Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start the Fire (Lyric Video)

[@jmoney9808]

It is officially someone's artistic responsibility to continue this again in thirty years

[@Ravenclaw2313]

Agreed. A song that should live and change forever.

[@manic_moonlight11]

For real though...

[@manic_moonlight11]

I look forward to listening to all 3 versions of I'm lucky enough

[@marcchecks6105]

Literally was thinking that myself

[@puppyhowler]

ever since i first heard we didn't start the fire i was HOPING that someone would make an updated version!

[@caspian_opus]

"It was always burning" hits different when it's the second time this song has been done. It's nothing new, but it won't be ending soon

[@Canda1400]

I started the fire

[@NotThatUser]

@@merickbindrup What the hell are you on about? The whole thing is about the fact that “no one started the fire”. It’s about time. Ever since the world came into existence, ever since the entire UNIVERSE came into existence, the fire was always burning. Even after we’re long gone, after the Earth is gone, the fire will still burn. Burn, burn, and burn until there’s nothing left to burn.

[@raffaele4271]

@@merickbindrupYou’re most likely a millenial or a gen z’er our generation was failed by the ones before us, its a historical cycle that unfortunately gets worse and worse as technology progresses

[@inventions178]

​@@merickbindrupYou can never take responsibility for something you're born into. It's unnatural.

[@tydangles13]

Oh it’s gonna be out soon, as history begins again

[@Jogwheel]

Definitely bothers me that this isn't ordered chronologically (like Joel's original was), but _"World Trade, second plane - what else do I have to say?"_ is an incredible line to end on. That said, FOB could have easily borrowed the "wars" rhyme of the '89 ending and closed out theirs with, _"Never ending culture wars, I can't take it anymore."_ I mean. It's right there, guys.

[@kylebogden5365]

It’s about the rhymes and making it flow

[@kylebogden5365]

It isn’t history class, it’s music. Sorry

[@FireStriker_]

@@kylebogden5365look up the original, it was order by era

[@lumariadp]

@@kylebogden5365 Okay, but Billy Joel managed the exact same thing and almost all of it was chronological. It's possible.

[@kylebogden5365]

Well are people really trying to hold a light from fall out boy to billy Joel?

[@spartanhawk7637]

I honestly really love the idea that every thirty years or so someone just makes another version of this song. That’s outright priceless for future historians, the ability to just find a quick rundown of then modern culture.

[@yupfu9643]

@@spartanhawk7637 except, this recreation is a failure to the original song.

[@AustinJASMR]

Kinda poetic how the original song mentions Queen Elizabeth starting her reign, while this one mentions her death

[@rebekahmanning7934]

That may very well have something to do with their choice to cover this this year instead of waiting until 2029 which would have been another full 40 years like the original.

[@koonuts3604]

There are a couple throwback mentions in the update to the original

[@famlivingroom1790]

But no mention of Princess Diana 😔

[@The_True_Guy_Who_Asked]

Much like how this one mentions the rise of marvel via rdj and the next will mention the fall

[@SamBryans128]

And they mention how there's still trouble in the Suez.

[@tsetsefliegenfrau]

Can we please introduce the tradition that, every few decades, someone sums up everything that's happening in the world, with this song

[@Sl1tingwebz]

Yes

[@RLDO]

Yes

[@blackswan3585]

The next decade's will just be 3:33 of dead silence.

[@bee2492]

@@blackswan3585just the occasional scream to break it up

[@Restrodsworth]

No let’s not please.

[@avatarofasura3971]

My grandma is a boomer and she was alive during all the events of the first song, and it blows my mind that I was able to live through half of the events listed in this song while she lived through both songs

[@MsThebeMoon]

Thanx. This glamma is now feeling a bit old. 😉

[@chrisharwood5448]

All of this song.

[@sammfabish5230]

My parents are boomers and I have lived through every single thing in this song.

[@timsawyer9231]

@@sammfabish5230 Same. I lived through a little of the first one too... Not that I remember any of it, but I was there!!! haha

[@marklanzer1822]

​​@@timsawyer9231I was born in October 1989, I missed the cutoff on the first song events by the shortest of margins. The Berlin Wall first got torn down when I was only a couple months old. Billy Joel's last song he ever performs live should be his version of his creation and if it takes two hours to perform that'd be the way to go out. I'm a lifelong Long Islander it's basically NY State law for every resident of Nassau and Suffolk County to be a Billy Joel fan here. FOB did a good job covering this but the original is the best

[@NattyFlump]

"No we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it" - single best update line in my opinion. Anyone reading this don't stop trying, never stop trying.

[@j.m.w.5064]

In combination with Pokémon and Downey Jr. this makes absolutely no sense. You tried to fight you childhood pop culture? WTF. This is so bad.

[@TheScottishMutt]

@@j.m.w.5064 Billy Joel's original one had that, too, though. There were plenty of positive things in that song but the chorus still went "we didn't light it but we tried to fight it." When he wrote it, he was suggesting that his generation didn't start all the negative craziness in the world, but they also didn't do enough to stop it. Fall Out Boy are saying that the next generation aren't to blame, either, and that the fight isn't over.

[@jacobadam6804]

Lol okay. What are you trying to fight and what are you doing to fight it? Let's hear it.

[@sarahberkner]

​@@j.m.w.5064 Have you not heard the original song? Billy Joel being a bad and nonsensical songwriter is an interesting take, but you're entitled to your opinion.

[@kelleygreengrass]

But why try to fight Pokémon? Should have referenced DBZ.

[@juliachapman27]

I like how in the old version it says: “we tried to fight it” but in this new version it says “we’re TRYING to fight it” that was a nice touch 😌

[@MCDreng]

I've always sang "we're trying to fight it", this is the first I've heard that I got it wrong

[@ctrlaltbreakify]

Right with you

[@soul1984vic]

✊🏼

[@unbroken1010]

They are Freemason Jesuit pawns

[@iliveinastateofconstantcon3859]

@landobando4937this was released about three days ago?

[@kentuckyfried9499]

I was frozen and in a cube for 34 years. Im glad i am now caught up. Thanks fall out boy.

[@killgoretrout877]

and they somehow omitted the biggest world event that happen 3 years ago

[@warppizza]

who thawed you out?

