Billy Joel - The Longest Time (Official HD Video)

In 1983, Billy Joel released his album An Innocent Man, an album that traces Joel's musical history through his teenage years in the late '50s and early '60s. Watch the official HD music video for 'The Longest Time', which broke the Top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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[Chorus]
Whoa, oh, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Whoa, oh, oh (For the longest)
For the longest time
Billy Joel's official KZbin channel features music videos, live performances, interviews, TV appearances and more. Best known for his first hit song, 'Piano Man', in 1973, Billy has written and recorded thirty-three Top 40 hits in the United States. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 150 million records worldwide. Billy Joel is the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States.
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[@spiceyslicey]

*Billy Joel tosses his lit cigarette onto the floor covered in trash* later Cop: "Hey, did you start this fire?" Billy: *deep breath*

[@cdw-bx8ro]

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

[@wahdude4811]

Get out of here ryan Now It's "Billy Started The Fire"

[@cindyzhan7867]

"I've been a fool for lesser things"

[@goodcommunitylife]

Did Billy get arrested for starting the fire?

[@briand.6030]

It was always burning Since the world's been turning...

[@TheDragoneNole]

Ok guys, I've waited 20 years for this, just like we practiced, no mistakes...

[@hollyh9877]

HIMYM 4 life!

[@CulturalToast]

*I've *waited *practiced

[@marcieboyt6796]

Finally, another HIMYM fan

[@calasay2688]

@@CulturalToast can't even get mad at you

[@neoaoki3451]

I know this song for HIMYM, everytimes I heard this song I remember that episode

[@mikeramp72]

Anti-depressant ad: side effects include death The people in the ad:

[@Schattenbalg]

Read this comment right when he sang "Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone." Best. Timing. Ever.

[@orangdalam6819]

Who tf made an anti depressant ad??

[@OmgItsAHouse]

@@orangdalam6819 America, baby!

[@CarolinaEaglegirl]

@@Schattenbalg same but i read your comment when they sang that

[@indayteray8647]

Copypasta

[@coolcat6303]

Here’s a little background on the song: The song is a tribute to the doo-wop sounds of the '50s that Joel loved, complete with lyrics about being crazy in love with a girl and is presented in the style of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. The song features Joel on all vocals and that required him to cover a lot of range. The original plan was to bring in a vocal group to sing it with him, but that didn't work out. Joel's producer, Phil Ramone, told Billy their best option was for him to do it all himself. So they recorded 14 different tracks of Billy singing in various ways and then mixed them all into the song. Joel was hesitant because he didn't want all the voices to sound like they came from one person, so he envisioned himself as various characters and gave them different vocal styles. "I did what I call method singing," he told Sirius XM in 2016. "I imagined myself as a skinny Italian kid from Newark, and then I did another voice and I thought of myself as a big Black football player with a real deep bass voice. And then I thought of myself as a Pat Boone kind of singer. Mix all those voices together so it doesn't all sound like one guy.

[@ayasugawara2747]

thank you🎉

[@gaelanwhite]

So you're telling me that this guy literally invented a new singing style on a whim? That's pretty based!

[@4mikeyd]

That's Awesome! Billy Joel is Amazing. Always love his music and style.

[@terrycollins4421]

The man is a Legendary Musical Prodigy

[@crackmanjones1710]

Wow thank u 🙏🏼

[@Beefy_B0y330]

This would be perfect if sung in serenade in the boys bathroom

[@Fidelitye]

Search up Bathroom Seranade

[@delvynwilliams6951]

@@Fidelitye r/wooosh

[@wulf1046]

Hmm I wonder if anyone has done that yet?

[@Alex-oz1ft]

Lol

[@Fidelitye]

@@delvynwilliams6951 I'm afraid I don't get it

[@leiladekwatro3147]

When the Highschool Choir hasn't practiced for 30 years but they still got it somehow

[@thedraggingon_9261]

You never really lose it.

[@ledurak2106]

@@thedraggingon_9261 the tram has crushed the overhead lights!

[@biborkabatki6320]

The plot of the later seasons of glee

[@Chatulhu]

this is so funny to me

[@ChristopherFelicitas]

They all work as musicians. You can see in their attire, they sing at those expensive bars only rich people go to.

[@harrison787]

Came to see the original masterpiece of For the Seventh Time

[@abhisheksathe123]

TTV_AgentHTN me too. After watching the seventh time parody

[@ThankYouByeBand]

TTV_AgentHTN same

[@Remix-jv2ue]

why does the janitor do that weird face at the end

[@phantom4467]

Katerinos cheating issues brought me here and I love it

[@MrName-fo2td]

Hey I know you

[@kathconserv]

For those who don’t know, all of these voices are Billy’s.

[@glenblignaut9977]

explain please..

[@lxdead5585]

@@glenblignaut9977 Chorus - it's all Joel singing.

[@thegadflygang5381]

The deep bass and falsetto as well? I didn't know he had that kind of range

[@lxdead5585]

@@thegadflygang5381 it's not so surprising, he was always great vocalist, song writer and composer these were the times when artist were ARTISTS and had to do majority of work themself. In present times You don't have musicians, in vast majority they are products.

[@pamgrimm8850]

Wow, thanks for the info. He just keeps getting more amazing. Respect.

[@joeschmoe3665]

Billy Joel looks like every mafia character named Vinny, Sonny or Joey from every movie ever

[@MegaDiva1999]

This comment is everything..:)))

[@courtneyfreeman8602]

When I saw the picture I thought that the mafia started a singing group😅

[@edoardozampetti4601]

im italian ...I do not understand why you Americans every time you see some guys dressed well for you are mafiosi I would like to remind you that in Italian "good guys" simply means good people neither more nor less than in the rest of the world .. when you stop reasoning with commonplaces will always be too late think how strange life is when as a child I watched detective films I wanted to be Californian instead of being born in Italy .. p.s. I hate the mafia and all those who are part of it even outside Italy ..

