 15 year olds they caused global warning.*

@codyeaster290 2 ай бұрын

I could be wrong, but I don't think they started the fire.

@Opana223 2 ай бұрын

I think they tried to fight it even tho they didn't lit it

@codyeaster290 2 ай бұрын

@@Opana223Nice try, but it's "light" not "lit".

@Opana223 2 ай бұрын

@@codyeaster290 I’m embarrassed ima kill myself now

@sharonbraselton3135 2 ай бұрын

Thats right@@codyeaster290

@sonyaunderwood933 Ай бұрын

🧐

@setek15golr Ай бұрын

A powerful song. Holds true no matter the decade youre in.

@yourwetsock 3 жыл бұрын

This song got me through my History final no lie

@IN-gx9oq 3 жыл бұрын

“Kids, i am billy Joel, and today I’ll be teaching you history!” Edit: I have more likes on a reply than on some of the comments here, wow!

@bugjuice039 3 жыл бұрын

good job

@wonder9383 3 жыл бұрын

congratulations

@mynameisjeffy3822 3 жыл бұрын

I came bc of tub o singing it

@lemoine5 3 жыл бұрын

@@mynameisjeffy3822 , who is Tub O?

@starkravingralph 4 жыл бұрын

Dude needs to write a Part Two, cuz the damn fire is still raging...

@duypham6683 4 жыл бұрын

I came back to this song when ever the world lit again

@alink8687 4 жыл бұрын

Many people have updated it if you look on KZfaq..

@Thrillseeker666 4 жыл бұрын

Afro-Americans and Antifa burning down America and the national guard does nothing.

@brandondavidson4085 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thrillseeker666 Police tear gassing peaceful protesters and pushing senior citizens on the ground

@starkravingralph 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thrillseeker666 And anti humans like you are the exact reason the fire is still raging. Bounce bigot, stupid isn't welcome here.

@rabcnesbitt0 10 күн бұрын

A history lesson in one track..

@LeHonks Ай бұрын

I like the idea that this song is passed down from generation to generation being resung by newer artists to keep up with the fire.

@zAlphii 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something someone who started the fire would say.

@albertpringle4918 4 жыл бұрын

FOESHOW

@calmarsden8692 4 жыл бұрын

You’re onto something here

@jpog7060 4 жыл бұрын

Hi albert

@jpog7060 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry just trying socialize during quarantine

@wadena__support3057 4 жыл бұрын

ye exactl... i mean i wouldn't know

@NekiCat 3 ай бұрын

It's 2024 and I can confirm, it's still burning.

@Alpha_Kage1 3 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸

@Cosmiccarkey1.3 3 ай бұрын

Yes

@aphelelempetukana5298 3 ай бұрын

...when we are gone ,it will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on🔥🔥🔥

@firedupplayers 3 ай бұрын

Its burning more now that 2024 is the year of the dragon 😆

@burkhardraum1956 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree 😉🍾🎉🇩🇪💯😀

@kevinchandler179 2 ай бұрын

I think Billy Joel is a little bit underrated? He is a legend, and he doesn't have 1 bad song, literally!!!

@sethterwilliger9434 2 ай бұрын

billy joel is a legend def not underarrted

@ctrc5541 Ай бұрын

He is like Bowie or Elton John level famous he’s not underrated

@martyncivil45 3 ай бұрын

Its a pity nobody took his words seriously. A very wise man.

@Mackie-li4ue 3 ай бұрын

wise he was! he made all the truth in songs, so those who decode it have a better understanding of the world.

@sharonbraselton3135 2 ай бұрын

Yes hexwss

@ronaldgarrison8478 Ай бұрын

When the World really starts looking to entertainers as its main guidance, we really are in deep doodoo. (OK, bring up Reagan, but he was pretty small potatoes as an actor.)

@thunderspark1536 26 күн бұрын

@@ronaldgarrison8478Nah, entertainers are how we laugh at the horrible parts of life. Its a wonderful human coping mechanism.

