Fall Out Boy Releases Updated Version of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’
Fall Out Boy has released an updated version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” highlighting major events from 1989-2023. In a statement on the track, bassist Pete Wentz…
Fall Out Boy has released an updated version of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" highlighting major events from 1989-2023.
In a statement on the track, bassist Pete Wentz said, "I thought about this song a lot when I was younger. All these important people and events- some that disappeared into the sands of time- others that changed the world forever. So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years- we felt like a little system update might be fun. Hope you like our take on it…"
Fall Out Boy's updated version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" can be heard below and is available for streaming/download here. The song's lyrics name-checking some of the biggest moments of the past 34 years are also listed below.
Fall Out Boy - "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Lyrics
Captain Planet
Arab Spring
LA Riots Rodney King
Deep fakes
Earthquakes
Iceland volcano
Oklahoma City bomb
Kurt Cobain
Pokémon
Tiger Woods
MySpace
Monsanto GMOs
Harry Potter
Twilight
Michael Jackson dies
Nuclear accident Fukushima Japan
Crimean peninsula
Cambridge analytica
Kim Jong Un
Robert Downey Jr Iron Man
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it
More war in Afghanistan
Cubs go all the way again
Obama
Spielberg
Explosion Lebanon
Unabomber
Bobbit, John
Bombing Boston marathon
Balloon Boy
War on terror
Qanon
Trump gets impeached twice
Polar bears got no ice
Fyre fest
Black Parade
Michael Phelps
Y2K
Boris Johnson
Brexit
Kanye West
Taylor Swift
Stranger Things
Tiger King
Ever given suez
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it
Sandy Hook
Columbine
Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice
ISIS
Lebron James
Shinzo Abe blown away
Meghan Markle
George Floyd
Burj Khalifa
Metroid
Fermi paradox
Venus and Serena
Michael Jordan 23
YouTube killed MTV
Spongebob
Golden State Killer caught
Michael Jordan 45
Woodstock ‘99
Keaton Batman
Bush v Gore
I can’t take it anymore
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it
Elon Musk
Kaepernick
Texas failed electric grid
Jeff Bezos
Climate change
White rhino goes extinct
Great pacific garbage patch
Tom DeLonge and aliens
Mars rover
Avatar
Self-driving electric cars
S-S-R-Is
Prince and the Queen die
World Trade
Second plane
What else do I have to say?
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone It will still burn on, and on, and on
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
Many of the albums that turn 10 in 2023 were major hits for some of the biggest bands in rock today. Among those artists were Avenged Sevenfold, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and more. Additionally, a number of classic artists released hit LPs in 2013. Some of those artists included Black Sabbath, The Stooges and Pearl Jam.
Scroll below to see which albums turn 10 in 2023!
Fall Out Boy - ‘Save Rock and Roll’
Released on April 12, 2013.
Avenged Sevenfold - ‘Hail to the King’
Released on August 23, 2013.
Five Finger Death Punch - ‘The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1’
Released on July 30, 2013.
Black Sabbath - ‘13’
Released on June 7, 2013.
Alice in Chains - ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’
Released on May 28, 2013.
Arcade Fire - ‘Reflektor’
Released on October 28, 2013.
Queens of the Stone Age - ‘...Like Clockwork’
Released on June 3, 2013.
David Bowie - ‘The Next Day’
Released on March 8, 2013.
The Stooges - ‘Ready to Die’
Released on April 30, 2013.
Ghost - ‘Infestissumam’
Released on April 10, 2013.
Nine Inch Nails - ‘Hesitation Marks’
Released on August 30, 2013.
Elton John - ‘The Diving Board’
Released on September 13, 2013.
Pearl Jam - ‘Lightning Bolt’
Released on October 15, 2013.
Paul McCartney - ‘New’
Released on October 11, 2013.
Dropkick Murphys - ‘Signed and Sealed in Blood’
Released on January 8, 2013.
Bon Jovi - ‘What About Now’
Released on March 8, 2013.
Volbeat - 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies’
Released on April 5, 2013.
Stone Sour - ‘House of Gold & Bones – Part 2’
Released on April 9, 2013.