[@kentuckyfried9499]

@@warppizza Ironically Canadians.

[@Afflictamine]

@@killgoretrout877 and conveniently never mentioned Epstein

[@spoonified52]

I am actually looking forward for a band that hasn't been born yet doing there version covering 2023-2057 events

[@redcarkyle123]

Shows how ironically how accurate the ending lines are of "But when we are gone, it will still burn on and on" of the original song and this song. Cause the fire just keeps on going.

[@Cyber_Dystopian_Duck]

Which is why in another 30-40 years, we need the third song in this series. The fire won't stop, history won't stop, and we need some way to record all of it and these songs are a fun and great way to do so.

[@AlexCentury]

I didn’t get this song until now tbh

[@nickcleary3023]

Yeah totally true!

[@canceledlogic7656]

If it makes you feel better, birth rates have collapsed. So a few more generations and it can finally be snuffed out

[@defectivesickle5643]

​@@canceledlogic7656That ain't how humans are going extinct

[@Foxstep_le_cat]

2:33 as a Texan, its amazing how us struggling bc temp too low was such a major event it got featured in this song. I am honored. Edit: ITS HAPPENING AGAIN WHAT 😭

[@pikiyu]

Yea that's so weird how an event that I personally lived thru (with 30 million other ppl obviously) is just in this lyric of this song to be listed as a historical event. heres to hoping this doesn't happen again in 2 months

[@ChocolateChara1]

@@pikiyu Boy do I have some news for you

[@pikiyu]

@ChocolateChara1 yeah you can imagine our collective excitement when we heard it's going to snow this week. remember me when i have to cook leftovers with a blowtorch

[@theglitch4044]

​@@pikiyu Wish I was lucky enough to get Snow it's just freezing cold

[@L_mattox]

I hope this becomes a tradition among the music industry, to make an update to this song every 25 - 30 years or so.

[@Sashowindfeather]

It would be a great Legacy for BIlly Joel, cause i dig the original, and this one.

[@DragonXBird]

It is a good way for people to look up events in the previous years. It would also be good for music artists who are interested.

[@austinreed7343]

Maybe do versions for events prior to the start of the original song?

[@ireneebekker4886]

YESS!!!

[@Music-tk5oq]

It has already with 2004 , parody of 1985

[@sonsique]

you see this is actually a legal response to burning their records in the “light em’ up” video

[@superksquad1]

Yeah it also shows that this is the best Fall Out Boy song ever

[@poppinshiran]

IM SCREMAIFNFBFFBDNDJ

[@superksquad1]

This comment is doing better then the video lol 😅

[@superksquad1]

100 likes wow

[@darthrevan2957]

1 hour in and already found what's gonna be the most liked comment..... Nice

[@J_KhayGaming]

I feel like the lyrics of this song should get an update every 20-30 years.

[@jtscott3849]

With how fast shiz is happening the next update should be 10 years for the next one.

[@vernen8385]

​@@jtscott3849fr

[@nickcleary3023]

Yeah same! I like this version better. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@Simipourfangirl]

I agree 100% and this is probably the most creative cover. Instead of just repeating the same lyrics, they updated it.

[@shrishauchil1892]

Imagine...this Song can create History by going on forever and ever with New Versions coming out every 2 decades !! Makes sense to keep it topical as future Generations won't connect with what's recent..

[@bettymorrissey3266]

Hasn’t gotten old! You have no idea how much I miss the energy of the 80’s. And I was a literal child. I would have had no part of the party scene yet. But things? Really were different. You could feel the fun static in the air. I will not get over how much this cover captures the same energy Joel did. Like you caught the fire in a cup ❤

[@DrewFloyd]

"JFK blown away, What else do i have to say" has to be the most poignant line in the original verson, as well as the most significant tragic event in most people lives of that generation, with 9/11 being my generations. "World Trade, Second plane" sure hit me right in the gut.

[@Momsyoutubecoup]

I had the same reaction. I heard it on TikTok last night and appreciated it, but watching that line come across the screen this morning made me tear up. I was 7 when that happened and it’s one of the first moments I realized life was not going to be as enjoyable as the grownups tried to tell me it would be. I know most of us can agree there.

[@alynnwisniewski]

I got literal chills. Been a while since that happened.

[@becomingnursechyna]

Yea same, I was boppin hard and that line broke me ☹️❤️

[@samanthadavis8349]

Sandy Hook and Columbine literally sent chills through my body

[@chronicpixel8]

​@@samanthadavis8349 meee toooo 😢

[@craigharness3156]

This song is proof that time doesn’t necessarily repeat itself but often rhymes

[@GuyMcPherson69]

Agreed

[@sarysa]

Literally.

[@Matanumi]

Welp.... with a rhythm of the same beat...

[@leahbaer1903]

No history does repeat itself because most people are dumb and forget things that happened not too long ago. They don't rhyme they literally just change the name of something and then sell it back to people. For example a viral pneumonia wad renamed H1N1 then SARS & now Covid and the never ending "new" strains lol just like they said it came out of the Wuhan lab and everyone lost their mind people really believed that eating bats would cause a coronavirus? LOL I'm old enough to know that they said someone got bit by a monkey which they said started AIDS now we all know that wasn't true. Some history always repeats itself over and over but because people are ignorant and think they know everything they don't realize we've already been through all this before they're just calling it something different this time

[@pedrogonzalez5165]

😉

[@Ravenhaart]

It almost feels like a continuation more than it does a cover. Extremely well done. We Didn't Start the Fire is one on my all-time favorite songs.

[@rymle]

This ain't a cover bro. This is a sequel.

[@PILOSOPAUL]

@@rymle 0:04 it literally says that it is a cover tho

[@kbanghart]

​@@PILOSOPAULI mean, I suppose you could consider it both? Just say it sampled the first, with new lyrics

[@vasuba]

@@rymle Its a poorly done sequel. The original song was a timeline of events. not just random stuff thrown at the wall

[@MichaelJDMusic]

I completely agree! People nitpick things WAY too damn much!