@ronaldgarrison8478 26 күн бұрын

@@thunderspark1536 How does that amount to "Nah"? I look for entertainment as much as anyone. I'm just saying you shouldn't look to them as particular sources of wisdom. That's not their purpose. An entertainment might say something worthwhile, but if so, that's a happy accident.

@gregorybader7135 3 жыл бұрын

I am 73, and I lived through all of these events or almost all of them. What amazes is how much has happened since the song was put out. About 30 years afterwards, I think as much stuff has happened and five times more than is referred to in this song. Good lesson for people who thinks that their lifetimes are the ones that are most important. History goes on long after everybody dies.

@lindabyrne4965 3 жыл бұрын

Shhh. Get out

@Bruh234 3 жыл бұрын

@@lindabyrne4965 shut up dude

@user-jn1wm3tb8v 3 жыл бұрын

It's less more happened it's more stuff became seen worldwide. The internet means the world is pretty connected, meaning everyone in Russia sees the funeral of a Taiwanese leader while a Spaniard could see a British coronation. As much as today was happening people just didn't see. The only case I'd say more happened since the 80s is trends and fashion, which pretty much changes every week due to trends becoming so fast paced due to the interconnectivity of the internet. 2020 was packed though.

@maxonator3913 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here when this comment has 111 likes, I bet it will hit 5K in the next few months

@erinmarie99 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jn1wm3tb8v It was actually John Lennon's son's friend...Cant remember if Sean or Julian.

@spetsnatzlegion3366 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine him writing a reboot for 2020, shit would be 30 minutes long

@SM-dy6qz 4 жыл бұрын

I have wanted them to add to this for years. Pickup where it left off, bring it current, and title it - "fuel for the fire".

@johnd6reaper34 4 жыл бұрын

Was thinking about this tbh

@so7780 4 жыл бұрын

We're not that special

@bonnierobb5398 4 жыл бұрын

WE need it NOW!!!

@2023-Sucked 4 жыл бұрын

Literally just 2020 would take at least 5 minutes, Nevermind the few decades since he wrote the original

@phosphore_squad 2 ай бұрын

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!

@geomodelrailroader 28 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday to the Great Billy Joel!

@Billyjoel-vd5fl 6 күн бұрын

@johnnyc5765 4 жыл бұрын

This song feels it is still so relevant today.

@MovieReviewGuyOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny C More verses could be made, that’s for sure!

@rontayan 4 жыл бұрын

Because it is. The events covered setup the modern world.

@kstadlerova 4 жыл бұрын

Because it is. All of this truly happened, and less then 100 years ago.

@johnnyc5765 4 жыл бұрын

Movie Review Guy I want to write to Billy Joel and ask him to update this song to include George Floyd and the Hong Kong protest. (His last line “China under martial law, I can’t take it anymore!” Like coming to a full circle)

@justice_productions_ 4 жыл бұрын

There’s a Band....they will Rise and Bring our focus back to the real issues

@user-gw5qz4wy5d 2 жыл бұрын

I think the main telling of this song is "Every generation has their own story, so don't fight each other on this"

@Cursedwolf22230 2 жыл бұрын

Summary:Cold War

@jonathanmckarlison1203 2 жыл бұрын

I think it about the problem each generations face and they deny that they start but still won't solve it

@nazariit171 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrifterZigzag what?

@Driver-qt9jh 2 жыл бұрын

Also partly about separating every day life In these times from what actually living in them is like.

@m1h1ka.76o 2 жыл бұрын

@gabriellestanley-carter7791 8 күн бұрын

Ive heard this song for YEARS but yesterday it hit me just how much it captures EVERYTHING about 80’s/90’s US culture. How the heck does he remember all the words when he’s performing it?! (i heard he doesnt perform anymore, but has anyone here seen him perform it?)

@anttimaki8188 7 күн бұрын

He just lists his childhood. Not that hard.

@darlawilliams3413 7 күн бұрын

He performed it last week in Seattle

@Abram--S 6 күн бұрын

i mean i memorized the lyrics in a singular day just listening to the song

@regalcartoon3952 2 ай бұрын

Ngl, we need a 2024 version that covers from 1989 through 2024.

