New artist The Big Picture has brought Billy Joel’s classic We Didn’t Start the Fire into the present day with We Didn’t Start the Fire (Goodbye 2025), available now on YouTube. 2025 ended the first quarter of the 21st century. And 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. As we start a New Year, the world’s attention will be focused on history, and Goodbye 2025 is the perfect song to capture the moment.
Goodbye 2025 reimagines Billy Joel’s iconic 1989 hit We Didn’t Start the Fire, replacing the original lyrics with contemporary references. The original release spanned the period between 1949 and 1989, with this modern-day version referencing 127 chronologically-ordered world events between 2000 and 2025.
