Billy Joel has given his reaction to Fall Out Boy's newly updated version of his classic single ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’.
The piano legend was speaking with BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball this morning (July 10) when he was asked for his reaction to the release, saying “Fall Out Boy, yeah I heard about this. Everybody has been wanting to know when there is going to be an updated version of it because my song started in 1949 and ended in 1989 – it was a 40-year span.”
“Everybody said are you going to do part two? When are you going to do part two? And I said, meh, I’ve already done part one. So, Fall Out Boy, go ahead, great – take it away!”
The new FOB version tracks major news events and pop culture references from 1989 to 2023, including ‘Deep Fakes, Earthquakes’ and My Chemical Romance's ‘The Black Parade’.
Have a listen to Fall Out Boy’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ below:
On recording the song, the band said in a statement “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 will hit the UK for a run of arena headline shows this October and November in support of latest album ‘So Much (For) Stardust’.