@demowotv 2 ай бұрын

21 mins ago what

@Blake2000 2 ай бұрын

Fall Out Boy did one 9 months ago that's pretty good

@regalcartoon3952 2 ай бұрын

@@Blake2000 yeah I saw it after posting this comment. But the way they make the chorus sound is horrible.

@marceltelang7825 2 ай бұрын

@regalcartoon3952 There are others, just look up"We didn't start the fire 1990-"

@troggrog9136 Ай бұрын

fam we could barely fit the last 10 years in a 4 minute song

@dawnfulwood5855 3 жыл бұрын

"Ryan started the fire" -The Office

@jennyalcala5871 3 жыл бұрын

Finally found someone that also watches the office

@alexanderselman6373 3 жыл бұрын

I came here after watching that scene

@alexh6913 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@bandit_rides2700 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jda5814 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a big fan of "The Office"

@Omeganed0 4 жыл бұрын

"Is that Billy Joel tapping on our pickle jar?" "Yes, dear, he came with the house!"

@ewanlaw8219 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@suppersdinner119 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love that

@joshuaary3191 4 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

@bushidotestu1997 4 жыл бұрын

Hell of a deal

@703kan Жыл бұрын

@@bushidotestu1997 what else do i have to say

@marclerner5633 Ай бұрын

The absolute genius of this song.

@CynthiaSimpson-fm3iv Ай бұрын

One of Billy Joel's greatest works depicting events from America's Twentieth Century. Brilliantly put together. Explosive 🔥

@titanicgaming1148 4 ай бұрын

“When we are gone it will still go on and on and on and on.” This speaks volumes to every generation. We are not the ones to start it, we are just picking it up from the last and it goes on.

@Luke_-_ 3 ай бұрын

Obviously it has to burn you plumb, if it stops we are all fcked

@andynewby45 3 ай бұрын

It will never end because hate/war and all bad things have been going on since the beginning of man.

@markbengtson9620 2 ай бұрын

@@andynewby45 “War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaited it’s ultimate practitioner - Cormac McCarthy

@teeni54 2 ай бұрын

Californication- Red hot chilli peppers Sweet dreams - Annie lennox Its all very relevant!

@user-qx4pz8dc9g 2 ай бұрын

@@andynewby45Mankind will always have conflicts, there’s only so much of the World to control, give and take. 🌎🔥🌈🙏☮️✌️☮️🕊️

@gerardlezama6408 2 жыл бұрын

Only Billy Joel could give a history lesson in over 4 minutes. Great song!

@AnotherWittyUsername. 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Don McLean did a fairly good job of it, even though it was only a couple decades and a much smaller group of people.

@dakota4111 2 жыл бұрын

I always love how such an old song can stay relevant and still get new top comments on it

@monkeyanimationandgaming 2 жыл бұрын

Well bill wurtz did the history of everything in 20

@stevieduke7291 2 жыл бұрын

Iron Maiden does it in every song

@michellezavala1355 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Loved that ❤️

@user-ev9rg1tp8o Ай бұрын

Billy Joel's ability to tell a story with such unique lyrics, & being able to put them to music, is astounding! This is my favorite song of his by far.

@user-un1cl4qy4l Ай бұрын

Even in 2024 This Still Rings True Today!! Something To Think About!

@Sitharos 4 жыл бұрын

Wife: “Honey, why is Billy Joel in our kitchen?” Husband: “Don’t make eye contact, he’ll go away soon.”

@pothin8021 4 жыл бұрын

Wife: Looks at Billy Joel Billy Joel: Starts screaming and running

@Sr-sz8pn 4 жыл бұрын

@@tubb1 got here form there too..😭

@freck9669 4 жыл бұрын

They can’t see him

@bull3t209 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@calmarsden8692 4 жыл бұрын

10 years later: Wife: I really think we should say something Husband: what did I say. He’ll leave soon Billy Joel: continues singing for 10 more years

@mightypoopie6884 3 жыл бұрын

I had a Cold War history assignment, so i listened to this song for revision... I mean I failed but it was a good song at least.

