Billy Joel ~ We Didn't Start The Fire

[TrumannWildcats3]

love it

[CanadaUnderFire]

This was number one on my birthday!

[StormShadow366]

Our teacher played this in our history lesson to help us revise ^_^ - we were all dancing for the verses and then suddenly the chorus came on and we all burst out singing

[ustavobarr25g]

This vid went viral on China

[CatastropheMeetsMadi]

Impossible not to start tapping your foot to this. :)

[AJ29Q]

57 people started the fire

[infernoherosmasher]

@AJ29Q no they didnt...

[dinofs1000]

I sang this at the school talent show. I had people asking me about -Beetlemania -Airline Terror -Watergate - Woodstock - Richard Nixon - Kennedy blown away - H-bomb - Communist block - Edsel (this one is natural) - Castro - Mickey Mantle (Again, natural) - Joe DiMaggio (Also natural)

[SleepySpaceman]

Well, at least now I don't have to take World History..

[TheBossClanMW3]

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world was turning.No we didn't light but we tried to fight it!

[willyg15starscout]

Haha me too, i did this for a project as well. I like this song though. Its catchy.

[HorseRider160]

Im playing this in jazz band!

[richardc1985]

What's the most obnoxious kid got to do with this song?

[MissLovesMusic2010]

Thank you for writing this song....thanks to you it's 1 stuck in my head because of my history teacher and 2 i have to do a project onyou....thanks...

[tsyganko]

@MissLovesMusic2010 haha same here. Though I DO have a couple of choices as to what to do. Do you have to write the next two verses? 'cause that's what our class has to do :)

[coder2100]

@tsyganko I had to define each verse then write one for 2011.

[tsyganko]

@coder2100 oh did that take you a long time?

[xAddalyn]

Games are our one desire ;)

[kirbystarRBLX]

I wish I could just sit a guy listening to rap down and blast this in his ear.

[MrOC606]

57 people started the fire

[hoscaletrain]

this song kicks ass

[jmezcrs613]

so who did start the fire

[iAusMatt]

@jmezcrs613 On behalf of arsonists everywhere

[ssssoooorrrrrrrryyyy]

i have to do a civics project on this and i already had the song memorized before the project was even assigned. =P

[BaddBtchhAjah95]

I Havee to do a History project on this song !.

[pricecraig72]

Your video is popular on Bhutan

[canibis12]

gr8 song :D

[PokeBlitz]

two and a half men :D

[xpaige87]

this song is so GOOD jesus christ

[GreenCabbageRain]

57 people caused the fire.

[MissBellaKar]

i sang this song when i was in 7th grade for a concert. ;)

[curiouslycrusty]

Haha "trouble in the suez". before i watched this i always sang "trouble in the sewers" im embarrased now....

[xDarkGirl999x]

i m addicted to this song right now

[rednecksrant]

This song is about the Illuminati, well done Billy.

[Sparkleybunny]

I really love this song. My daughter knew every word, and would sing it at seven years old! I remember her TELING me back then, what "the beautiful people" , by Marilyn Manson: actually meant!!!!! That child had, 'deep'!

[Sparkleybunny]

No offense Slomokins, but isnt every verse of this song.....mmmmm, A TRADGEDY for the most part......Strange how most cultures base their history by tragedies, or plain negativity.....someone BLOW OUT THOSE FLAMES!!!!

[hotbetty200]

:)

:LOL:

[Breerox108]

Weed did start the fire!

It was always burning

And the world's still turning!

Weed did start the fire!

Yes we did light it

And we didnt fight it!

[waferbrenna61]

@Breerox108 i dont like you

[ImmaPinkiePie]

Whoever made this video is a terrible person.

If I want to sing I along I can't, because of you.

Cool song though.

[Breerox108]

@ImmaPinkiePie erm, what?

[bluejaygirl07]

my mom turns this on and turns the speakers waaayyy up.... then starts dancing while shes cooking and cleaning! lol

[colbyman237]

omg i cant get this song out of my head and my teacher offered for people to sign up to sing it for extra credit and i have nothing better to do

[dooku111]

well for all those dislikers there u disliked because it didn't show Bob Marley so u are truly STONERS HA! Get a life and make a new account and like it I SAID LIKE IT GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Smittyboss1]

55 dislikes? How can anyone NOT like this song!