[@PhelesDragon]

“There’s so much to cover, it would almost make more sense just to list everything with zero context” Billy Joel: “it doesn’t even have to rhyme”

[@chrismaguire3667]

The song doesn't have to rhyme, like poetry doesn't, but it *does* have to scan, as it becomes easier to remember. The beat helps.

[@sarahberkner]

The original rhymed, at least sometimes, I'm not sure what you mean? "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray" That rhymes.

[@brentbaker4463]

At the age of 56 and a lover of the original I have wondered many times how an "updated" version of this would sound. I LOVE IT !!

[@charlierosesmith3807]

I love how they not only make amazing rock music of their own but also pay tribute to the classics that came before them with things like this and the people they had on albums like Save Rock and Roll. I love your music so much!

[@clover4925]

The only song that needs an update every couple of decades

[@GnarlyDuck-]

Yes

[@sarah-janeraw9575]

Yes

[@martind4562]

Yes

[@raysravens52]

Maybe someday we won't need a new version of the song (hah I can't even type that without making myself laugh)

[@crimsonghoul8983]

​@@raysravens52 That would be the day earth ceases to exist.😢😢

[@darlingdeb7010]

Now we know they're on the right side👏🏻👏🏻💪💪💪💪💪

[@davecommentator]

The original by Billy Joel is one of my favourite songs ever. I have been saying for SO many years that someone should do an up-to-date version of it, and I was so happy when I first heard this version! I really hope that Fall Out Boy and Billy Joel perform together someday and sing both versions back to back. Also, I especially love the little homages to the original in the lyrics here - especially "Ever Given Suez" referencing "Trouble in the Suez" - genius!

[@SonicGamerGirl2006]

I'd like to see an extended version of the song, too. 😊😁

[@T-Dawg75]

I would love to see Fall out boy do a Super Bowl halftime show or Something, and have Joel crash it, do a modern hit, and end with a mashup of both artists versions of not starting thy fire.

[@pi3.14etc]

I can't remember where I saw this but im pretty sure someone said earlier they were actually performing them together soon (don't hold me to this)

[@zxmoore1]

Billy Joel himself said that the original song was meant to be continued by someone else, as he wrote a song about the important events of his life. He expected someone else to write the update but didnt expect it to take so long. Did he like it? Billy Joel has said he does and is proud someone continued the story of our lives.

[@d3nza482]

You said nothing but lies. You bring shame to your family, acquaintances and anyone who knows you. They all suffer for being connected to you.

[@LightningSheep1]

@@d3nza482 bro what

[@dogmiaouw]

​@@d3nza482im stealing this comment thanks

[@PowerPlay-the-SussyStickgirl]

@@d3nza482IM SORRY WHAT?!

@@d3nza482, are you addressing the demons in your head?

[@NoName-qx6tc]

The video really complements with the fast-paced and chaotic music. “World Trade, second plane, what else do I have to say?” Is probably the best ending there could possibly have been. Hell of a song.

[@unbroken1010]

Wtc was our own government

[@heavydfunk]

You misspelled "tasteless."

[@Jouninbaka]

tbh the ending had me cackling

[@WhiteBuddha]

Right before that verse I was thinking "they're going to have to mention 9/11....oh there it is"

[@gavinthroop2839]

@@heavydfunk in the original song it says “JFK Blown away”, so it only makes sense.

[@sumbodyzwatchin1]

I couldn’t have prayed for someone I love more to update this song. I’ve always loved you! And this is an example why.

[@ScoutSunset]

Finally, a Fall Out Boy song that mentions Michael Keaton, SpongeBob, Metroid, Kanye West, Captain Planet, Kurt Cobain, Iron Man and Taylor Swift (and so on and so forth). What a crossover.

[@ErickVideoGameGuy]

With Avengers Endgame we thought we had it all, until Fall Out Boy made the biggest crossover ever, hopefully Nintendo doesn't sue them for mentioning Metroid.

[@CinderUnit]

​@@ErickVideoGameGuyIf Fall Out Boy gets taken down by Nintendo then Fall Out Boy is canon in Smash. I mean does anyone remember Nintendo Fusion tours?

[@shotgunmasterQL]

Is Metroid reference to the game series? Because that's the first thing I thought of, but felt it would be weird or just my own bias since there were no other game related things mentioned, so just throwing in "Metroid" was surprising 😅

[@youremom420]

​@@shotgunmasterQLpokemon

[@IPATBB]

Hey @ScoutSunset ! Funny seeing my subscribers here hahaha

[@jacobswartz1061]

This song is way more morbid when you’ve actually live through the events

[@marcosjimenez2793]

Yeah, when he said Abe blown away all I thinks was, "well damn".

[@z3ndigital873]

And even more morbid thinking as a Gen X and living through both Billy Joel’s version and now this .. The world needs to change

[@mettatheone1705]

​@@marcosjimenez2793 I thought it was JFK blown away

[@nicholasszczepanski8501]

That’s exactly what I as thinking “man, we have seen some shit” haha

[@jacobswartz1061]

@@z3ndigital873 yeah I couldn’t imagine living through two different we didn’t start the fire versions

[@Matunahelper]

I get an emotional and physical response from this cover. It hits harder because I’ve lived through all of these events and people. Great update to the song.

[@jjs1990]

It’s not that serious to be getting an emotional and physical response but it is a cool update

[@80sports20]

Exactly! I felt the same way. I was a kid when the original came out. The fact that I realize that it’s still burning is kind of surreal.

[@homunculi0408]

Those haughty taughty critics can cry all they want but this song is fire and should be updated every couple of decades.

[@jhayes1189]

This is legendary. Thank you Billy Joel, thank you Fall Out Boy

[@unc_enzo_red]

One day there will be a playlist with nothing but different versions of this.

[@angus4202]

fuck that there will be a whole album

[@angus4202]

with several volumes spanning several millenia

[@anoelhill]

True that. If I don't hear another version of this I'll be upset. The og and this one are so good

[@unicron2109]

A.I will make a million different versions of this and everything else

[@gyan1010]

I can only hope that we haven't all killed each other or the planet in another 30, 60, or 90 years

[@AndrewTraver]

Honestly, this kinda made me cry..(granted I'm 26 and have no actual connections to the original)..but the change up of the last Line "But when we are gone, it will still burn on and on"... From "Will it still burn on and on?" Was powerful XD

[@thassalantekreskel5742]

In a sense, the change in the lyrics can be seen as hopeful. After all this chaos, we're still here, and unlike last time, despite it all, we can be fairly sure that in another 30 years, we will be here still.

[@parkercushingable]

The original was used a lot in high school history classes as a tool to touch on tons of history topics in the 20th century. Although in the original each verse was decade specific from the 50s - 80s and a heavy emphasis on cold War topics.

[@wrangchops]

The world will always turn on. And life will go on.

[@Coffeeology]

47 yo here... The 1st one was a bit too "old" for me when it dropped, but this, I remember all of these.

[@brownpunk1794]

gonna mke a niqa cry

[@almaoX]

Wonderfull! 👏❤🥳

[@jjcarter9148]

Didn't know I needed this but I really did. I understand this isn't in chronological order like the original but that doesn't bother me. It makes sense because it just feels like one thing after another in a whirlwind. This is going to be stuck in my head all day now

[@isaacschauer8136]

Plus it connected the parts so they felt like this was the piece that mixed with that

[@Liberperlo]

Yes the past few decades are one big blur

[@melissagladstone5968]

The original isn't one hundred percent in chronological order either, just more so than this one.

[@LadyUrmel]

Since I was born after the original came out, it hit different knowing that I‘ve been alive to witness almost all of the things mentioned…

[@bowtoy]

I was here for both

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

The original actually meant something and the song made sense.

[@Krispy_Top_Hat]

I was in tears due to this very same reason.

[@notmadheardthingsinhell8079]

Boomers brainwashed me into thinking I was there for Sixties. So it practically felt like both. The Greatest Generation, on the other hand, not much to tell me. I am still annoyed about this.

[@msrtoday]

Agree with you - Now imagine being 70 years old and all the events, misdeeds, memes, violent interactions, cultural statements and the rest that have occurred in that time span....

[@Dan97LHS]

I'm 44 and I have lived through this entire era of this updated song. It's scary to think back on life since 1989. Nice continuation of a great classic.

[@rochellee.pigman6495]

Imagine living through both versions.

[@ahouais5620]

This version is very much american centered though, and some stuff are not mentionned and should be, like 911 or the terrorist attacks in France

[@ryanchlebek8864]

@@ahouais5620911 was mentioned. It was the last lyric before “what else do i have to say”

[@lilbit9214]

They're on the right side. hell yeah.

[@darlingdeb7010]

Hell yeah!!

[@diceguy10]

This song hits different when you are actually familiar with most of the events listed.

[@littlefloof6184]

This is to true

[@ceejo8075]

this AND the original...

[@pengineman]

Congrats you live in the world

[@Jackmcnaul]

Or it hits exactly as it should as it’s the point of the song…

[@KeimoKissa]

@@Jackmcnaul But the song only hits because you know the events mentioned (Because the song is nothing but those events). The original song doesn't hit as hard nowadays, when those events aren't very recent...

[@pokemew12]

This song was also incredibly special to me as a kid and its very touching to see a recent take on it, and almost staggering to realize I actually know most of what's being referred to this time around. Thank you for the cover FOB!

[@salinaclark9752]

I'm 42 so born in 1981. Every lyric in this song is my life. I have chills thinking that this all happened and I remember it. From 9/11 to Y2K to Myspace. Wow! Great modern cover Fall Out Boy!

[@robolozoguy]

same. 1983.and in south africa for most of it. shitshow. shitshow. jirrrrrr we've been through it.

[@scottpurcell4652]

Perfectly done. LONG LIVE FOB!! Putting on my Take This To Your Grave vinyl on now.

[@Sam-h1e9v]

One thing I appreciate about the new version of we didn’t start the fire is that they changed a part of the chorus. I could wax poetic about what they altogether changed in the song, but to me it’s so meaningful that they changed “no, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it” to “no, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it” And maybe that speaks for itself.

[@ltb1345]

You can't "fight" human nature. The original song understood this.

[@auburnsphynx]

I’m just gonna listen to this on repeat for the unforeseeable future. The sequel we didn’t know we needed. I kinda hope I’m here in the next 30 years to see it continue.

[@_pachycephalosaurus_]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@themaaalibu]

This and new MMMBop.

[@auburnsphynx]

@@themaaalibu yesss

[@uoohknk6881]

As a child of the 80's, student of history, who remembers the first Billy Joel song, and saw the planes hit the towers in college. You lads did this song so much justice. You even dug up the not so popular but still impactful moments.

[@finlay4277]

Injustice*

[@primmny1107]

​@@finlay4277 *Justice

[@AHoundOnAHonda]

You can't write '80s properly, though.

[@finlay4277]

@@primmny1107 It's not even in chronological order, and they rhymed George Floyd with Metroid, a game which released before the original song. The writing is lazy and to be honest, shockingly awful

[@primmny1107]

@@finlay4277 I can guarantee if the the Billy Idol version wasn't in order then you wouldn't be bitching.

[@MangaBottle]

This cover is only a year old, and so much more has happened since then, holy shit.

[@djmeowzz]

WHY AM I JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS SONG *NINE* MONTHS LATER?! This song encapsulates what’s going through my mind. The wrong, the trending, the entertainment of the world. Some seen and some not. How me and others are trying to fix the spreading fire around the world. War in Afghanistan, bombs in Lebanon, but on the parallel iron man, and aliens. “What else do I have to say?” really hits too. What else do u have to say? The world is burning and we’re watching it happen, while some are trying to stop it. (this is super long but I’m going to listen to this song for eternity now, and the old one too. And yeah, no chronological order is a bit of a pet peeve, but the song is still great.)

[@iamskinner-i3h]

It sounds like “goodbye 2007” from jibjab

[@sjm9876]

I just found out about it today too!

[@silly_on_]

Check out "That Funny Feeling" by Bo Burnham

[@djmeowzz]

@@silly_on_ will do 👍

[@gavinlopez6258]

I'm confused why they didn't mention the collapse of the Soviet Union

[@bobheyotue9850]

I liked the part when fall out boy said “it’s morbin time” during the second verse truly brings back memories of one of the moments in human history.