[@Gashahn24]

Well check out Vinny Pappalardos.

[@nihilisticbarbie]

No he's a Jewish associate of the family

[@afonsodias871]

0:26 Most handsome Most popular Best athlete Most likely to succeed Best dressed It doesn't matter, they all ended as mechanics in the downtown

[@Number_1_Outcast]

You cracked the lore

[@paulwary]

Or goodfellas?

[@definsivechicken98]

@@paulwary this album is the highlights of billys life

[@rawilde730]

Oh my

[@qwopiretyu]

they drink at Mr. Caciatore's down on Sullivan street

[@traynorg5361]

To all the girls out there. This is 100% what boys do at sleepovers

[@bread1865]

i love that so much

[@celesteonthetube]

Omg, I’m dying!!!😂😂😂

[@EternalVirgin]

Stop leaking our secrets

[@ItIsRan]

Nah the girls are cheating for the seventh time

[@mauia88]

I'd like to see that. Lol

[@liammusgrove6334]

Billy did a perfect job mimicking a late 50s/early 60s doo-wop sound. First time I heard this, I was really surprised to find out it came out in 1983 and not 1963!

[@TheDarkFalcon]

Just got context... '83 was only 20 years after 63'... It has now been over for years since '83...

[@Iamworm]

@@TheDarkFalconhasn’t been 1983 for the longest time

[@DaleC1980]

Yeah. Same here. I was only 3 when it came out. I always assumed it was from the ‘50s until much later

[@alex_oxGee]

@@TheDarkFalconit’s been 41 years since 1983 💀

[@emilyoverby7673]

Same, I always thought it was a much older!!

[@astropunch101]

I wish a bunch of homies would come out of nowhere and sing alongside me

[@jekyll138.5]

im in

[@darraghbirmingham2875]

@@jekyll138.5 me too

[@sirgreyspear]

I’m not a good singer, but I’m in too. Maybe I could play the bass for this.

[@JFish-df2ep]

Well, where are you? LOL

[@DarkFoxKirin]

Hell, I'll join too!

[@etorton854]

They snap 315 times I counted

[@rodrigoramalho5867]

Er Orton the fact that your profile pic is Thanos makes this comment even better

[@daltonnavalta4303]

keep fighting the good fight

[@vaibhav7480]

Worth ir

[@lyanreehan]

why?

[@thebenivar8043]

It's actually around 200 snaps

[@firhanhidayat2803]

That bathroom serenade boys, thank you for reminding me

[@willrose3282]

Firhan Hidayat me too lol

[@kealanfrost6491]

same

[@captaintimebomb1994]

HAHAHA, YES

[@Kaloffee]

Thank you for reminding me

[@peep2268]

same

[@dustinmatthews387]

Anyone enjoying this in 2024'?

[@langgp]

Me

[@DannieGaming17]

I am because I get to go Puerto Vallarta mexico

[@kickerzx2]

O hell yes!

[@warrenmiles3624]

Yup

[@warrenmiles3624]

For the longest time

[@randolfferrer1522]

As a Janitor, i guarantee you that boys really do this in the bathroom.

[@gunnardog7298]

Both Bathroom Serenade and the remake are great

[@gunnardog7298]

And just the original song by billy joel

[@m7md3d57]

As the bathroom I can agree

[@Ty-vj4wg]

@@m7md3d57 Lol, man you must have a weird life.

[@EternalVirgin]

What else were you supposed to do?

[@tomservo75]

True story: Billy Joel actually missed his high school reunion because it conflicted with his appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1978.

[@huseyinozer8470]

They surely could have changed it for him come on he’s fucking Billy Joel

[@TheAce24]

Huseyin Ozer Agreed lol. I know I would change the date if it meant a fucking legend like Billy Joel was coming to my High School reunion lol.

[@jeneway1]

To us he's legend to them he's just billy Joel a normal person

[@matthewbair1346]

My dad used to work with a guy who apparently went to high school with Billy Joel. Says BJ was a total jerk back then. Knowing that, I'm not surprised it wasn't rescheduled... they probably made it conflict on purpose!!

[@rickdalton9351]

My great aunt went to HS with him

[@jeddyhi]

Every vocal you hear is Billy, He dubbed his own backing vocals. Song was done with only two instruments, a bass and a snare drum played with brushes. Then Billy dubbed in the hand claps and finger snaps.

[@legosharkproductions1100]

jeddyhi This song is insanely impressive.

[@coolcat6303]

Yep. Billy's bandmate's are pretending to sing in the video but, in reality, it was Billy himself doing all the vocals. And he not only sang lead but also recorded 14 different background tracks which were than later mixed into the song. Amazing stuff.

[@hachinavio]

You’re trying to tell me this wasn’t recorded in the men’s restroom??

[@martialpanyvino]

Wow it's awesome

[@danielgautreau161]

@@coolcat6303 On the Joni Mitchell tracks that have backing vocals, they're sung by her... I heard that in 1983, unlabelled copies of The Longest Time were sent to some radio stations, where they wondered why they couldn't remember this (apparent) old classic from the doo-wop era.

[@NoName-zm1ks]

Billy Joe is like Queen, every song so different from each other yet they’re hits.

[@Fyleveld]

Spot on

[@LeoDragon34]

Yep, there were some really talented popular musicians in the 70’s and 80’s. Such a shame that none of the pop music we hear these days features the talent that we know is out there.

[@Slewdr]

He didn’t properly extinguish his cigarette so that is who started the fire.

