We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by American musician Billy Joel. Its lyrics included more than 100 key events that happened between 1949 and 1989. 1949 is when Joel was born and 1989 is when the song was released. The song was released on his album Storm Front. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The song was also a No.1 hit in the United States in late 1989.

 Charts 
 Weekly charts 
Chart (1989-1990)PeakpositionBelgian Singles Chart (Flanders)http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Joel&titel=We+Didn%27t+Start+The+Fire&cat=s (Retrieved September 17, 2012)69Canada RPM Top Singles2Dutch Top 40Jans, Micha (updated April 23, 2009) Dutch Top 40 1989 , MichaJans.nl, Jaarlijsten/1989. Retrieved April 2, 2010.11Irish Singles Chart3Japanese Singles ChartOricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved November 2, 2012)11

 Year-end charts 
Chart (1989)PositionCanada RPM Top Singles77German Singles Chart49UK Singles Chart72Chart (1990)PositionAustralian Singles Chart37Canada Top Singles (RPM)50U.S. Billboard Hot 10035
All-time charts
 Chart (1958-2018) PositionUS Billboard Hot 100354

 Personnel 

 Billy Joel – vocals, clavinet, percussion
 Liberty DeVitto – drums, percussion
 David Brown – lead guitar
 Joey Hunting – rhythm guitar
 Crystal Taliefero – backing vocals, percussion
 Schuyler Deale – bass guitar
 John Mahoney – keyboards
 Sammy Merendino – electronic percussion
 Kevin Jones – keyboard
 Doug Kleeger – sounds effects

 References 

 Other websites 
  / BillyJoelVEVO channel
 " All 59 people name-dropped in Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire': Where are they now?" from The Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2019
 List of events mentioned in the song

Category:1989 songs
Category:Pop rock songs
Category:Billy Joel songs