[halostar529]

55 people started the fire

[sassymiklala]

at school the teacher in our socail studys was like take notes of this song and hpay close attention xDD cuz we have a test after this xDD she played the song and everyone was like o_O xDD i turns out we really didnt have a test but if we did i probably would have failed xD

[phillies5965]

54 peopel dont know good music

[dooku111]

I love this song so much

From an 12 year old :D

[BeatleManiaInvasion]

I love this song so much-14 yrs old!

[allyalexgreenblue]

I remember my geography teacher showed us this song and she was right it will get into our heads! :D then we had to finish the song! I got an easy A on it!

[spy4themafia]

My history teacher is giving me 50 extra bonus points on my over-all grade if I can learn, and sing, this entire song in front of the class. As a junior in high school, and having nothing better to do with my time, that sounds like a free A.

[LegitTaco29]

Who else was brought here by The Office?

[nickjsuperfan123]

@LegitTaco29 Pretty sure everyone who can tell good music from shit, was brought here by the undeniable talent of Billy Joel, not The Office.

[trueHIPPO]

Just some friendly criticism: the lyrics almost always appeared after the stanza started, which was a bit of a let down. Also the last bit of the lyrics didn't appear at all.  Having said that, thanks for using contrasting colours with the lyrics! One video I attempted to watch had smaaall red font with multicoloured backgrounds, which was really hard to read, so this was much appreciated. Thanks for poting!

[louise1537]

it is soo catchy we listened to lyk every history lesson last year to get people to work coz no one worked :L and this year it is some other song but this song is a legend song

[ThePonygirl14]

it's supposoed to be Children of the little mind

[slomokins]

@ThePonygirl14

Please take a moment to research"children of thelodimide" and you will understand why this topic was included, it was a horrible tragedy caused by the FDA's failure to research a perscription drug.

have a great day!

[chavaalb]

can u imagine how difficult it must be to perform this in a concert

[1995Scotsman]

Real music right here.

[drone9591]

it must have a part two :D

[TheBansic]

@drone9591

NO IT MUST NOT! If it were back then I would say yeah, but could you imagine if modern singers got a hold of this?!

[iTuttefruit]

LOL our history teacher played us this song now im obsessed!

[virentoo]

music of the 80s where a lot more rhythmic and really tickled your senses.

[gallaros9]

I first saw an german rip off of the song, and i was starting to think"it doesnt sound that bad" and ´lookd up the original, and im impressed

[MadelineAlkaline]

I love this song c:

[KeeharsTourettes]

Phenomenal song, except Billy forgot about Star Wars.

[computer120100]

i loved this song when i was a little kid and i still like and i am 14

[kolinmartz]

this is how i learned history of the period covered by the song i think we should have more songs like this

[aMoR3mio]

love it!

[24fRaMeSps001]

illuminati started the fire...

[tiger87rawr]

i love this song its amazing :P keep on hating u haterz :) :P

[xxEPICZZZxx]

r8 song :D

[robertjoe1000]

@xxEPICZZZxx u forgot the g and the epicness

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

@robertjoe1000

the g?????? :P hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[xxEPICZZZxx]

@FutureCelebGyrl29

Ok then, GR8 song pure epicness :D

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

@xxEPICZZZxx

:D u rock!!!!!!!!

[DubravaKlaka]

write dino dvornik-malo nas je al nas ima

[BeatsBoss15]

pretty amazing 40 years of info Gonna get A+ in history

[justinbiberissougly]

i don't get why so many places and things are named in this song :)

[Schutzy121]

@justinbiberissougly People and places of his time that started "the fire"

[thesilentfoxx]

I will love billy joel for all my life, his music so amazeing and his voice is so great

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

wow strphaniwephi chick no need to hate hatin is what player hatas do! oh sorry for my RIDICOLOUS gramma!  (:

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

lol thundereagle dude ikr?!

[ThunderEagle115]

I listened to this during my English class yesterday because we were talking about the Crucible

[spazmuffin22]

We had to listen to this in my world history class today. Now it's stuck in my head..I kinda love this :)

[Carolyn124]

So catchy <3

[MrThePuffman]

( J' o'J) I___I table flip

[jeffreywweaver]

Fire guy!



[wunwooga]

RYAN STARTED THE FIRE

[KOHF34]

53 people are arsonists.