[@syrapianrule407]

Ahhh

[@KEN_ONYT]

This is clever

[@wafflekiller5148]

BILLY STARTED THE FIRE

[@aussiebro2536]

Holy shite you're right

[@bk2active]

*your genius is sometimes terrifying*

[@gokinsmen]

This is what us guys do when women aren't around.

[@cloughinator7973]

gokinsmen Your comment may have went unnoticed. But you speak the truth mortal.

[@dianac.9648]

Buddy have yah ever wondered why girls go to the bathroom together?

[@garysolorzano3216]

This. And drugs. Lots of drugs. Then we sing. Mostly about how we're out of drugs.

[@kh2b573]

Dude stop telling the world , we're gonna get you for this ):|

[@torilinncwanek1096]

That's a shame cuz I'd love to join in and sing too

[@bkbudderman4249]

Fun fact: This song was supposed to be supported by a back up vocal group but instead Billy sings all the parts to the song. Makes the song 10x better knowing this

[@LucyWest370]

@Michael M *WHY ARE YOU TYPING IN ALL CAPS*

[@faerylnhiikira1053]

@@LucyWest370 WHY SHOULDN'T THEY?

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

@@faerylnhiikira1053 NATURAL SELECTION, MY FRIEND

[@nevergonnagiveyouupnevergo9299]

@@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191 YES INDEED, THAT IS VERY TRUE!

[@johnmalcolmthorpeflemingch8191]

@@nevergonnagiveyouupnevergo9299 WITHOUT A DOUBT

[@djm2459]

I‘m 16 years old. One thing I love about phones and the internet is that I can find such songs. I‘d probably never ever have heard such bangers. Love you all

[@dannycostello1978]

Oh, this is a classic alright

[@duanenichols8666]

I don't know if you notice or not but there are no instruments just human sound

[@hayfrand5094]

@@duanenichols8666 there's definitely some type of bass in the background

[@ItsAllAStateOfMind]

FINALLY!!!! IVE FOUND ANOTHER PERSON MY AGE THAT LIKES OLD THINGS!!!! You my friend are getting a sub.

[@mariamorgan9817]

I'm glad someone so young can appreciate it!😊

[@renanramirez2179]

If they ever make a biopic about Billy Joel, Mark Ruffalo should play him.

[@C10-l1m]

Id watch it for sure...

[@hmorris]

Conti 10 silverststolne for sure

[@biglad5927]

Doesn’t matter who they cast him if still watch it

[@ELLIOT1311]

The Piano Man. I’d watch it 10000%.

[@snakeobias]

Or maybe Robert Downey Jr. Both would be pretty pretty good

[@kushalsithlu7071]

* 20 years down the line* My kids: so how long were you in corona quarantine? Me: *takes deep breath * woaaaaaaaaaaaa oh oh oh

[@mangeshbadgujar7678]

:D

[@falcfire3093]

good one

[@kevinj11798]

🤣

[@zacgavin5724]

I read this comment at 1:07 just before they sing wooooooooooaaaaaaaaooooh for the longest time

[@zacgavin5724]

sorry 1:30 was the time

[@cmacnchz]

When I was little this video tricked me into thinking all of those men were singing back up to Billy Joel, but the song is even greater knowing that Billy sings it all

[@metallicblood]

He really does? I even thought I've heard a woman in the background ^^

[@KathyWashburnBunn]

Hehe, that would be Billy Joel's falsetto!

[@chrisbeck9020]

Casey Machenheimer That's *AWESOME*!!!

[@lilman1874]

wait.... so those dudes voices that are backing him up are... him?

[@123321Nulli]

Dovahkiin 1874 yep

[@Guyincognito-hc9vl]

August 2024 anybody ?

[@hiromusi_]

日本から 聴いています

[@judysummerell2038]

August for sure,for the longest time.😅

[@floppublican6352]

Poor Billy, can't wait until the Katerino comments start rolling in...

[@ShawnSaures]

True

[@yousureboutthat1271]

What is that?

[@PARTYPANTSS]

@@yousureboutthat1271 pepelaugh

[@rexmageuser]

@@yousureboutthat1271 It better if you don't know.

[@JammerXForce]

Emily Jackson PepeLaugh oh no no no

[@ix_shibe]

Fun Fact: Billy actually sang every part of the song, the people were just mouthing the words

[@rockstarvoorhees4946]

Kalin H NO shit!

[@samuelenglish7176]

Sure Trisha takanawa. That sounds reasonable

[@MrAllisonguru]

Old news...

[@jordanwiggins6793]

Nawww duhhh

[@samjetstream9]

@NCR Trooper patrolling this comment section almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter huh

[@leoisabell9797]

When you realise that billy Joel was so ahead of his time, he did a bathroom serenade of his own song in its music video

[@EoinFC]

Oh, oh, oh For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest If you said goodbye to me tonight There would still be music left to write What else could I do I'm so inspired by you That hasn't happened for the longest time Once I thought my innocence was gone Now I know that happiness goes on That's where you found me When you put your arms around me I haven't been there for the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall And the greatest miracle of all Is how I need you And how you needed me too That hasn't happened for the longest time Maybe this won't last very long But you feel so right And I could be wrong Maybe I've been hoping too hard But I've gone this far And it's more than I hoped for Who knows how much further we'll go on Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone I'll take my chances I forgot how nice romance is I haven't been there for the longest time I had second thoughts at the start I said to myself Hold on to your heart Now I know the woman that you are You're wonderful so far And it's more than I hoped for I don't care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you for the longest time

[@GamingDude2009]

You know there are captions, right?

[@EoinFC]

@@GamingDude2009 Maybe they're ok for your slow brain, but they're not good enough for normal people.

