Artist: Billy Joel
Track: We Didn’t Start The Fire
Lyrics
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, Krushchev
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 En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather homicide, children of Thalidomide
Oh, huh, ho
Buddy Holly, "Ben-Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, 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
JFK, 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
Ayatollahs 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 and on and 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
Full Lyrics and Meaning
Genius Lyrics
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Fall Out Boy – We Didn't Start The Fire
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Fall Out Boy’s rendition of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” quickly covers significant political, cultural, sporting, scientific events from 1989 up to 2023, just as the
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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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King Charles – We Didn’t Start the Fire
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[Verse 1] / Kate Moss, 50 Cent, Obama is the President / Peace is scarce, no one dares, Litvinenko / Climate change, Live Aid, ketamine, new rave / Loose morals, hearts are hollow
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Jimmy Fallon – Avengers: Endgame Cast Sings "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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The cast of Avengers: Endgame recaps the entire Marvel franchise by singing their own superhero version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The very end of the video
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Fall Out Boy Update Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
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The band’s version covers 1989 through the present.
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Big Tasty (Ft. JenkinTown Possi) – We Didn't Start The Fire
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[Intro: Big Tasty] / Barry Goldberg, JTP, William Penn Academy / Fighting Quakers, North Philly, Principal Bale / [Verse 1: Big Tasty & (Johnny Atkins)] / Coach Mellor is good at
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It Lives, It Breathes – We Didn't Start The Fire
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[Verse 1] / Cops are falling out of line / Congress running out of time / Ceiling being raised again / Who cares, we're broke anyway / Donald Trump, Hilary / Change is what we
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Matt Doyle) – We Didn't Start the Brothers
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“We Didn’t Start the Brothers” is a musical parody of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. The song is about the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me, and features several
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Alcazar – Start the Fire
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[Intro] / Mm-mm / [Verse 1] / You're baby's goin' out / But she doesn't wanna go with you / When the beat is loud / Then she wants to dance with someone new / She moves with the
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Pope Friction – The Wii Didn't Start the Fire
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Ralph Baer, Brown Box / Odyssey and Magnavox / MIT, OXO / Spacewar! and Pong / Coleco and Intellivision / Atari, then Activision / Miyamoto and Nintendo / Plumbers, Donkey Kong
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ApologetiX – We Didn't Start Messiah (Parody of "We Didn't Start the Fire")
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Perfect humans, had it made, then they kind of went astray / Sought the serpent for their wisdom so they had to go / Though the Lord made a prediction / Soon the lady'd have some
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Diamond Axe Studios Music – We Didn’t Start The Fire 2020
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[Verse 1] / Soleimani in Iran, COVID spreading in Wuhan / Flooding in Jakarta while Australia starts to burn / Kobe Bryant, World War Three / Billie Eilish Grammy sweep / Trump’s
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Anthony Fantano – We Didn't Start the Fire by Fall Out Boy Remix
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[Verse] / Instagram, Harambe / Looks like COVID's here to stay / Super Smash Melee / 4chan, Sopranos / Occupy Wall Street / Housing crisis, Clinton cheats / Monika Lewinsky, Hubble
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RoyishGoodLooks – We Didn't Start the Fire (Parody)
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[Verse 1] / Stormtrooper, docking bay / Dagobah, Padmé / Orson Krennic / Wedge Antilles, Poe, K-2SO / Mon Calamari, Wes Janson / Star Destroyer, meditation / Takodana, Scarif
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Elio Pace – We Didn't Start the Fire (Sky Sports Ashes 2015 Promo)
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Elio Pace and his band collaborate with Sky Sports commentators David “Bumble” Lloyd, Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton and many others to a rendition of the Billy joel classic “We
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Faster (FRA) – We Didn’t Start the Fire
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[Intro] / Gnirrub syawla ,gninrub syawla saw tI / Erif eht trats t'ndid ew / We didn't start the fire / It was always burning, always burring / We didn't start the fire / We didn't
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire Samples
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CollegeHumor (Ft. Leslie Beukelman & Steve Frisbie) – We Didn't Start the Flame War
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[Verse 1: CollegeHumor.com] / First Post!/fucking gay/Second post!/go away! / Stupid picture/Simpsons did it/southpark did it too / ROFL Copter/really stupid/I dunno, I kinda like
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire Covers
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Various Artists (Ft. Feedrosie) – We Didn't Start This Website
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[Intro] / Harry Potter, Dōmo-kun, Ridge Racer, Sailor Moon / Stephen Colbert, Captain Picard, Attack of the Show / Technologic, Curb Stomp, New Orleans, Falling Thwomp / Bell
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Chris Ray Gun – We Didn't Start the SocJus
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[Verse 1] / Television, CNN, Fox News is at it again / Porno on your PSPs, Mass Effect sex / Nintendo DS, kid locator, games are murder simulators / Bill O'Reilly, quite unwisely
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Ph0ton – We Didn't Choose the Fire Starter
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[Verse 1] / Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray / South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio / Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television / North Korea
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire Samples
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Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire Interpolations
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Shlock Rock – We've Got a Strong Desire
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To the Tune of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel, “We’ve Got a Strong Desire” is meant to relate the history of the Jewish people in a similar way, but told through
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Holderness Family – This Year Is A Dumpster Fire
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[Verse 1] / Lots of famous people died, how many times have you cried? / How flippin' terrible is 2020? / All our workouts are alone, Top Gun postponed / When's the last time you
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McCreamy – Fortnite's Kinda Dying
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On “Fortnite’s Kinda Dying,” Fortnite YouTuber McCreamy complains about the state of Fortnite. In this song, he outlines the problems with the game, and reminisces about how
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GREENBOOTS – WDSTF (666 Trapslime Remix)
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Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray / South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio / Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television / North Korea, South Korea
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Kylee Henke – You Can't Fight The Homestuck
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[Intro] / Hello everybody! / Let me tell you about Homestuck. / [Verse 1] / John Egbert, Rose Lalonde / Ascend, descend, rise up, abscond / Jade Harley, Dave Strider / They all
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Neil Cicierega – Space Monkey Mafia
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“Space Monkey Mafia” is a mashup of the song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” by R.E.M. and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. Both songs are played simultaneously
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Ph0ton – We Didn't Choose the Fire Starter Samples
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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire translation in French
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French translation of lyrics for We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel. Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMagg...
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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire translation in Italian
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Italian translation of lyrics for We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel. Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
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It Lives, It Breathes - We Didn't Start the Fire Lyrics
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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire translation in Spanish
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Spanish translation of lyrics for We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel. Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
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Genius Artists
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Billy Joel
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Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer/songwriter, producer, and composer who ranks as one of the most iconic and influential artists from the mid to late
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