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Billy Joel’s 10 Best Billboard Hot 100 Hits
The best Billy Joel songs: 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits from the Piano Man.
Fans certainly missed Joel during that interim, though he continued to perform — monthly at Madison Square Garden from January 2014 to July 2024 (minus the pandemic) and in stadiums, co-headlining with pals such as Stevie Nicks and Sting. Originally titled “The Motorcycle Song” and considerably faster, it’s a tune that makes your heart soften and your fist punch the air, especially when Joel hits the na-na-na-na crescendo after the hushed final chorus (Color Me Badd helped out on those). As punk and new wave encroached, Joel was smart enough to recognize the similarities in styles, trends and attitudes, and skilled enough to explain it in less than three minutes — with a shout-out to kindred spirit Bruce Springsteen and cohort Clarence Clemons before the sax solo.
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