[@genevaaroniamiller]

EoinFC, thank you very much!🤝❤️💌🕊️

[@NostalgiaMan]

I have been listening to Billy Joel for the longest time

[@Kragical]

E

[@maximummoisture2311]

You’re back

[@benemerald]

Return of the king

[@NOTACEIN]

Oh my life

[@117oddlink-9]

I love your profile picture very much.

[@thanos7073]

Imagine if he had an infinity gauntlet

[@randomindividual948]

You sonnava

[@OdinPlays94]

So that was your plan for the longest time. I knew it.

[@redbomb6797]

Pineapple bear

[@diabetes1191]

He clicks 315 times and 315 / 2 = 157.5 universes destroyed

[@redbomb6797]

Let say it was earth with 7000000000 people you would divide the Divide like 7b ÷ 2 = 3500000000 then we divide that again 350m ÷ 2 = 1750000000 then we would do that again until we reach to the last snap.

[@Jack-tm4er]

Girls locker room: Ugh, I hate PE Boys locker room: This

[@see_elsewhere]

the best locker rooms

[@cadsquade]

Me and the boys, doing a ritual to get young again.

[@seanwalters1977]

It's all about the acoustics baby

[@manictiger]

​@Felipe M. I sexually identify as an F-22 Raptor.

[@robbandmeredithwitzel1857]

haa ha SHItSHIT

[@Linkz4King]

July 2024 anyone?

[@susantodd6101]

And still loving it.

[@VXSy]

Timeless!

[@It_Is_The_Me]

Turmp got shot

[@jackscout14]

Yep

[@GZBLUEMUSIC]

here. from jap

[@crome2021]

WELCOME KATE TO THE CHAMPIONS CLUB

[@jocabbb]

Crome WOAHHHHHH FOR THE SEVENTH TIME

[@medsforyou9035]

kate has joined the chat XD

[@petergigliotti6959]

AHAHA

[@blankbrim]

@Richard Reimers ???????

[@itsmeok6205]

For the seventh time

[@hartvillewx]

80% Mark Ruffalo, 20% Sylvester Stallone.

[@animalx048]

SPChartville1912 oh my god

[@endofyeww20]

SPChartville1912 😮😱

[@matthewleisure6710]

Okay, that is just too funny

[@regularmf66]

OMFG

[@hartvillewx]

In the hallway, 100% Sylvester Stallone.

[@ifyouseeayoungerversionofm3364]

All the dislikes are just people who’s fingers hurt from snapping too much.

[@alonsoarana5307]

Or who got snapped away by the snaps 😳

[@costofthis1905]

Or don’t know how

[@amadoyt2287]

Erm

[@amadoyt2287]

Hold my beer

[@sweetcaramel4750]

😂😭😂🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😎

[@JasonW.-sh8ol]

My God that is the real truth I forgot how nice romance is it has been longest time I rote it off it doesn't exist for a man like me unless I am doing it

[@bleep77]

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them..

[@DarkFoxKirin]

Omg, YES

[@gaba-goo3733]

The music itself is the 50s, 60s, and 80s mixed into one....can't feel a bit of the 70s in it! Well in my opinion, cause i was born 1998..and it just sounds like the 1950s and 1980s mixed into one track...very good

[@uncoverthetruth8365]

Bro As much as I heard this song in life I just decided to look it up And saw billy Joel and thought it was a mistake Cuz I KNEW this was something from the 50’s And u mean to tell me This was billy Joel doin a parody throw back all this time ??? I’m done

[@aadityarohit1189]

Can u recommend me some plzzz

[@muzammilnaeem4687]

please tell the name of 79 other

[@_robo]

Imagine you're just cleaning a highschool late at night. You get to the bathroom and suddenly six flamboyantly singing men bust out of the mens bathroom and pat you on the shoulder while dancing out.

[@annerchisline9641]

and then you realise one of them is married to Christie Brinkley . . .

[@xtina818]

I read this comment just as it happened

[@timmichan9581]

"I hope these boys washed they damn hands"

[@diane3982]

Totally normal things 😂

[@kylemonster0]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@yggdrasil75]

I finally actually realized why the janitor looks so freaked out. They are old the last time he sees them, and when they leave the bathroom the are young.

[@maiziehirsch5196]

Oh my god I never realized that but it makes so much sense - I always figured it was just the Billy Joel version of the Jim Halpert/Ben Wyatt look lol

[@FoodNerds]

Definitely one of his best songs. And he’s one of the best songwriters of the 20th century in my opinion.

[@andreicutar9959]

It’s a fact! One of the greatest artists that ever lived!

[@greenwave819]

yes and yes

[@yaelabraham416]

I agree with Paul of whom he is a fan

[@ivanb8126]

In my opinion he is the best of the 20th century

[@LukeStevens-pp5bp]

Honestly if the 21st century as well.

[@GuanoLad]

I think they overestimated how much hair they'd have in their old age.

[@girltarantula]

😂💀

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Doesn't everyone

[@Realest636]

Lol they didn’t have finasteride back then

[@michaelbragg6903]

Hair club for men members

[@tomodonnell878]

Especially billy

[@NostalgiaMan]

I haven't been to the comment section in the longest time.

[@richardsherman2286]

Well done champ.

[@bearcatben4762]

Wozah

[@miracleschmidt4342]

As if

[@darin5709]

You’d like to believe.

[@niyaboyd3805]

I haven’t replied to a comment that made a joke about the content of the video for the longest time.

[@kawainess]

I was born late so.. i just appreciated Billy Joel songs this year. His songs were awesome

[@tigersfan8459]

Nobody: Boys after November: OOOOOOO OOOOO OOOOO FOR THE LONGEST TIME

[@richiewilson3760]

Best comment award goes to you, my friend.

[@thegoldenatlas753]

Best NNN ad of the month goes to you

[@thegoldenatlas753]

@AliyahA 25614 if he does what ya hope he does on December 1

[@jakobden.6471]

TigersFan NNN is so hard

[@air2-4]

Ikr

[@paulhaul3699]

Music like this hasn't happened for the longest time.