@jackskellingtonsora 3 жыл бұрын

You actually have to study the things he mentions in the lyrics. :P

@candypaperheart 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing part of this song for a project about political statements in the media. It was a good fifteen years ago that I did that.

@aaroncarolan820 3 жыл бұрын

You would have missed the Cuban missile crisis then lol

@MrIrishscouse 3 жыл бұрын

You shoulda got at least a pass, if not a straight A! Shame on those examiners! 😄

@cheng3580 3 жыл бұрын

Thats like 50 years of history. A song seriously can't put all in a nutshell. Though this was a good attempt to do so. Seriously, read into more or watch some videos on it. Its interesting.

@avadygamer7589 Күн бұрын

I’m here in June 2024

@sucks_atchoosing_names9403 10 күн бұрын

this song needs a part two

@jovancontreras 8 күн бұрын

It had one, Fall Out Boy did one 'continuation' kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLKbia50vLKUhWg.html

@EndtimeEnterprises 4 ай бұрын

Half of the things he mentions are still very much relevant and still current issues and events. The fire truly does wage on.

@user-lh8lb9cx1c 4 ай бұрын

When I first heard this song I was told that it was from a while ago but I thought it listed more modern things as well.

@willritter4076 4 ай бұрын

I'd be honored if some Billy Joel fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of his classics HONESTY and VIENNA on my YT in tribute to the master of lyricism & composition. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace & stay safe.

@beans00001 3 ай бұрын

“We didn’t start the fire”

@EndtimeEnterprises 3 ай бұрын

that is the name of the song yes. smh@@beans00001

@gokugameing4290 3 ай бұрын

Yeah that because it all still the same people just with new names the illuminati the templars the government and the millions of other names they go by its all the same

@InsaneFire10YT 3 жыл бұрын

history teacher: you can't learn the past 50 years in 5 minutes Billy Joel: *observe*

@eclipseyt05 3 жыл бұрын

Also Billy Joel *"I can do it 4 minutes tops"*

@shantanutak4105 3 жыл бұрын

You should say listen

@moneygrowsonplants3442 3 жыл бұрын

Why read newspaper. Its all in one epic compilation now

@dimaco7356 3 жыл бұрын

My middle school history teacher had us memorize this song. Hadn't heard in it a long till today while I was doing errands.

@KO-tq3ns 3 жыл бұрын

20 minutes 13 billion years: "History of the world I guess"

@Sickandtired34 5 күн бұрын

I don’t care what anyone says, this song is amazing. Now we just need a second installment for all the crap that’s gone on since then.

@barrets6226 5 күн бұрын

Fall out boy did one

@bishop_98 2 ай бұрын

So much has gone on since 2020 that each year could have its own verse

@GipsyD29 3 жыл бұрын

Family: trying to live their lives Billy: don't mind me I'm just here the whole time

@saintdaveofl.a4729 3 жыл бұрын

He came with the house. The guy who sold it was like "Well, yeah he's been here since before it was even built trying to use things as instruments. He pretty much eats nothing, is always awake, and will attempt to use your possessions as drum sticks."

@sebasedtionvettel 3 жыл бұрын

@@saintdaveofl.a4729 ain't no complaints

@saintdaveofl.a4729 3 жыл бұрын

@@sebasedtionvettel Billy Joel is too powerful to get complained about. The Legends say that if you disrespect him in any way he'll take your toes and use them as drum sticks.

@lizardguyNA 3 жыл бұрын

At least he helped with the baby, kid probably knows him as "Uncle Billy" now.

@lisaloves-coffee9429 3 жыл бұрын

@@saintdaveofl.a4729 and he'll entertain the kids for free so you take your Valium and drink your whisky!

@Maverick512000 7 жыл бұрын

So the story goes Billy Joel wrote this after being told by a 21 year old that nothing of interest happened while Joel was growing up. You know you're good when you get a hit out of an F you song you wrote to someone.

@DavetheDiabetic1 7 жыл бұрын

Maverick512000 he literally took Time magazine titles

@sentzeu 7 жыл бұрын

That boy was the son of John Lennon btw.

