"Don't Ask Me Why" is a Billy Joel song released in 1980.
 The lyrics talk about the oddities of life that have become obvious over time.
 It is more characteristic of a track that would have appeared on Joel's earlier albums in that it has a lighter folk sound as compared to the harder, more rock oriented tracks found throughout the album; the song supported public perception that Joel was a middle-of-the-road artist.
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 The background track contains all acoustic and Latin percussion instruments performing in an Afro-Cuban rhythmic style.
 An eclectic, instrumental "Latin Ballroom" piano solo, played over the bridge section after the second verse, is also featured in part of the song; Joel states that the mix for the midsection includes "fifteen pianos overdubbed on top of each other."
 The song spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number nineteen on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel.
 It was released on November 22, 2005.
 The album name is derivative of the Billy Joel song "My Life".
 The liner notes were written by longtime "Rolling Stone" magazine contributor Anthony DeCurtis.
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid" is a Billy Joel song from the album "Piano Man".
 It was also issued as a single in the UK backed with "If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)."
"And So It Goes" is a lyric poem written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it was not released until six years later.
 It appeared as the tenth and final track of his 1989 studio album "Storm Front".
 The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set "My Lives".
 Joel wrote the song about a doomed relationship with model Elle Macpherson.
 Their relationship was dramatic, as Macpherson was only a teenager while Joel was reaching his mid-30s.
 Joel dated Macpherson for a brief time shortly before becoming involved with model Christie Brinkley, who would ultimately become his second wife.
 The song is unique for Joel as it is written in iambic tetrameter.
 In the original demo version of "And So It Goes," Joel sings the melody simply, accompanied by a simple piano backdrop, in a style very reminiscent of a hymn.
 On the 1989 album version, Joel sings and plays all the instrumentation (piano and synthesizers).
 The official video is from a live performance in front of a concert audience.
Euforia - Helen Sjöholm sjunger Billy Joel (Helen Sjöholm sings Billy Joel) is an album by Swedish singer and actor Helen Sjöholm, released in November 2010.
 The album features 11 compositions by American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer Billy Joel, performed by Helen Sjöholm.
 All songs are performed in Swedish, with lyrics written by Tomas Andersson Wij.
"The Entertainer" is a single by singer Billy Joel released as the only single from his 1974 album "Streetlife Serenade".
 The song peaked at #34 on the US charts, a Top 40 hit for Joel that year.
 The song is a cynical and somewhat satirical look at the fleeting fame of a musician and fickle public tastes ("Today I am your champion / I may have won your hearts / But I know the game / You'll forget my name / And I won't be here / in another year / if I don't stay on the charts"); this theme would be examined in the later song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me".
 Another verse in the song references the shortening of Joel's song, "Piano Man", from 5 minutes and 38 seconds to 3 minutes and 5 seconds to fit a radio slot, referenced by the lyrics "It was a beautiful song, / but it ran too long / If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit / So they cut it down to 3:05."
 Additionally, the timing printed on the label of the 7" release of "The Entertainer" was 3:05, although the actual 45 length was 3:11 (while the album length was 3:41).
 In the single version, Verse 3 (which starts at 1:02 in the album version) is edited out, and Verse 2 (which starts at 0:40) contains a steel guitar in its second half, which is actually featured in the second half of the "third" verse in the album version; indeed, on the single mix, the instrumental crescendo of the album version is anticipated by bringing the fuller instrumentation of Verse 3 under the vocals of Verse 2.
 As a result of this, the slightly emptier original instrumentation of Verse 2 (which includes a downward slide on the synth) and the vocals of Verse 3 are completely omitted, while the instrumentation of Verse 3 (featuring the steel guitar) does appear, but earlier.
"Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" is a song written and originally recorded by Billy Joel which appeared as the final song on his album "Turnstiles" in 1976.
 Several live performances of the song have been released.
 He performed this song at benefit concerts: The Concert for New York City for victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, on the television program "" for Hurricane Sandy victims in 2012 and during his set at "".
 Joel has often tweaked the lyrics to the song at his live concerts, particularly at the "Live at Shea" and "Coming Together" concerts.
 On New Year's Eve, 2016, Billy performed at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, a city just north of Miami Dade County .
 At midnight, he crooned the traditional Auld Lang Syne and then immediately went into "Miami 2017".
 On the January 9, 2017 episode of Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Billy Joel performed the song with Stay Human, the show's house band.
"Piano Man" is the first single released by Billy Joel.
 It was released on November 2, 1973, and has been included on several subsequent albums.
 Joel's first major hit and his signature song, the song peaked at #25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in April 1974.
 In 2016, the Library of Congress selected "Piano Man" for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."
"You're My Home" is a single by Billy Joel.
 It was originally on Billy Joel's 1973 album "Piano Man", and also appears on "Songs in the Attic" (1981), "The Ultimate Collection" (2000), "The Essential Billy Joel" (2001) and "12 Gardens Live " (2006).
"Movin' Out (Brian's Song)" is the second episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series "Family Guy".
 The 100th overall, it originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 30, 2007.
 It was written by John Viener and directed by Cyndi Tang.
 In the episode, Peter convinces Brian to move in with his girlfriend Jillian and Stewie tags along to help pay the rent.
 Meanwhile, Meg and Chris get jobs at the convenience store where Chris befriends the manager, prompting Meg to do all the hard work.
 The episode title is a reference to the Billy Joel song "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" and the film "Brian's Song".
 This episode marks the end of Brian and Jillian's relationship, which started in season five.

Question: A verse in the Billy Joel song "The Entertainer" references the shortening of another Joel song that was released in what year?
Answer: 1973