[@ethanharris2561]

*sigh it's true

[@nfluondabeat3962]

Adam I guess you haven’t heard of bone thugs

[@noahmay7708]

Adam nice one

[@adrienzappala4266]

There's some. Just not nearly as much

[@Express-420]

@@nfluondabeat3962 Bones thugs whats that

[@acedark7072]

There’s something weirdly nostalgic about this song

[@Monochromicornicopia]

weirdly?

[@joeavila9575]

It cause you haven't heard this son in the longest time dog

[@ryancarter2959]

AcE DaRK I mean... it’s a 30 something year old song so yeah. Not surprising

[@trashmonet]

Because... It's old?

[@afrochica]

And because its a fifties inspired song made in the eighties! 🎶🎙

[@javedk]

I’m 38 years old. Picked my mom up to take her somewhere the other day and this song came on. We both started singing it at the top of our voices simultaneously. Was one of the best moments of my year so far.

[@sjeangilles1]

Good man.

[@jorgefernandez3265]

he remenber his past

[@WOLFM0THER]

he remenber his past

[@greenwave819]

"top of your lungs"

[@crieverytim]

Lucky man. That would be top of the decade for me. 😅

[@doggowuffer8838]

Ted, this moment already is gone. The whole Minnesota Tidal Wave thing happend five years ago. Its just a memory. And the rest of this never happend. Right now, Marshall and Lily are upstairs, trying to get Marvin to go back to sleep. Robin and I are trying to decide on a caterer. And youve been sitting here all night, staring at a single ticket to Robots vs. Wrestlers because the rest of us couldnt come out. Look around, Ted. You are all alone....

[@capturefield4949]

doggo wuffer what is this

[@floydhebert3684]

@@capturefield4949 How I met your mother

[@Loveginarenee]

Perfection 👌

[@GoogleUser-dwcy]

I just wanted to listen to this song and now you made me cry. Miss them so much ...

[@danielaotero1000]

Barney and Ted nailed it singing this uwu.

[@anti-sport268]

Men’s Bathroom Choir someone ?

[@jonah8659]

Anti-Sport YES

[@gilbogrape1642]

Yesir

[@alfonsoramirezelorriaga1153]

Ma men

[@alisonorellana8235]

Xd

[@braithpiorkowski3955]

Fuckin finally found it omg

[@nothanks2675]

Reuniting with the boys when the coronavirus is gone:

[@stevennguyen8935]

then the boys sings random songs like it was been normal for longest time

[@jello1737]

pop outta fuckin nowhere

[@JonHop1]

You waiting for CV to be gone? You be dead by then.. I been wit the homies and CV never stopped that and never will... What's life without your loved ones and friends? Rather be dead..

[@jonathanwilliams365]

Yess

[@alisterfolson]

In reality: After Billy finds out his business partner fleeced him for millions, he doesn't trust anyone and fires his bandmates aka "The Boys." One of these guys was so heartbroken he killed himself. Sad...

[@riwajadhikari7873]

Special Mention : How I Met Your Mother. The Time Travelers. Ok guys, I have been waiting 20 years for this, just like we practised. No mistake.

[@yvonnebeach4054]

Just watched that episode that’s what brought me here!

[@TheHazeKiller]

Watched that episode today. It forced me to listen to the song.

[@saraschneider6781]

Way better than this version

[@samuelbabalola950]

IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!

[@victorgunawan3198]

THE BEST!!!

[@biggusnikus6280]

Billy had a very optimistic view of what he was gonna look like when he was older

[@barlowwws9999]

A man can dream can’t he

[@kellymcphaul2793]

Would have spit out my drink if I had one lol

[@RosesAreForever1871]

Ouch!

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Aww that's mean. But I giggled a bit 😔

[@punkgrl325]

He looks like Mark Ruffalo 😂

[@TheSabit98]

Never seen Mark Ruffalo this excited

[@labesify]

This made me laugh so hard, I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking it

[@georgebush6002]

...I'm not suprised, it hasn't happened for the longest time.

[@drussell710]

@@labesify - You're an ass dude... I was looking for Mark ruffalo for like the whole video and then I figured it out.. well played.

[@biscuit6749]

@@drussell710 I don’t get it?

[@shallah777]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@freshtapcoke]

I just spent the last five minutes looking for the original artist for this song, not believing it was Billy Joel. What a great tribute to the era; I really thought this was from the 50’s.

[@shannonc.4927]

Saammmme! I looked it up and was like Billie Joel? No way! I even looked further to see if he doing a cover of an original, but its is originally from him! 😂❤

[@JimmyNotes]

For some reason I always thought it was Gerry and the Pacemakers and that it was from the 60's 😬

[@nabil1234ize]

This could be a sequel to Uptown Girl, and all those guys are his friends from the shop hahaha

[@funyunsgamingcove6655]

No offense but duh😖

[@ManofPeel]

Bill Bill Or a prequel

[@domcyber263]

It goes uptown girl to this (as evident by billies slightly hair grey hair) and then his he light the building on fire with his lit cig and we didnt start the fire is billy explaining to the cops he didnt start ti

[@ryoheiokuyama5793]

Both songs are in the same album called the Innocent man.

[@itsjemmabond]

Yeah, and the janitor could be one of those two body-poppers

[@cemalcankefeli4688]

Poor Ted, sitting in his booth all alone.

[@michaelsickenger7692]

who? Ted Cruz?

[@hrishiv27]

+the canidain boy in america LION TED

[@youness186]

You sir, just made my day! Thank you so much😂😂😂

[@ticklehiphop]

hahaha! that's why i'm here. :D really looking forward to him just meeting her already. it's been a trek.