@GermanRocket7 7 жыл бұрын

Close, but still incorrect. It was a friend of John Lennon's son.

@sentzeu 7 жыл бұрын

I stand corrected.

@dawnm.divincenzo7774 7 жыл бұрын

Maverick512000 that is typical of all lot of the younger generations.

@motattoo008 Ай бұрын

Anyone still here in 2024 May ??

@chrismccormick6371 Ай бұрын

YOU RANG? 😂

@Marleray9 Ай бұрын

Meeeeeeeeeee

@Ryantan-kt3db Ай бұрын

@pasquallyspizza2313 Ай бұрын

@piotruspiotr8442 Ай бұрын

Jestem.

@agatenby41 Ай бұрын

this song references over 100 historical events.

@svscared 15 күн бұрын

But not in chronological order I don't think.

@josephlungu1619 3 жыл бұрын

Strangely, this song seems fitting for our times

@DonnieDarko1 3 жыл бұрын

🙁

@dephotic 3 жыл бұрын

@@DonnieDarko1 🙁

@Sp1Tz_2nd 3 жыл бұрын

@Nicholas Bray we didn't start the fire remasterd

@gramstrap 3 жыл бұрын

China did hahahaha

@Sp1Tz_2nd 3 жыл бұрын

@Smokey McB what thank you

@erichoefer5268 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, this is one of the best songs ever written.

@cdybft9050 2 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel Hated it but the people seem to dig it just groovy.

@syl6k666 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@slayerslayer7623 2 жыл бұрын

@cypherusuh 2 жыл бұрын

@@cdybft9050 I reckon it's very difficult to remember the lyrics. It's basically news headline for decades.

@ewasfound2454 2 жыл бұрын

THE BEST

@4u2cre8 20 күн бұрын

I'm still waiting for the food that immediately cooks itself when taking it out of the fridge. It's 2024. We should've had this by now 😄

@nicolediamond7261 Ай бұрын

2024 still on fire ❤

@breathewoody7035 3 жыл бұрын

"We didn't start the fire" or "Billy Joel becomes increasingly aggressive as he explains 20th century history"

@platinumpim1 3 жыл бұрын

But he's so right with what he is singing about..!!

@jockeyfield1954 3 жыл бұрын

"JFK, blown away!"

@whenfunnydancingcockroach4625 3 жыл бұрын

@@jockeyfield1954 "What else do I have to say!"

@mr.battle20 3 жыл бұрын

The song is an indictment of human civilization as a whole. It's showing that there really wasn't a "golden" decade. Horrible crap's been happening since the dawn of time. While it might not be an American thing to say, it's certainly a Christian one, whether Billy Joel was going for that or not.

@raspberrycrowns9494 3 жыл бұрын

"might have committed arson"

@leonwinchester9865 3 жыл бұрын

One day Billy Joel was thinking. The world fucking sucks let's write an absolute banger of a song about it.

@PeterNgola 3 жыл бұрын

HAHA pure truth man!

@ladiesnotfeminists9427 3 жыл бұрын

Actually some kid told him he was sad billy Joel never lived through anything cool and it ate away at him and he said “eff that kid my life is so cool! Check out whats happened in My life time kid.” And thus a legend hit was born. The world should thank that kid

@gildedphoenix 3 жыл бұрын

Yeap, he made this song to flex on younger generations

@wham1984 3 жыл бұрын

He wrote it for somebody that said he was lucky because he grew up in the 50's when "nothing happened". Billy was like "excuse me, a bunch of stuff happened" So he wrote this song

@tuduki5545 3 жыл бұрын

And what he did burn those tunes. Fucking lit

@hmartyschelper984 2 күн бұрын

D-Day, June 6, 1944, 80 years ago, "We Didn't Start the Fire"!

@lawrencegarcia6819 26 күн бұрын

Although we didn’t start the fire we just keep adding fuel to it to keep it burning

@julioortega5310 3 жыл бұрын

Ryan started the fire! it just started burning Hey the temp’s still learning!!