[@shanebrennan9874]

🤓

[@MalevolenceX3]

How dare you, my friend sent this to me saying it was awful and this comment was the one thing I was looking forward to

[@kamikatze6517]

Am i stupid or do i just overhear it every single time?

[@justAman548]

Truly one of the movies of all time

[@wiliboi2662]

This meme is not funny anymore

[@wonderwoman1z]

They did a darned good job packing so many events into a 3-minute song.

[@JTread2003]

I was so surprised and happy that they mentioned Metroid, that's awesome I didn't think it was well known enough to be in this song lol

[@brittanybutlermusic]

I love Patrick’s classic soul voice ad-libs kicking in at 2:56! 😍🎤 He needs to do that more often on the studio versions of their songs again. He mostly only does it live these days. It always sounds sooo good and unique mixed with the rock instrumentation. So distinctly Patrick/FOB. Can’t get enough.

[@octoberspirit]

Same! It’s so good 💜💜

[@BlueSpiritFire1]

I actually like how it's not chronological. Really encapsulates how the last ten or so years have been a blur to me. I can't even remember the chronology of these events in my own lifetime, I just feel like everything's on fire.

[@jeremiahgabriel5709]

This is a great way to articulate it. I thought it was odd it wasn't in order....but how you described the sensation it gives, compared with my own life.... I agree.

[@AAAAAAAA-ss6gn]

That was just part of the point of the original song. It doesn't make too much sense to claim how the last few decades have been a mess when the message was "No, things have always been a mess."

[@BlueSpiritFire1]

@@AAAAAAAA-ss6gn I highly recommend thoroughly reading a comment before you decide to leave a response. I said decade, singular, not multiple decades. You can't say that my 'claims' are wrong, because they're my personal emotions and thoughts. I know things have always been a mess, but this is the mess that I have personally experienced in my lifetime, and I feel like the last ten years in particular have been particularly messy. Maybe I'll feel differently in another ten years time.

[@loncleyaroctis6951]

Covid is missing 😂

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

​@@loncleyaroctis6951 Well... There's already a We Didn't Start The Fire 2020 edition grkshd

[@FlashUltra_]

The fact that everything is out of order and that it bothers so many people is the perfect touch. It correlates to the chaos that everyone has felt during all the various events. This is a perfect cover.

[@bobberman1001]

or they just couldn't make it rhyme!

[@TheBendur]

Or they did it on purpose, which is genius.

[@lumariadp]

lol ok dude

[@seekanddowhat]

Billy Joel made his in order 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@random832]

@@seekanddowhat Yeah but he also phoned in everything after JFK. Four verses 1949-63, then one for 65-89.

[@Matthew-m2o]

I'm glad you continued the song for this generations. I hope in thirty years someone else also continues it. Great song, this one and the original.

[@jazzyjswift]

As a millennial the first song's theme never really 'clicked'. I understood the concept - the world keeps turning despite the whole world feeling like it's engulfed in fire, but that's just the way the world is, generation after generation, we didn't start it, and neither did our parents generation. But it wasn't until right now, today, that this song hit me in a way that the original never could. I lived through all but a few of these. These are childhood memories, things that are engrained in my memories as watching it happen live. My Homeroom teacher came into the library one day in middle school and abruptly announced "We've just been attacked" and immediately pulled out the TV and turned on the news. I watched the second plane hit live from my middle school library, Ender's Game in my lap. I grew up watching Captain Planet, and SpongeBob, and Jordan play for the Bulls, and listening to Jackson stun the world with his pop music. This summed up the world around my life. And it hits, hard. Because it's been a sh*tshow for most of the time. And it provided a sense of peace and hope in thr future to know that the world's always been on fire like this. This isn't new. And life goes on. I hope Gen Z / Gen Alpha get their own version in a couple of decades. Because you can't truly feel this song until it echoes your existence.

[@YoMamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

90s gen and younger will remember the world being stacked against us, economy's unliveable unless you make or break above the cost of living (wherever you are). The government/corpo scene works actively to divide the people for their own profits. Education has failed us, politically right is more important than factual right. People are too sensitive with "its your with us or against" leading to witch hunts. Tolerance weakened people, women asking for equal rights but not equal responsibilities and end up favored more, being born a man in this times is a struggle. Then there's the looming threat if we get to live a normal life tomorrow because the lunatics with power has some nasty toys that broke Tokyo and Nagasaki.

[@munsterlandr1644]

Honestly, this overlaps with a lot of the gen Z experience, too. 9/11 certainly was before my time per se, but hearing of the news of a full on insurrection, or the extension of 2020 spring break for a long time before we moved to online, or so many other things have hit that same way.

[@kimjoromo3519]

This kind of feels shallow...

[@TheEnder515]

I was young for 9/11 - still in preschool - but I remember the terror. Not understanding why my mom kept telling me to watch the skies or why she seemed so concerned with the plane hitting that building. I remember the Boston Bombing; a friend from overseas started spamming my phone because he wasn't sure how far Boston was from Long Island or how large the explosion was. I might be on the older side of gen z, but most of this was my lived experience. And it hits.

[@lacielaucht4833]

Me sitting here wondering why it hit so hard and you summed it up perfectly. I heard the original for the first time in like 1st grade, and got the message, but this had me crying.

[@bradwoolledge8797]

Beyond overdue - I salute you! Thank you to everyone who made this song happen!

[@paragrafenreiterinn]

I'm a little surprised that COVID didn't make it into the song somehow, but it's great to have this updated to things I've lived through in my life ('87 East Germany right here) I also think it's hilarious that something happened in the Suez canal AGAIN to have it perfectly fit in the song. That darn ship was so meme-worthy and made quarantine a little more bearable.

[@pzzldmom]

Because it only went to about 2010. Joel didn't go to the most current year either.

[@seraphimvalkyrin4543]

​@pzzldmom I mean the intro does say from "1989 - 2023". And it does mention both of Trumps impeachments so it does use events after Covid started.

[@kristinakrickbaum1546]

I thought the same thing. COVID was a huge impact and I'm really surprised it wasn't included.

[@pzzldmom]

@@seraphimvalkyrin4543 fair point.

