On This Day, Dec. 9, 1989: Billy Joel hit #1 with 'We Didn’t Start The Fire'

On This Day, Dec. 9, 1989 ...

Billy Joel began a two-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “We Didn’t Start The Fire” from his 11th studio album, Storm Front.

The song has Billy listing off a series of important events and happenings that took place from 1949, the year he was born, to 1989.

The tune, which was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year, was Joel’s third and final #1 single.

In 2023, rockers Fall Out Boy released their own updated version of “We Didn’t Start The Fire,” chronicling events that happened between 1989 and 2023.