@suyashsinha1547 3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone to say that

@notzeckie9132 3 жыл бұрын

why isnt anybody talking about ryan starting the firee!!!!

@biruly 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching for THE OFFICE related comment.😂

@aarushi3844 3 жыл бұрын

Many people do not know the iconic song behind this dialogue!! xD

@templings9263 3 жыл бұрын

No I'm not, I'm not laughing.

@phillipg.9372 4 жыл бұрын

Amazonas starts burning *We didn't start the fire*

@newneed 4 жыл бұрын

Farmers:

@atomixgfx6150 4 жыл бұрын

we did

@phillipg.9372 4 жыл бұрын

@@atomixgfx6150 No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

@punkisinthedetails1470 4 жыл бұрын

no, it was the Kindle fire

@Yoriichi_Tsugikuni___ 4 жыл бұрын

Well, we did

@Marcus-px6zy 11 күн бұрын

I heard this from an organ player playing this when a fire started in a stadium.

@tribune1216 10 күн бұрын

me too 😂

@justinguo2060 2 ай бұрын

This song needs a sequel

@cynthiaanderson8699 2 ай бұрын

Fall Out Boy ❤ 🎵

@_JustinCider_ 2 ай бұрын

No it doesn't. There's a new version out, played way too often on the radio and it sucks.

@cindywuollet1 Жыл бұрын

My son had a history teacher that played this song and your assignment is to identify the references. Now that’s a freaking good teacher. Everyone loves music. Billy made a significant song That’s what we want for our childrens education to challenge them and learn

@gracieallsey7527 Жыл бұрын

@Billy Joel ❤

@jamescrook2077 Жыл бұрын

My history still does

@Jan7412 Жыл бұрын

Ironically my History teacher made us write a version of this song with references to current events.

@cindywuollet1 Жыл бұрын

@@Jan7412 wow. That’s a great story how great teachers evolve. Unfortunately I can’t relay that to my son as he died last year summer at 35yo 2021 in my arms cardiac issues not drug induced. He was a talented bass player

@cindywuollet1 Жыл бұрын

Hit wrong button. I wanted to add that he would have loved to hear what you wrote. Glad you have at least 1 good teacher

@jareds.7063 3 жыл бұрын

“Trouble in the Suez.” He’s not only a history buff, he’s a psychic

@TheGuyThatsNotFunny 3 жыл бұрын

Not to ruin the joke, (Don't press read more if you don't want OP's joke ruined) he isn't a psychic, there had been multiple incidents that happened in the Suez years before 2021, like the 1956 Suez crisis, he could've maybe just referenced that instead.

@nargileh1 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuyThatsNotFunny The song is referring to the 8 year traffic jam in the canal when it ended up in the middle of a conflict zone.

@invertXtrogdor 3 жыл бұрын

@@nargileh1 Given the fact it mentions Budapest (the centre of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956) and Krushchev (who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953) its probably referring to the Suez Crisis in 1956, not the later closure between the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War.

@e11aguru 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, he's not saying "trouble in the sewers"??

@user-ov2fc5sd1e 3 жыл бұрын

Illuminati confirmed

@justwatch2760 Ай бұрын

It's amazing how many people know this song but never even cared who sung it ain't that a damn shame

@sonicpoweryay 26 күн бұрын

We didn’t start the fire(IN THE HOLE!!)

@matttothemax09 16 күн бұрын

Geometry Dash mentioned

@42LMS 3 жыл бұрын

Comment on this song starter pack: (Choose your fighter) -Someone needs to make an updated version -This aged well -Ryan started the fire -Tubbo started the fire

@jacklyn6253 3 жыл бұрын

Ryan and Tubbo were starting fires for the first time in history.

@joshuawarwick2991 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to make an updated version

@bobross7993 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@bobross7993 3 жыл бұрын

@Thot Patrol USA ok

@joeytwitchell3672 3 жыл бұрын

Turbo started the fire

@williampaterson7808 4 жыл бұрын

Interviewer: “How many moments in history do you know?” Billy Joel: “Yes.”

