Did We Remember the Fire?

The Modern Relevancy of
Every Line of
Billy Joel's
"We Didn't Start the Fire"

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• Page views are based on the topic of the line, not the line verbatim.
(e.g. Elizabeth II, not "England's got a new queen").

• Chart was created using the excellent D3.