We Didn't Start the Fire

"We Didn't Start the Fire"
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
Single by Billy Joel
from Storm Front"
B-side	"House of Blue Light"
Released	September 27, 1989
Recorded	July 1989
Genre	New wave, pop rock
Length	4:49 (Album version); 4:29 (Single version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Mick Jones; Billy Joel;
Billy Joel singles chronology
	"We Didn't Start the Fire" at YouTube

"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)	Peak position
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)^[1]	69
Canada RPM Top Singles	2
Dutch Top 40^[2]	11
Irish Singles Chart	3
Japanese Singles Chart^[3]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	77
German Singles Chart^[5]	49
UK Singles Chart	72
Chart (1990)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	37
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[6]	50
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	35

All-time charts

Chart (1958-2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	354

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

↑ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Joel&titel=We+Didn%27t+Start+The+Fire&cat=s (Retrieved September 17, 2012)
↑ Jans, Micha (updated April 23, 2009) Dutch Top 40 1989 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, MichaJans.nl, Jaarlijsten/1989. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
↑ Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved November 2, 2012)
↑ "Canada RPM Top Singles of 1989". Retrieved August 9, 2010.
↑ "INFINITY CHARTS: German Top 20". uni-wuerzburg.de. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
↑ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

Other websites

"We Didn't Start the Fire" Music Video at YouTube / BillyJoelVEVO channel
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] ttp://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Joel&titel=We+Didn%27t+Start+The+Fire&cat=s (Retrieved September 17, 2012)

[2] Jans, Micha (updated April 23, 2009) Dutch Top 40 1989 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, MichaJans.nl, Jaarlijsten/1989. Retrieved April 2, 2010.

[3] Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved November 2, 2012)

[4] "Canada RPM Top Singles of 1989". Retrieved August 9, 2010.

[5] "INFINITY CHARTS: German Top 20". uni-wuerzburg.de. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

[6] "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

[7] "Billboard Top 100 – 1990". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2009.

[8] "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

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