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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Official Video) Billy Joel's iconic song "We Didn't Start the Fire" was released in

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Official Video)

Billy Joel's iconic song "We Didn't Start the Fire" was released in 1989 and captured the essence of historical events that shaped the 20th century. The official video complements the song perfectly, featuring a captivating montage of images that chronologically depict the referenced events. It showcases compelling visuals of figures like Harry Truman, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Fidel Castro, and many others who influenced the course of history. While the official video does not possess a cast list or band members as it is primarily a compilation of historical footage, the song itself is a testament to Billy Joel's incredible talent as a songwriter. You can fully immerse yourself in this powerful piece of musical history by playing and downloading these sounds.

Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go
It was always burning since the world's been turning
It was always burning since the world's been turning
It was always burning since the world's been turning
It was always burning since the world's been turning
It was always burning since the world's been turning
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it
No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Rosenbergs, H bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
U 2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
We didn't start the fire
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide