We Didnt Start The Fire Analysis

We Didn’t Start The Fire was one of the most powerful songs in 1989, written by no other than Billy Joel. The number one hit mentions some famous events between the years of 1949 and 1989. In 1949 was when the singer was born and in 1989 was when the song was released. We Didn’t Start The Fire was nominated for record of the year at the Grammy Awards and was also number one in the United States at that time. But that’s not all the song was noticed for. The hit was known for it’s strong message and powerful meaning behind it. The song basically talks about some important issues like racism, segregation, and even things about going to war. In We Didn’t Start The Fire, Billy Joel is saying that we, the American people, didn’t cause all the problems in the world. That they were already a problem way before most of us were even born.

A very significant event that occurred during the time period of 1949 to 1989 was the Korean War. This occasion took place in 1950 and didn’t end till 1953. The Korean War started when North Korea seized South Korea. This was all because Korea was split into two regions, with separate governments, after the Cold War. Both North Korea and South Korea wanted to be to be …show more content…
The song explains events dealing with racism and segregation between the years of 1949 and 1989. We Didn’t Start The Fire basically explains that we didn’t cause all the bad, that we were born into it or brought up in it. The video for the song shows very disturbing pictures of certain events. In the song, Billy Joel even mentioned the name of Harry Truman, who was the president I talked about. He was the one who was responsible for the bombings on Japan. Joel also mentioned a few every famous people and one of them being Miss Marilyn Monroe. The song wasn’t really a favorite of mine but it will definitely stick with me because of the message behind