[@Michael-yb7jh]

+Tickle Person it's an amazing show

[@szrsplaythroughs]

The music video is about old guys in their old high-school just after a reunion. They are walking around singing and reminiscing etc, when a time paradox occurs. They keep seeing their younger selves breaking through the barrier of time. At the end they discover a vortex in the bathroom that sucks them in and trades them out with their younger selves who abruptly steal their lives.

[@Eragon272727]

szrsplaythroughs now the how i net your nother scene makes sense

[@Ssamell123]

+Der Bänger net your nother?

[@Eragon272727]

Ssamell123 met*

[@harmonicagoose9676]

szrsplaythroughs You sir, deserve a medal.

[@seantyler8639]

Nah, it's about old guys singing at a high school reunion and they start to feel younger. But your theory is the one I want to believe.

[@islandqueen7342]

2024 whos here with me...one love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤😊

[@UngenreJohn]

I'm here but not in Jamaica

[@amaliavet]

I'm Here, love from Greece

[@sandy4real81]

Chune bad yuh fret

[@kingkongkilla]

I'm here wish I was in Jamaica sadly in the cold USA

[@aliceondrey7129]

I would be with you on Billy joel. But you folks admire Meghan Markle. That disqualifies u.

[@bijanghamami6621]

I've been waiting 20 years for this just like we've practiced no mistakes

[@imian4955]

True story

[@rafflesia.o]

Oh, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4

[@99faucon]

+Raffael Oliveira Wooah, oh, oh, oh,

[@jakepreece844]

+Pierre Faucon For the longest time

[@jordanriederer1518]

+Jake Preece wooah oh oh, for the longest time

[@ssmalley2193]

Twist ending: he was singing to the janitor the whole time

[@coldhi3372]

Sarah Smalley WHAT A TWIST

[@superdave186]

I can just imaging that goose in your profile pic saying (honking) that :)

[@theoz-zone7470]

Thought that same thing myself.

[@Xanthas998]

That's actually why the janitor's so surprised at the end. He never knew Billy cared so much.

[@zenguitarankh]

"I bet you're cheating on me while I'm away" Me and the boys:

[@rancelegg1327]

Blue eye doo wop cool

[@akexkdffakdkwicdfkkdkk7343]

"Hold on, need to see Captain Ahab off," never said the man to the woman in the black suit before drowning after 'ciding not to stay for her sermon, popular in all the black suit churches.

[@KoolKarl123]

Cheating for the longest time? Kekekek lol

[@15Maaike]

"For the Seventh Time"

[@Temptationnn]

Bet Howeh saw this lol

[@moonriver_.]

Oh, oh, oh For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest If you said goodbye to me tonight There would still be music left to write What else could I do I'm so inspired by you That hasn't happened for the longest time Once I thought my innocence was gone Now I know that happiness goes on That's where you found me When you put your arms around me I haven't been there for the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest time Oh, oh, oh For the longest I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall And the greatest miracle of all Is how I need you And how you needed me too That hasn't happened for the longest time Maybe this won't last very long But you feel so right And I could be wrong Maybe I've been hoping too hard But I've gone this far And it's more than I hoped for Who knows how much further we'll go on Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone I'll take my chances I forgot how nice romance is I haven't been there for the longest time I had second thoughts at the start I said to myself Hold on to your heart Now I know the woman that you are You're wonderful so far And it's more than I hoped for I don't care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you for the longest time

[@world_eater667]

Ted, Barney, 20 hours Ted, 20 minutes Barney, 20 years Ted & 20 years Barney brought me here!

[@sweet.n.soursauce]

Muzaffar Zarrataj Same!

[@zeyneperim9777]

Muzaffar Zarrataj FINALLY A MAN THAT WATCH HIMYM

[@calebmurphy9406]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[@world_eater667]

Dylan Murphy a reference to HIMYM dude

[@calebmurphy9406]

Muzaffar Zarrataj What in the hell is HIMYM? It sounds like an anime.

[@megaprime67]

unbelievably catchy. prepare for this song to be stuck in your head all day lol

[@dexiedoowop7723]

I've had this song stuck in my head all day and night :D

[@carolyndean5934]

+winjaturta One of my favorite ear worms!

[@Th3Passerby]

+winjaturta it's been dayS now... hahahaha!

[@TheAnonymousDictators]

+winjaturta God, I've had this song stuck in my head for the longest time....

[@Planarwalk]

+The Anonymous Dictators you sir did a good job XD

[@twoofwives]

kateCD PICK A CARD ✨ kateCD ANY CARD ✨ THE WHOLE DECK? ✨ kateCD EXCELLENT CHOICE ✨

[@markenp]

Two of wives

[@amingo9100]

LMAO "THE WHOLE DECK" this deserves more recognition ffs

[@absolutegarbage3654]

kateCD ✨ PICK A CARD ✨ kateCD ANY CARD ✨ THE SEVEN OF BOYFRIENDS? ✨ EXCELLENT CHOICE

[@eliminatorxx713xx]

The cheating twitch meme evolution all the way from the doc to Albert now to Katerino is just fucking gold turn into platinum.

[@andersont2496]

eliminatorxx713 these twitch memes just write themselves I swear

[@joemomma3208]

September 2024 anyone?

[@eliasetel6722]

I’m here listening to this because no one would come with me to watch robots vs wrestlers

[@cleob2201]

legendary

[@mrking3285]

Ted and barney's version was better tbh

[@viniciusaugustoribeiro5493]

look around dude, you're all alone

[@alonsoarana5307]

I understood that reference

[@brooksamon]

I love you

[@goroakechi3194]

This song has been stuck in my head " For the longest time"

[@ecuadortheconstructionwork3835]

I swear to god

[@mr.truffle7875]

Wow that joke hadn’t been made in the longest time

[@goroakechi3194]

Sorry for torturing you all

[@mariobakx6207]

P😎👍

[@goroakechi3194]

Pp

[@benjaminlundback8394]

"I've been waiting 20 years for this, just like we practiced, no mistakes, ready? A one, a two, a one two three four."

