Billy Joel has apparently been waiting for someone to come along and update his 1989 single “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” In an interview with BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball following his headlining performance in Hyde Park last weekend, Joel praised Fall Out Boy for their recent take on the song.
“Everybody’s been wanting to know when there’s going to be an updated version of it, because my song started in ’49 and ended in ’89 — it was a 40-year span,” Joel told Ball. “Everybody said, ‘Well, aren’t you going to do a part two?’ I said, ‘Nah, I’ve already done part one.’ So, Fall Out Boy, go ahead. Great, take it away!”
The musician added that the single can be really tricky to perform live, as he has experienced in recent years.
“Sometimes I’m watching people sing along hoping they’ll guide me,” Joel said. “Because you can get one word wrong and it’s a train wreck. Which is what happened to me in Toronto when I forgot the words and then I just stopped the song… So, you know, it’s walking on a tightrope with that th
