We Didn't Start the Fire

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We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

About We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics include brief, rapid-fire allusions to more than 100 headline events between January 1949 (Joel was born on May 9 of that year) and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front. The song was a No. 1 hit in the US. It peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the Autumn of 1989. Joel got the idea for the song when he had just turned 40. He was in a recording studio .

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About this song

Credited to
Billy Joel
Album
Storm Front · Track 2 of 10
Released
October 17, 1989
Duration
4:51
Ranking
#3 most played Billy Joel track on Foxsoundi
Top countries on Foxsoundi
United States (94 %), France (6 %)
Playlists
In 1 public playlist: The ultimate playlist
On Last.fm
1,105,412 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Storm Front