@Marvino69 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know anything besides that John guy who was shot in the head

@williampaterson7808 4 жыл бұрын

Ooga Booga President John F. Kennedy.

@commenterjosh2428 4 жыл бұрын

@@Marvino69 John Lennon

@bullneck 4 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel is here for it

@barrydavid6634 4 жыл бұрын

@@Marvino69 than you really haven't lived long have you

@dominiqueguay 3 ай бұрын

You do not know how much I love you...thank you for being such an AWESOME artist

@meks039 3 күн бұрын

Billy Joel i just wanted to say that this song helped me pass my history exam.

@gsgcarreviews 3 жыл бұрын

*"RYAN STARTED THE FIRE"* -Michael Scott & Dwight

@nogoaway2832 3 жыл бұрын

the most iconic line that Dwight ever read

@iloveumyisis 3 жыл бұрын

@stonesmokey1 3 жыл бұрын

Yessssss

@zipper9198 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@msliu9634 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@elorex1661 3 жыл бұрын

You could probably make a whole new "We didn't start the fire" by just using events from 2020

@rustbucket7484 3 жыл бұрын

oh they did.

@sithereselangto 3 жыл бұрын

I'll do that for my project

@gregparrott 3 жыл бұрын

Several musicians already have. Here's a good one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLCdg9phvsDTZIE.html

@TheWinjin 3 жыл бұрын

Frankly, it takes the history perspective to see which of these will matter in 2040. Obviously the tourism and work-redefining pandemic will, but who knows how, and what else will change. Maybe something comparatively minuscule will matter much more in ten years than we could imagine.

@jackdias9263 3 жыл бұрын

How do I rhyme black lives matter with covid19

@Bullen_3 7 сағат бұрын

1:40. Gives me chills EVERY time.

@suspence5832 15 күн бұрын

Here after that car caught on fire outside dodger stadium. Organ player performed this

@Suzie-ui9vg 3 жыл бұрын

Song: we didn’t start the fire Arsonist: *sweating intensifies*

@puma7372 3 жыл бұрын

Why did the arsonist stay near enough to the fire for it to warm him? Asking to get caught in my opinion

@sephyr885 3 жыл бұрын

ayo u being too loud

@himikotoga4270 3 жыл бұрын

Dabi: Am I a joke to you?

@jimbojigs368 3 жыл бұрын

@@sephyr885 you name suggests that you started the fire, so I will ask you "did you start the fire?"

@Alkimachos 3 жыл бұрын

@@sephyr885 I agree with your name

@siriuslee137 10 ай бұрын

I remember my English teacher in high school had us listen to this song and then choose a lyric to give a presentation on. One of the coolest class projects I ever had!

@kitsunelee007 10 ай бұрын

My AP history did this is Highschool along with REM's It's The End of The World.

@PigZzzZ 10 ай бұрын

Same man

@costco_pizza 10 ай бұрын

Thumbs DOWN if the Fall Out Boy cover DIDN'T bring you here!!!

@cosmicpanda1914 10 ай бұрын

My 8th grade Social Studies teacher did the same thing.

@7n154 10 ай бұрын

Damn, you guys had GREAT teachers. Taught you guys to actually know history and not be afraid of it. American History is raw and rough, and the best of us can handle its truth and learn from it. Honest American History is a complex story. A lot of good, some great and a bit of conflict to keep it that way. But hearing your generation say things like your comments makes me a proud American. Your positive reactions to this song gives me overwhelming hope for the next generation.

@vBordzYT Ай бұрын

It is our responsibility to recreate this every 20 years until the second coming

@MichaelWarbux Ай бұрын

I'd love to see someone redo this song with today's issues...

@robsonedugd1170 Ай бұрын

Yeah right, imagine if a artist had make a remake of it, it would be so crazy man

@marsmurderer9868 3 жыл бұрын

I think enough happened since this song came out to warrant an official sequel

@Gythem 3 жыл бұрын

Might as well wait and see how COVID plays out at least.

@bluestreak711 3 жыл бұрын

There is a sequel and it is called Ryan Started the Fire.

