Billy Joel’s rapid-fire, name-dropping smash single, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” may have reached No. 1 on the U.S. charts in 1989, but the “Piano Man” still thinks it stinks!
“It’s the only song where I wrote the words first,” recalled Billy, “which it sounds like because the music sucks.”
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The 68-year-old crooner plays the wordy tune in concerts to keep crowds happy, but it keeps him worried.
“If I miss one word, it’s a train wreck,” he confessed, which is why he uses a Teleprompter when he performs the song live.
“I’m hooked on it,” he admitted.