[@infinite683]

I’m assuming it’s only including events solely caused by humans?

[@courtneyawalsh]

Time for an updated version already. 🔥🌅🔥

[@laurenluna460]

I didn’t realize how much we have been through but honestly that line we’re trying to fight it does make me feel better

[@w1ndgeneral226]

We've been through ALOT.

[@justinmj6586]

You didnt realize that sh*t happens over 35 years? Prediction - more crazy sh*t will continue to happen.

[@daxmiller35]

@@w1ndgeneral226 yeah...SO MUCH. Like....let's see here....Captain Planet and Pokemon. Yeah...... come to think of it, NO. This song sucks so bad, compared to the original. THOSE were actually pivotal events in world history.

[@w1ndgeneral226]

@@daxmiller35 They were *eventful,* definitely.

[@daxmiller35]

@@w1ndgeneral226 yeah, you're right. Michael Jordan playing baseball was definitely the Berlin Wall of our time. Hahaha

[@natalie6117]

This song has so so much more meaning now that I’m older and now that this version includes events I’ve actually lived through. I won’t lie, this made me tear up for some reason.

[@julianasalaz5250]

Can I say my only complaint is a lot of these events are out of order...

[@williamsherry5009]

​@@julianasalaz5250Billy Joel's wasn't in order either

[@sammfabish5230]

Full. Body. Chills.

[@Terk131]

I lived thru both versions events

[@BenRicoMusic]

@@julianasalaz5250stop complaining then, it rhymes!☝🏼😇

[@QuinnSincerely]

I always thought this song should keep getting new versions, but as someone that tried to write lyrics for it a few times for fun (not a musician) it isn't easy, so doing it well is very impressive. I love it!

[@angelofheart2303]

@@LRM5195 What part of "World Trade Second Plane" did you not get?

[@hangmanjangojames8146]

As long as it's not these talentless morons making the song

[@jennyj1028]

I did, too. It's very challenging!

[@southrnsweety88]

Omg I've been wanting this for years!! Thank you!

[@femkeyt2635]

Such a small change, but the "we're trying to fight it" line makes me feel more hopeful, I love it.

[@flashwashington2735]

Or more desperate. I'll try and fight it, I hope I make it, but I got a fall back plan. Way, way, way back!!!

[@Psydkik]

Wasn't that in the original?

[@juliosalas6455]

​@@Psydkikit was "we tried to fight it"

[@akblkbear]

Made me tear up a bit tbh.

[@derp8748]

Fighting Fraud '20 currently. Anyone doesn't see it is 100%delusional. Corporate establishment Is in control and by comparison, Trumps a small patriot NOT Big money, oh well, Enjoy '24. It's happnin.

[@El-ri5cr]

Who knew our generations would have our own version of this banger, I adore this and the thought behind it

[@CheyenneG99]

I love that Fall Out Boy didn't just use the original lyrics but remastered it for the current generations. Good on them.

[@mattint0sh]

I live in, don't know why the critics are giving this song negative reviews, Billy Joel even liked it

[@edwardcannon9199]

@@mattint0sh probably because the events aren't in chronilogical order as well as Billy Joels version

[@mattint0sh]

@@edwardcannon9199 hey I just like the smg, that's good enough for me

[@dunceandco]

@@mattint0shBecause fall out boy sucks

[@mattint0sh]

@@dunceandco then how are they still together if they “suck”

[@antonymousyt]

You said happy birthday to my mom this morning! It made her day, Pat! ❤

[@BryanShaw]

I've been hoping for a sequel to this at every milestone. I figured 2019 had to be the year. Grateful it finally happened

[@supergreninjagamer5835]

Had it been released In 2019 we would have lost a lot of history to mention

[@gloriamarion6038]

Ditto 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@zacknmcs]

Imagine something horrible happens and your first thought is “oh shit I can’t wait for them to remake that Billy Joel song”

[@Ellectrica]

I like the lyric change from, “we tried to fight it,” to, “we’re trying to fight it.” We lived and are living through these events, all the while we try to fight it.

[@notchunglingsu7014]

you are on youtube

[@jakovasaur]

Fight what exactly?

[@Luvilli]

​@@jakovasaurthe fire lol

[@Silly1336]

@@jakovasaurthe shiet show left for newer generations

[@flashwashington2735]

Joel's is a song about past struggles, because young men he met, thought he had such a stress free world stage for his youth. Fight is last tense as it should be. Now you didn't start the fire you will fight it is also appropriate. It's the passing of the baton. Carrying the fight forward. Too many critics. Not enough critical thinking. Billy Joel covered 40 to 80 years?

[@m42679]

I like it!! The only thing I can nitpick is that the events are not in order of when they accrued like in the Billy Joel song. This is great!

[@kablutoxyz]

Yeah, it bothers me.

[@sharokgg8376]

Did Billy Joel sing them in alphabetical order? I seem to remember the Bridge on the River Kwai being sung after a lot of events contemporary to him. Unless he meant the movie? Even so, I like this cover.

[@GoMJB12]

@@sharokgg8376 Chronological order of the events occurring, by decade.

[@sharokgg8376]

@@GoMJB12 I wasn't aware of that. That's pretty cool! Thanks.

[@ElementHypnosis]

I think that's because fob have tried to link things to the original song too, like ever given suez being linked with trouble in the suez from the original

[@nellow281]

I LOVE when a Todays artist can Respect and Add Value to an Original song!!!

[@johncallaghan9250]

Me and a few lads were talking about 4 days ok about how this song needs updating. Little did we know Fall Out Boy had us covered. Good job lads.

[@Buckeye2043]

I’ve always loved Billy’s version but have said my generation needed this redone (born in 88). Fall out boy killed this. Amazing

[@darkskinwhite]

vocal performance quite flat

[@nocturnal64]

​@@darkskinwhitenot at all

[@jmoriarty8000]

I thought this was terrible

[@pizzaki582]

it was lazy compared to the Original.

[@darkskinwhite]

@@pizzaki582 in the writing and vocal performance.

[@kristidecarlo7093]

Omg! I have been thinking for a while that Billy Joel should have done an updated version, but I'm so glad that Fall Out Boy did! They did the song justice imo. Great job guys!