[@vincenthunter1615]

Benjamin Lundbäck One if the most legend-wait for it-dary shows ever to grace television.

[@link6891]

What is this a reference to

[@vincenthunter1615]

How I Met Your Mother (sitcom) in which two of the main cast sing this song with 2 other imaginary versions of themselves. Despite it sounding like a weird animation or some crap it really is an incredibly funny and even at some points emotional (although it did screw up the final ending somewhat). I’d recommend you give it a watch - I’m sure you can find all the seasons on Netflix or other streaming services.

[@zirayd3895]

Benjamin Lundbäck barney !

[@MarshyDitch]

hahahaha how I met ur mother

[@kathconserv]

80s had the best videos and Billy Joel never disappointed us with his music and videos.

[@pisceanrat]

He kinda looks like mark ruffalo here

[@cheddarcheeseycheese509]

Eh a lil bit

[@Anna-ko8hh]

Wow I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this ahaha

[@JunebugPresents]

No.

[@kdgot]

He's to happy to become the Hulk

[@taramathews7784]

Exactly!!!

[@brycevo]

How I Met Your Mother did an amazing job covering this song

[@funtimefreddie9637]

HIMYM sucks.

[@bartallen4311]

@@funtimefreddie9637 you suck

[@johnhaggar626]

Bryce McKenzie I agree

[@amirtessahuac5841]

Until the ending

[@abcsin6526]

@@funtimefreddie9637 ending sucks,not whole show

[@daveanderson620]

Billy Joel actually sang every part!

[@you2449]

wow. Impressed.

[@vuilnisgod4388]

Really?

[@soybasedjeremy3653]

@@vuilnisgod4388 Yes.

[@stephenfernald2490]

Thanks for that info. I’ve always been curious

[@legosharkproductions1100]

Dave Anderson that is very impressive.

[@OhioBae80]

Correction work of art™️

[@fireblast-zn1wn]

you gonna be much longer son? Not much longer just let me and some friends sing through out the school, hallucinate to see our younger selves, and then come out of the bathroom going through a mid life crisis trying to regain our youth. Dont ask where we got the new clothes just go with it

[@NOTHING-qu6pe]

The janitor has indeed waited for the longest time.

[@melissacooper4282]

I can't argue with that. He's probably thinking "When are they going to get the hell out of there so I can clean up?!"

[@phillyphill34]

Nailed it!!!🤣

[@christianheichel]

Totally dig your existential narrative trip through the song! 👍

[@williamblennlid5432]

this is the best comment i ever saw XD

[@ethannavarro943]

I feel like no one ever talks about how good of a singer he is. He’s fantastic.

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

It's kind of a given

[@beegojeeson1834]

Let's also discuss how he sounds like a different person in a ton of Songs. I love Billy, but damn bro

[@christosstamato527]

I know, and neither do they talk about what a musical genius he is!! I'm not a fan of his, but I have all the respect in the world for Billy, as well as for Phil Collins, Colin Hay, Huey Lewis, Steve Perry etc.

[@bland9876]

That moment when you realize there are no instruments in this song just singing vocals and snapping.

[@_______a]

@@bland9876 there's a bass guitar and some drums played with brushes

[@lukasg5219]

Who got here because its a very good song?

[@BFCnational]

+Lukas G meh too bruh

[@Humma_Kavula]

+Lukas G What kind of stupid question is that? The ONLY people here are people who like this song. lol

[@wrestlingwithfaith]

+Lukas G - Amen to that Lukas - cracking tune!

[@alexanderchippel]

+Lukas G Z I just came for the free refreshments.

[@rfkmarkosyan3909]

my

[@Someone-kg8qf]

My parents owned this ablbum lol yay! Good one! Inescapable! Yay!

[@monkeymouse]

Okay world; this was Our Song! When I proposed to my wife, and she asked me if I was serious, I told her "I don't care what consequence it brings; I have been a fool for lesser things." That's when she knew. We were married until death did us part. Thank you, Mister Joel.

[@RealClassixX]

Are you saying you're dead?

[@bristolian5]

Classix no I think he's saying she's dead :(

[@rosesforrevenge2600]

I read this just as the part came on lmao

[@chuckduke7921]

monkeymouse I an so happy you had a full mariage. Mine did not last. She cheated and lost me but I lost her as well.

[@CodeSwift01]

k.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

I haven't heard this song FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

[@willowtree3602]

Nice ;D (I REALLY love puns)

[@Kyle-wr3dj]

+Marcus A 😏😏good job

[@changpooful]

You know what you did there? I saw it.

[@Eric-wd2jm]

nice

[@abelmartinez6526]

i haven't read a clever comment FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

[@htfcm]

You know you're old when you read a gang of comments talking about some social media introducing them to the song.

[@UncleVictor]

You came here because of Tommy's "cover", huh? LMAO

[@htfcm]

Uncle Victor HAHAHA When did he do a cover? I gotta see this.

[@UncleVictor]

htfcm LMAO type in Billy Joel Tommy Sotomayor

[@htfcm]

That shit was great! I had to add it to my favorites.

[@triple7marc]

I learned it in my choir class. I loved Billy Joel before but I didn't know about this song!!!

[@RosanneMM-m9m]

Love this song.

[@fousseymonplay9714]

Barney: no mistakes this time ok Ted and barney; Whoooaaa whooaa oh oh Ted: for the longest Ted and barney: for the longest tiiiiiiime

[@N0_1.]