@flamespear86 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt he'll do it. Billy actually doesn't really like this song. He's got a point it's not a particularly well made song. It's just catchy and loops a lot. The history is the only thing that makes it good enough. Honestly though I'm all for more musical history.

@heatherrussell8255 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Include COVID.

@heisensaul5538 3 жыл бұрын

yes, there's lots and lots. However I feel a sequel is almost never as good as the original.

@fludblud 8 жыл бұрын

If Billy is still kicking he needs to make a sequel to this song when he is 80 in 2029, a serious load of shit has happened since 1989 and this song needs updating.

@kalifornia8110 8 жыл бұрын

thats our final for US history. we need to make 2 more verses containing events from 1990-2016

@suicidesquad6862 8 жыл бұрын

Or 2019. Better chance of him still living then.

@justsomerando718 8 жыл бұрын

+Kalani Castro nice

@evansheets2719 8 жыл бұрын

easy. just use donald trump for all of it. you could write a book on all the shenanigans he has pulled

@kbdoubleu 8 жыл бұрын

+Sketch Sheets Wow, hilarious and original. Enlighten me on what he's done.

@Sweetislandboyz Ай бұрын

who’s here in 2024????

@TerryProthero 22 күн бұрын

I am. Last month I was in Vegas and saw a great tribute to Billy Joel and Elton John called the Piano Man. The guy played a number of songs as Billy Joel and as Elton John. And you would swear he was them. He sounded exactly like them. It was great.

@dankore6966 3 жыл бұрын

“JFK, blown away” I mean you need courage to say this in a song

@agustinaranguiz3164 3 жыл бұрын

Russian in afganisthan

@dreadlock1433 3 жыл бұрын

misfits "bullet" listen to it and come back XD

@nevergivingup3434 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of the song is that he ends with the cola wars. Why the cola wars?

@dankore6966 3 жыл бұрын

@@nevergivingup3434 guess we will never know

@user-pq9ri3lt2g 3 жыл бұрын

@@nevergivingup3434 Why not? Perfectly summarizes the time of mass-marketing and TV

@Nabczsz07 3 жыл бұрын

“Honey, why has Billy Joel been in our kitchen for the last 30 years?”

@yamama2519 3 жыл бұрын

this comment is going places the copy write attorney..but places

@ladykoiwolfe 3 жыл бұрын

Why, because he's the actual father of our kids.

@nhlcanadian9490 3 жыл бұрын

This comment needs more likes.

@yamama2519 3 жыл бұрын

@@nhlcanadian9490 exactly.. its only been a week so i think its getting there

@Steve4Space 3 жыл бұрын

@@ladykoiwolfe 'honey...'

@valleyviewing 2 ай бұрын

We didn't start.... April 2024

@charlee8526 23 күн бұрын

This Is what they should teach you in a history lesson, he literally mentions every event, place and person 👌

@Billyjoel-vd5fl 6 күн бұрын

@joshuagoodrich 8 ай бұрын

The fact that you can rewrite this song to every single generations trauma speaks volumes. Music transcends time.

@CarlMarxPunk 8 ай бұрын

Also, that some of these are still relevant or similar to current events, trippy

@valentinacanani1906 8 ай бұрын

fall out boy just did!

@Lye8721 8 ай бұрын

@@valentinacanani1906 This version is in chronological order... The Fallout Boy Version is ... A fucking timeline cluster-fuck. Yes, you can throw in lyrics to fit the current age but I wouldn't compare Fallout Boy's absolute historical mess to this one. One of the two: Every Event in Chronological Order - A fantastic tool of teaching. The other: Discombobulated, barely linked events thrown out varying sometimes by decades. Their version isn't 'bad' as far as sound, but as far as being a useful teaching tool... Eh... The Original can actually teach a timeline, the new one can't.

@JohnSmith-bq6nf 8 ай бұрын

Yeahj but it is weak compared to the original @@valentinacanani1906

@Blutteufel 8 ай бұрын

Why is everyone so obsessed with 'trauma' these days?