Billy Joel has responded to Fall Out Boy‘s up to date cowl of his music ‘We Didn’t Begin The Fireplace’.

Final month, the pop-punk band launched a brand new model of Joel’s 1989 Quantity One hit, which initially included transient references to 118 important political, cultural and scientific occasions between the years of Joel’s beginning in 1949 and the music’s launch in 1989.

Within the up to date model, the unique lyrics had been changed with standout occasions from the place the music left off in 1989 to 2023.

Whereas talking with BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball following his headline efficiency at London’s BST Hyde Park this weekend, Joel mentioned: Everyone’s been eager to know when there’s going to be an up to date model of it, as a result of my music began in ’49 and led to ’89 — it was a 40-year span.”

He continued: “Everyone mentioned, ‘Effectively, aren’t you going to do an element two?’ I mentioned, ‘Nah, I’ve already achieved half one.’ So, Fall Out Boy, go forward. Nice, take it away.”

In a press release shared across the music’s launch, the band mentioned: “I thought of this music rather a lot once I was youthful. All these essential folks and occasions – some that disappeared into the sands of time – others that modified the world ceaselessly. A lot has occurred within the span of the final 34 years – we felt like a little bit system replace is likely to be enjoyable. Hope you want our tackle it.”

Just lately, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz defined why COVID was not talked about within the cowl.

Discussing why they ignored references to COVID, Wentz mentioned: “It’s like, that’s all anyone talked… You understand what I imply? I don’t know. It felt like there was a few issues that felt like a little bit on the nostril. After which there have been a few issues the place it was like … Bush V. Gore, we would have liked the rhyme.”

In different information, the pop-punk band are featured on the music ‘Electrical Contact’ from Taylor Swift’s  LP ‘Communicate Now (Taylor’s Verson)’.