Legen... wait for it...

[@N0_1.]

... dary!

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Epic

[@toonlinks7821]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🍃🤩

[@rizwan-nb7ml]

I was waiting for a himym comment lol😁😁

[@josefmilly]

0:36 Your classmates 0.1 seconds after you bring out a packet of gum

[@iam_tahani]

😂😭😭😭

[@celesteonthetube]

Ha!!

[@donaldbarton6701]

🤣🤣

[@angelvilla4595]

I am 36 years old and my mother would set the alarm clock to sunny 99.1 a radio station in Houston, Texas. Every morning this song would play and we would lay in bed till the song ends. I just text my mom and send her this video and told her Every time I hear this song it reminds me of you and how you would get us ready for school.

[@rmora968]

Sunny 99.1 never dissapoints neither does Billy Joel

[@cp8626]

Im 36 too and I like this song too. Never knew who sang it though, just heard it often.

[@Proj4mmu]

wtf you sleep with your mother?

[@rmora968]

@@Proj4mmu reading is important. The person reminising is refering to their childhood & how they recall themselves being woken up to head out to school. 🤦‍♀️

[@angelvilla4595]

@@Proj4mmu This song brings back memories from my childhood. Now if you have a sick mind and have nothing else to do. Go look in the mirror and ask yourself what am I doing with my life.

[@rsoto4156]

Who misses MTV in the 80s and listening to Billy Joel videos?

[@theblocksmith645]

I would say I do but I wasn’t even alive then. My mom said it was a hell of a time tho

[@alwaysbeeurself]

What's amazing about this song is that this man isn't trying to get someone to like him, nor is acting like he likes her, nor trying, nor settling. He falls for her, he's happy to be able to feel the emotions involved, to be himself, and hope for the best, and if doesn't work out, it's ok; he's honest, and although want's it to workout and will treat her the best he could if it does, he's happy regardless for the experience.

[@John_Ripper]

that is some genius level thinking.

[@alwaysbeeurself]

@@John_Ripper Thank you! One of my favorite songs.

[@christianevanheerden7936]

A wonderful state of mind to be in.

[@vaksugod3793]

What a great point of view truly amazing somehow filled heart with both joy and sorrow

[@markcastellanet9672]

A person in a mature place in their life. Seems appropriate for the music video.

[@aiphosyeroc2148]

plot twist this isn't about a woman this is for the Janitor

[@hollyhock9638]

Otp

[@WidarsHall]

Read this just as he sang "once I thought my innocence was gone, now I know that happiness goes on," and that turned it a little dark somehow. 😨

[@joexer1]

That sweet, sweet janitor.

[@melsimmons8642]

I hope so.

[@tintinismybelgian]

Now I know the woman that you are You're wonderful so far And it's more than I hoped for

[@willyhwang1059]

This is wonder drug No matter how bad a day I’m having This song always picks me up My favorite of billy Joel

[@babycaykz]

Same!

[@PiglooMiguel]

@@babycaykz 3 és

[@PiglooMiguel]

Same with me

[@lenalena1529]

yesssss like now

[@annettespencer8154]

Willy I feel the same he is a great singer and some days he picks me up to

[@incubrian]

billy joel is cool as fuck, that is all.

[@JonnoPlays]

0:32 I felt like I was waiting for the music to start for the longest time...

[@JourneyLiveCompilations]

Lol

[@Gideon_Judges6]

ADHD much 🤷‍♂️

[@elirivera68]

LOL

[@user-ho9nu6ir7f]

@@Gideon_Judges6 probably just impatient

[@Gideon_Judges6]

@@user-ho9nu6ir7f it was just an excuse for a pun, I guess.

[@matthewgeeblountjr8992]

2016 Guinness Book of World Records: Catchiest Song. "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel. 1984---

[@andreahoman1610]

seriously??? That's awesome! 😂

[@SupBro2437]

+Andrea Homan Ignorant...

[@andreahoman1610]

+SupBro2437 _ 😉 lmao it's like u know me so well! 😂😂

[@SupBro2437]

Andrea Homan k

[@Ultimatecheezeburger]

how do you measure "most catchiest"?

[@Autumn-bd1pz]

This is such a classic song. The video is absolutely adorable, but terrifying in a hilarious way. 5 middle-aged men come creeping out of the shadows, snapping their fingers, singing at Billy, and he just looks around like, "oh, cool". Then he turns on his old guy swag, and they all creep around the school in what appears to be the dead of night. Haha, love it!

[@EvanHynes]

Autumn1904 in my opinion of course the music video is about a guy (Billy Joel) and his old friends from high school cruise through their old school reminiscing about their youth, and in their own way trying to capture some of it.

[@cathipalmer8217]

And do I mistake the situation, or are the Billies singing love lyrics to each other?

[@vaeyaxzaveriastarnovae3744]

@@cathipalmer8217 seems like it cuz it looked like he was gonna kiss that one close to him... 😂 no big deal but funny. The lyrics lol

[@cnorh1424]

Autumn1904 awesome!

[@danmorley8116]

I've been a huge Billy Joel fan since I first heard this song back in the 80s. He's written so many great songs, but this one holds a special place in my heart.

[@OlajawonBourne]

The most hilarious thing about this video is realizing Billy Joel thought he would have hair when he got old

[@seanscanlon9067]

I get that your comment was probably said in a jokey way but I think he always knew he would lose it due to genetics.....Plus in fairness, he still had hair in his 50s, which some might say is fairly old

[@morganbartels32]

HAHAHAHA

[@LGKids]

Olajawon Bourne Lol! Peace!

[@alonwiesz9397]

Lollll

[@adrianakuzmikova1697]

he looks like totally different person now. I would NOT be able to tell its the same person when I see him here and on his current pictures.