Billy Joel

Released: May 19, 1976

Songwriter: Billy Joel

Producer: Billy Joel

Oh baby, you don't get turned on by the radio
Oh baby, you got nothing to play on your stereo

"Why don't The Beatles get back together?"
"Why don't nobody sing of romance?"
Oh baby, all you wanna do is dance

Oh baby, I think you are lost in the seventies
Oh baby, "The music she ain't what she used to be"

You don't understand what they're saying
You've given it every chance
Oh baby, all you wanna do is dance

Well you wish you were back in the good old days
When tomatoes were cheaper
And you never heard the words of your favorite songs
Through a three inch speaker
And you never messed around with dangerous drugs
You were all getting sick on beer-
And you didn't get any (unless you went steady and made out for a year)

Well you can hide away honey, in your rock and roll dreams
And you can stand by your blue suede shoes
But the party is over
And I'm getting tired of waiting for you

Oh baby, "Where are the oldies they used to play?"
Oh baby, you want to crawl back into yesterday
You don't want to deal with the future
You don't want to make any plans-
Oh baby, all you wanna do is dance

Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer/songwriter, producer, and composer who ranks as one of the most iconic and influential artists from the mid to late 20th century.

He is the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, wrote a total of 121 songs that achieved 33 Top 40 hits in the US, a 6-time Grammy winner out of 23 nominations, and one of the best-selling recording artists of all-time with 150 million albums sold worldwide.

Joel has since continued to tour and sells out in stadiums globally. He also delved into classical music composition, arranging an album, Fantasies and Delusions released in 2001, opened a motorcycle shop on his native Long Island, and is now regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Among his numerous accolades, he was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, bestowed with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013, and awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress in 2014.

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