[mdilligaf]

Writing 'period' after your comment doesn't make you right. Period.

[ashleycash1990]

i started the fire :) lol

[GoldenGAArches]

53 people started the fire.

[markdevereaux]

who else screamed this entire song

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

wow Im 13 and I LOVE this song people say its stupid but if u think its stupid then ur stupid vise versa (:

[stephiwephi]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 um....no...*You're* stupid for using riduclous grammar.

[ThunderEagle115]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 People like that started the fire :D

[SuperMrsroberts]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 I'm 12 And I love this song:')

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

@SuperMrsroberts

IKR!! GO BILLY JOEL LOL.............not jking

[FantasyMadeline]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 I'm also 13, and this song is amazing. Teens of Real Music! =D

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

@FantasyMadeline

true that sista or brotha

[remotetea]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 SWEET LOGIC THERE BRO

[FutureCelebGyrl29]

@remotetea

naw im a sista :D

[ilikecookies40]

@FutureCelebGyrl29

Are you a ''Sista'' now. Chav!

[Hamunii93]

@FutureCelebGyrl29 yes really good

[DisturbedFanGirl101]

lol we listen to this in my 6th period class us.world affairs lmao it covers everything were learning :)

[1995Scotsman]

@DisturbedFanGirl101

Why are you covering British politician sex?

[jacobusofcourse]

@1995Scotsman She said it covered everything they were learning, meaning everything they were learning was IN the song, not that they were learning everything the song covered.

[darkeye471]

thumbs up if u heard this after hearing i live in singapura

[Deathlord1013]

My history teacher showed us this song!!! It was so funny!!!! But i cant find the video he showed us....

[cnd4747]

Apparently 52 people tried and failed to put out the fire

[crazyjacob34]

@cnd4747

53 now...people need to quit trying

[9bookshelf]

i tried memorizing this i quit after the second verse

[thara110709]

I have to write the next set of lyrics for the song for world issues lol

[jailwood1]

this song is so good words cant not begin to discribe it. i would whant this song played at my funerail people

[TheMrHaiku]

My English Teacher is making us identify all the Nouns and adverbs and such

[IsRockThe]

This is a inspering tune for me, i also want to become a history teacher, everyone tells me like why do you want teach about the past? go learn the future i just say fuck you

[Emmurrs1098]

hey@imahugebelieber my 7 th grade teacher plated it 2!! now i love it!!!what a coincedence!!!!!

[imahugebelieber]

@Emmurrs1098 haha i think all 7th grade teachers play that(:

[Twentilla]

@21ink cApS lOcK fAiL

[ItalianMafiaMongol]

@iRubyMaddie Same!

[egart1234]

you would that if this song was played in a lesson you would think history, right? my teachers played it in bio (children with thalidomide) and in R.P. (just because he liked the song and he didn't have any idea what to give us for homework (write are own version of the song))

[imahugebelieber]

who else tried to sing this and failed(:

[imahugebelieber]

thumbs up if your 7th grade teacher played this song! and now you love it!

[15sonicthehedgehog15]

@imahugebelieber well i am in 6th grade and my choir teacher kept playing it and now i'm obsessed with it, i literally cannot stop playing this

[imahugebelieber]

@15sonicthehedgehog15 oh im in the 8th grade now and still obsessing over it! we sing all boring songs in chorus like...like an eagle.stuff like that!

[IwillloveTHforever]

hahaha I sat and rocked on my head from side to side to the song and my computer is in front of my window .. so I look up and I see my neighbor standing in the opposite window and staring at me like i'm retarded, I smiled big and waved like an idiot to him :)

[RoyalBarrel]

@Garfield2011Odie Psh im singing along

[duncan33984]

i love this song

[crockpotorcrackpot]

look at the world 50 years ago then look at the world today

then think about how the world will be in 50 years

its not pretty

[mdilligaf]

@crockpotorcrackpot Or look at 70 years ago and now. 'Now' looks a lot better if you do it that way.

[Riffer16]

Great song. Period.

[remotetea]

@Riffer16 average song

[Riffer16]

@remotetea To a degree, yes. But the lyrical setting and presentation is above average. I would love to see Miley Cyrus' songwriters, dad (or even Cyrus herself), come up with somethin' this interesting. I could say Justin Bieber, but he's a cliche. I do acknowledge your opinion of course, it is an average song for the time period.