[@dedknedy]

Anyone else notice that @1:24 when the line "Trump gets impeached twice" there is another voice in just the left audio channel that says "Elected" at the same time. It's way easier to make it out using headphones.

[@sunwarmed-ash]

i heard that too

[@Frankiecat76]

its trump saying "tremendous"

[@SirJohnnyballs]

They changed it

[@Haley921]

Yeah I heard it too

[@loa42522]

I thought it said “amendments”

[@sempiternaldamned]

This is how my brain works. It’s chaos but it’s there means I noticed and I cared. I love it very much.

[@saracompanionhomecareservi617]

I would love to see both Fall Out Boy and Billy Joel do both versions of the song together.

[@kristinacrawford8826]

Omggggggg 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[@robertsmith2879]

Hell yeah I would love that

[@chrishenning8829]

Someone make this happen!

[@kristentejera7160]

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!

[@berserkermongoose]

This would be great as a superbowl halftime show

[@_marimopeace]

i've been turning to a lot of billy joel songs as the "i really wish i weren't living through a major historical event right now" energy's gone haywire throughout my 20something ennui and it's honestly really amazing for the band that carried my teen years to be putting their own spin on this song 🥹🫶 much love to everyone pushing through these long 2020s!!

[@elcaldy4435]

I love that a 20-something appreciates Billy’s Joel!

[@EmmaDoty21]

@@elcaldy4435I’m also a 20-year-old Billy Joel enjoyer! Good music never dies.

[@izthistle6196]

Living through major historical events is fun until it isn’t

[@EmmaDoty21]

@@izthistle6196 lol someone in my history class said “I want to live through a historical event” a couple weeks before the pandemic. I blame them.

[@montanarose-sings]

I really wish I weren't living through *EVERY historical event right now

[@bubblestvtm180]

Its only 2025 and we already need another release

[@joshcasto9386]

Song needs broken into half decade segments to cover the shit we've gone through.

[@loganbrown3334]

I always used to say to my dad, "Imagine how much could be added to this song today." Now I no longer have to.

[@GregKeaton]

You can always expect better, however.

[@gcnj973]

Soo cool song update on 2022 😊😊😊

[@jaypence332]

Poe Francis got snubbed. Floyd Mayweather.

[@PuffleFuzz]

@@jaypence332Chernobyl got snubbed in the OG

[@frostfamily5321]

​@@GregKeaton I *so* agree, I think they forgot / did not know about Depp V. Heard, The U.S. Capital Building riot, and Chlorine Con!

[@rayray80234]

I remember literally all of the events in this song. I remember a good bit of what's in the original, too, & knew of all of what happened even tho a lot was before I was born. My only criticism is that it's not chronological, unlike the original. But my daughter pointed out that it kinds works due to how chaotic it's all been.

[@shaunmia3817]

It sort of doesn’t feel like time moves linearly anymore anyway :/

[@greggreg772]

I myself was also unsatisfied with how un-chronological it was, and me and a friend attempted to think of a version that is in proper chronological order. And we just couldn't find a line that even hit a quarter as hard as "World Trade, second plane, what else do I have to say?" The song also sounds just way more chaotic with how everything is un-chronological, especially with the line of "we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it". Everything is so chaotic and us as a collective is trying to fight against the chaos, despite that, we can't, the fire still burns.

[@AndrewVan07]

Congratulations, you live on earth.

[@OnlyTwoShoes]

It's lazy, that's why it's not in chronological order. Just words referencing things that happened. No emotion, no talent. Nostalgia bate has been cringe for a while now.

[@iciclecold2991]

Smart daughter

[@oldhatcinema]

I am so glad someone has finally done this. May the tradition live on.

[@yurdp]

The chronology could’ve been better. Not to mention a little more emphasis on world conflict and less on pop culture.

[@EatThatTTV]

We need more covers of classics like this. I definitely didn't expect FALL OUT BOY to do this, but I am not disappointed .

[@koziusagi4487]

Agreed. Not a huge fan of fall out boy but they did a great job with this.

[@EatThatTTV]

@@koziusagi4487 yes

[@ravenryan]

I think it’s AI. Be careful, they are using AI to make cover songs. Scary.

[@cherbear5612]

Original is better. These untalented thieves have no creativity of their own.

[@frostfamily5321]

But they probably forgor 💀 or did not know about the riot at the U.S. capital and Area 51, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, and maybe even Chlorine Con!

[@Mrs_Boots]

I think it's an unspoken rule that somebody, somewhere, wakes up one day and suddenly realizes they have the responsibility of re-creating this song. and the cycle will continue every 20 years.

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

Don’t worry we will make ur theory come true

[@Mrs_Boots]

@@Crazytwister-vw4er yay😁

[@missnykriddle5147]

I NEED a 10min version of this song. The whirlwind that's been the 2,000's requires a longer rendition. 😩

[@Killjoy4evr]

You could make a 10 minute one based off of 2020 alone lol

[@mendenos]

I heard Billy Joel's version first thing this morning. This song needs to be constantly updated for the amount of shit that keeps happening. This song needs to go viral!!

[@benedwards2566]

Could probably do a version based on the last 8 years alone (12 if FOTUS actually makes it through the next 4 years)

[@jamestk656]

Imagine how frustrating it must be for a fortuneteller in 1988 if all they had was this song to go by.

[@PolarBearChoujin2470]

They'd be wondering what the heck spongebob and pokemon are!😂

[@Nan-1017]

@@PolarBearChoujin2470🤣😂 funny!

[@stevenkyle2313]

Best comment 😂

[@leeatkin9925]

And the fear of the bombings, random cities (how could they be important?), and is the world tower/second plane related or just two ideas that happen to be placed together

[@therealskull4786]

especially because the events don't go in order like Billy Joel's do

[@goldenart1215]

Came to this expecting an early 2000s themed cover. Was NOT expecting this to have been released within the past few years and contain so much about the past few years. Love it

[@trucetruce335]

It’s driving me absolutely insane that this isn’t in chronological order

[@decoroman4981]

Same!!!

[@SkyweaverFPV]

Yeah, it bothered me too , but it's difficult to do that and keep the flow and rhyming scheme.

