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Billy Joel – My Life
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Straying away from the piano ballad but still infused with New York soul, “My Life” from 1978’s 52nd Street was also a relatively big hit, reaching #2 on the U.S. adult
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Billy Joel – All My Life
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All my life, I've searched this whole world through / Try as I might, to find someone like you / The years drifted by, but it was always on my mind / I didn't know just how long I'
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Billy Joel – My Life - Remastered
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Ooh, yeah / All right / Ooh, ah / Got a call from an old friend we used to be real close / Said he couldn't go on the American way / Closed the shop, sold a house, bought a ticket
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Glee Cast – My Life
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“My Life” by Billy Joel is featured in Movin' Out, the sixth episode of Season Five. It is sung by Jake (Jacob Artist) with the New Directions. The song marks Jake’s last ever
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Billy Joel – My Life Samples
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See all of “My Life” by Billy Joel’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Billy Joel – My Life (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
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Got a call from an old friend we'd used to be real close / Said he couldn't go on the American way / Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast / Now he
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Billy Joel – The Prime of Your Life
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There you are / With nowhere left to hide / All the toys / Of childhood put aside / You think you need them / But that's the price of freedom / That's the cost of living / In the
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Billy Joel – My Life (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
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[Verse 1] / Got a call from an old friend, we used to be real close / Said he couldn't go on the American way / Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
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Billy Joel – The Entertainer
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The only single released from Streetlight Serenade, “The Entertainer” is a rather cynical look at the life of an entertainer. It’s part satire, part parody in the instrumentation
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Billy Joel – The River of Dreams
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“The River of Dreams” is the title-track of Billy Joel’s last pop album from 1993. The song was a hit, peaking at #3 on the United States and UK charts, making it his highest
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Billy Joel – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
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“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” has the longest duration in all of Billy Joel’s catalog, clocking in at 7 minutes and 37 seconds. While never released as a single, it has
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Billy Joel – You're My Home
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You’re My Home is the 4th track on Piano man, and the 9th track on Songs In The Attic. The song is about a man who most likely has had a troubled past, with no place that ever felt
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Billy Joel – Vienna
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In a July 2008 New York Times article, Joel cited this as one of his two favorite songs, along with “Summer, Highland Falls”.
Why did I pick Vienna to use as a metaphor for the
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Wednesday Kid – Billie Eilish/Billy Joel
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[Verse 1] / There's a dark-haired girl / With a piercing in her lip / And in her heart, because her boyfriend left / And he says she's so emotional / Cause she cried when he tore
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Spotify – This Is Billy Joel
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1. Uptown Girl / 2. Piano Man / 3. My Life / 4. She's Always a Woman / 5. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant / 6. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / 7. Vienna / 8. New York State of Mind
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Billy Joel – Tomorrow Is Today
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The lyrics from this song actually come from a suicide note that Billy Joel had written. He attempted to kill himself by drinking furniture polish after finding out his wife had an
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Billy Joel – I Go to Extremes
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The second single from the 1989 hit album Storm Front, “I Go to Extremes” peaked at the number six position on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #70 on the UK chart. The song was also
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Billy Joel – Say Goodbye to Hollywood
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Mainly influenced by the sound of The Ronettes’s “Be My Baby”, “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” from 1976’s Turnstiles was written shortly after Billy Joel moved out of Hollywood and
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Billy Joel – Running on Ice
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There's a lot of tension in this town / I know it's building up inside of me / I've got all the symptoms and the side effects / Of city life anxiety / I could never understand why
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Billy Joel – Famous Last Words
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As the final track on Billy Joel’s final studio album, there can’t be many songs with a title as fitting as this one.
Famous last words closes River of dreams, with Joel giving us
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Billy Joel – Shameless
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Originally a part of Joel’s 11th solo album Storm Front, it was later covered by country artist Garth Brooks for his 3rd album Ropin' The Wind. The song would be a massive hit for
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Billy Joel – Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live)
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Bobby's drivin' through the city tonight / Through the lights in a hot new rent-a-car / He joins the lovers in his heavy machine / It's a scene down on Sunset Boulevard / Say
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire
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This monster hit of a song was created in 1989, when Joel turned 40. The idea spawned from a conversation he had with a friend of Sean Lennon. The friend just turned 21 and was
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Billy Joel – Oyster Bay
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[Verse 1] / From my room, I see the blue Pacific Ocean / Yes, my hotel has me right beside the shore / Well today it's San Francisco and tomorrow it's L.A / And I feel as though I'
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Billy Joel – You’re My Home - Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975
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[Verse 1] / When you look into my eyes / And you see the crazy gypsy in my soul / It always comes as a surprise / When I feel my withered roots begin to grow / Well I never had a
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Billy Joel – Piano Man
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In what has come to be one of his trademark songs, “Piano Man” draws upon Joel’s experience as a bar pianist at The Executive Room in LA to tell the story of a typical night at the
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Tony Bennett – The Good Life
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“The Good Life” is a popular song by Sacha Distel and 1934-born composer Jack Reardon, published in 1962. It was featured in the movie Seven Capital Sins.
“The Good Life” became
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Billy Joel – Easy Money
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You don't have to talk all night / I'm a man who can't say no / You don't have to twist my arm / Just point me where you wanna go / Take me to the action, take me to the track
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The 49ers (Ft. Thurro) – It's My Thing
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Verse 1: Marchitect / You talking, like you're going to jump up in my coffin for me (uh) / Trying to write my life story (what) / But you ain't Pat Riley, and I ain't Robert Horry
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Rob Grant (Ft. Lana Del Rey) – Hollywood Bowl
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[Verse 1] / I know I'm not Joni Mitchell / But I've got a dad who plays like Billy Joel / I know I can't see the whole picture / But I like to dream about my days of gold / [Pre-
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