[xjlcx4]

Billy Joel went to my elementary school :D

[yaritzae03]

My teacher played times so many time today

[dylansprouselover66]

My teacer played this today,it was funny,everyone started dancing....o.o

[TheTabbycat24]

@dylansprouselover66

Nobody dnced in mine but everybody liked it. we had to list names and places and anything we hear from the song, it waz hrd. I waz confused but got almst 20.

[TheTabbycat24]

Who can sing this whole song beside of Billy Joel? i Bet its hrd 

[dylansprouselover66]

@TheTabbycat24 Actually,they did not sing,they where where screaming and dancing....o.o

[The101Terminator]

@TheTabbycat24 I can try...

[TheTabbycat24]

My music teacher plyed this 2 me and i got confuesed w/ lyrics.

[CocoaChaos13]

I thought the song was written because Julian Lennon told Billy that that times that he was living in were worse than the times that Billy Joel grew up in.

Was that story ALL hype?

[15mandalou]

my history teacher played this today i loved it and it got stuck in my head

[Yammahoo]

@iRubyMaddie , you lucky thing :)

Peace.

[StrikeTheFancy]

@iRubyMaddie My English played this today! I had NO clue it was Billy! :P

[NormanBatesRocks911]

My favorite song! They need to play this at my school dances I'd get down!

[Messia1532]

is billy joel blind by any chance??

[popeevanej]

@Messia1532 no he is not

[MrUSoFy]

geargia dancer whats ur name... do u go to lovinggood?

[MrUSoFy]

i have to sperate each line into good and bad lyrics for my AC LA class... 8th grade

[georgiadancer1998]

@MrUSoFy Me too!



[WoWPwnCraft]

rofl my history teacher played this for us

[xXxXSHIFTXx]

i started the fire!

[MW2QUICKSCOPER156]

We didnt start the fire

its always burning

since the worlds been turning

we didnt start the fire

no we didnt light it

but we tried to fight it

[sassymiklala]

he didnt want to be a history teacher that not wat our teacher said she said that he wrote this osng after a boy said to hiM"Its sad nothing that important happen during ur years o.o"

[crockpotorcrackpot]

@sassymiklala don't beleive everything teachers tell you

[dfromtn]

@crockpotorcrackpot why would you say that? Oh, I suppose your idols at the Fox circus tell all truth. NOT. Don't listen to everything you hear on the news or in the YT comments section. crockpotorcrackpot, maybe you should have believed your teachers...it's BELIEVE!

[crockpotorcrackpot]

@dfromtn first off what is the fox circus? second i realized i misspelled it after i posted the comment

third i apologize if i dont want to be a mindless drone having political correctness shoved down my throat 5 days a week ALL I WAS SAYING was "dont believe everything your teachers tell you" as a human being you shouldnt believe everything anyone tells you

find the truth for yourself and make your own opinions based on what you find and if you cant find the answer

well then deal with it

[MW2QUICKSCOPER156]

49 ppl started a fire

[ItsAlllMeBabe]

I have to do a project on this song!

[myjets2010]

@ItsAlllMeBabe ya i had to last hear it was pretty easy but i doubt youll have/had the same assignment

[TheOneAndOnlyJazz1]

Great Song (Y)

[XxXGreenWolfXxX]

2:55 is meh fav part! :D

[TheOneAndOnlyJazz1]

@XxXGreenWolfXxX My*

Just Saying...

[NIAMHOOOOOO]

I like the British Beatlemania part 'cause I love the Beatles and I love this song!

[2141Shibbity]

why oh why is this restricted in playlists?

[rmf757]

49 people started the fire

[xXxHazelEyedCutiexXx]

I'm singing this song in choir! It's a very good song my my instructor shortened this so much lol! This is the best History song I've ever heard!

[trojanslax19]

JOHNNY CASH - Ive been everywhere is definetely hardest but this is definitely 2nd

[Isley6628]

Lol my educational psych teacher played this lol

[fankyfashionmonkey]

we didnt start the fi-ah!!! lol

[monkeysdance4545]

hehhe good copy :D

[sk8trx0]

i memerized this song it took awhile but i did

[lucky41210grl]

whats up with all the history teachers playing this in class!!!! maybe becuz it has 40 years worth of history in it... well maybe... u know maybe its just a good song,

history teacher just played this as well LOL