[@decoroman4981]

@@SkyweaverFPV kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaiXh5mbf7Z_fbssi=PjhH3oEzx1XV1B7_ They did it.

[@VigilanteVegan]

Is the original?

[@SkyweaverFPV]

@@VigilanteVegan mostly

[@Torrid1994]

2:10 I can’t believe SpongeBob was the Golden State killer this entire time. You think you know a guy

[@jobreakstheinternet5100]

I like how so many contemporary covers change "but we tried to fight it" to "but we're trying to fight it," this one included. Great cover!

[@Xaero13]

The original says 'trying' as well.

[@horizon7530]

My biggest issue with the song is how the original actually moves through time and list the event in order as they happened but this one just names random things from different years in no particular order

[@h0m3st4r]

Precisely the biggest criticism from critics and fans alike when this version first came out, along with excluding COVID-19.

[@waggz04]

Absolutely, Right away I saw how random this one was. I lived through a good bit of the first one as well.

[@Beaches_south_of_L.A.]

I think that is completely irrelevant. They had a definitive time frame and a huge list of events and milestones then they had to put them all together to make them sound good. I think they were brilliant. If they had to follow a time line they wouldn't be able to follow themes or group like events, ie- Prince and the queen died or MJ 23 blah blah blah MJ 45... I think they were smart grouping clusters rather than a linear time-line. I think that would've ruined it.

[@markweiher7619]

If they were good songwriters, they would have been able to pull it off. Just random events that are scattered around 30 years. @@Beaches_south_of_L.A.

[@TheLime69]

@@markweiher7619 I both agree and disagree on 1 hand if it went in order like the original then future listeners can draw a line from point A to B in terms of when these events happened making it more of a time capsule in song form, on the other the randomness kinda fits for the current era we are in, so much has happened to quickly, its hard to keep track of what happened when, in that sense its more of a representation of how we felt about how the past 30ish years flew by and just how chaotic it all was

[@Rocketpower3000]

THIS SONG SLAYS chronological order wouldve been nice but i also think the fact its not adds to the song and kinda just shows the chaos of the world

[@coastiewoody]

Thank you for pointing that out. I wanted chronological order like the original, but I didn't even think of it like this. You're absolutely right.

[@aidenlee-zv7fo]

A lot of people are complaing about chronological order but they are trying to rhyme it and make a good song so yes thanks for pointing that out

[@kbanghart]

​@@aidenlee-zv7foplus I think it really points to how events affect how things turn out in the future, so everything happening presently can be pointed to from the past

[@bethanyhanna9464]

I do like the song. But the chronological order is what set the original apart. It was literally a history lesson put to music. This song will confuse anyone who isn't aware of the timeline in which these names and events were relevant. Now, it's just another catchy song, and not anything close to what the original was, in terms of significance. The message has been lost.

[@kbanghart]

​@@coastiewoodyactually now that I think about it, I do believe the first does in fact jump back in time at one point? If you want to check feel free, I'm lazy right now LOL

[@PlanetExpressYoutubeChannel]

Bartender: "Somebody sing me a song about the last 34 years!" Fall Out Boy: "Hold our beers!"

[@ceciliaellison9836]

Holy hell. Is this how our parents felt hearing the original? I just saw my entire life flash by in every line. I can't even describe how it feels to watch this.

[@jena.alexia]

Probably. 1/2 the stuff in the original I didn't even know what he was referring to. Most of these things I do know.

[@brentbaker4463]

I AM 56 AND YES THIS IS HOW WE FELT HEARING THE ORIGINAL !! INCREDIBLE SONGS BOTH OF THEM! I'm so old I even type in all caps..LOL)

[@_pachycephalosaurus_]

@@jena.alexiaamen to that! This song gets me all existential

[@arker5835]

My brain is still on the loading screen... That was such an amazing song to delve into. I showed my mother who was born in the 50s this version as she's a major fan of the original. She said she's so happy they made this.

[@dreadogastusf3548]

Yes, that is how we felt. The new version didn't hit me as hard as the original. But when you live long enough, you develop a thicker skin. Hang in there. "Await your arrival, at simple survival." Dan Fogelberg - Part of the Plan

[@ye6973]

I love how the order is all over the place. Perfectly suits the last 30 years. Especially the last 10 years or so

[@jena.alexia]

Good point. 😂

[@coffeeman501]

I'd argue this creates a sense of dissonance and makes it hard to follow the order of events. The original started at the year of Billy Joel's birth in the 1950s and went all the way to 1986 or something like that and had a sense of progression. A lot of covers attempting to update the song have always tried to pick up where the original left off, and there has been a few good ones, and this being the first official big cover of it leaves a lot to be desired. I still like this version, but it feels like everything in the past 30 years or something like that has been thrown into a grab-bag and once pulled out was just slapped haphazardly into the lyrics. There's no start, no end, no sense of progression, just a shambling approximation of what has transpired since the 90s to today vomited on paper.

[@PuffleFuzz]

The Titan sub made me step back and realize how long ago Ever Given was

[@ye6973]

@@coffeeman501 I totally, wholeheartedly disagree but that’s your opinion and I respect it.

[@mcmayo7870]

No it's just lazy all they did was rhyme shit it's not even chronological

[@AngelWolfe]

About 3 weeks ago, my sister and i actually discussed a possible up to date version of this song. Im extremely glad that it was fall out boy that covered it. Thank you ❤

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

A 100 years worth of history happened in 34 years. This making me a 35 y.o feel like i'm 100 lol.

[@JasmineStardes]

This is so weird, i was also looking for it literally like a week ago and all of them were kinda meh. So glad FOB did it!!

[@ChristineTdoesntexist]

Literally everyone has thought about doing this. We all realized what a terrible idea it was.

[@betawolf7202]

I also just had this idea! Covid was definitely something that probably jumpstarted a lot of people to make a cover like this!

[@Afflictamine]

epstein, covid, trans agenda, ukraine, not even mentioned at all LOL plenty of shitting on christians and muslims tho hmmm who could be behind it?

[@amyg635]

Holy **** dude this it me in the feels, thinking of all I've witnessed in my life. All those I've lost along the way. I got a little teary eyed for sure.