Fall Out Boy returned to the MTV Video Music Award stage to perform their updated version of Billy Joel’s classic “We Didn’t Start The Fire”. The rockers updated the track to include pop culture and significant events from 1989 up until 2023.

“We Didn’t Start The Fire” 2023 lyrics:

Captain Planet, Arab Spring, L.A. riots, Rodney KingDeep fakes, earthquakes, Iceland volcanoOklahoma City bomb, Kurt Cobain, PokémonTiger Woods, MySpace, Monsanto, GMOs
Harry Potter, Twilight, Michael Jackson diesNuclear accident, Fukushima, JapanCrimean Peninsula, Cambridge AnalyticaKim Jong Un, Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
We didn’t start the fireIt was always burning since the world’s been turningWe didn’t start the fireNo, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it
More war in Afghanistan, Cubs go all the way againObama, Spielberg, explosion, LebanonUnabomber, Bobbitt, John, bombing Boston MarathonBalloon Boy, War on Terror, QAnon
Trump gets impeached twice, Polar bears got no iceFyre Fest, Black Parade, Michael Phelps, Y2KBoris Johnson, Brexit, Kanye West and Taylor SwiftStranger Things, Tiger King, Ever Given, Suez
We didn’t start the fireIt was always burning since the world’s been turningWe didn’t start the fireNo, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it
Sandy Hook, Columbine, Sandra Bland and Tamir RiceISIS, LeBron James, Shinzo Abe blown awayMeghan Markle, George Floyd, Burj Khalifa, MetroidFermi paradox, Venus and Serena
Oh-oh-oh, Michael Jordan, 23, YouTube killed MTVSpongeBob, Golden State Killer got caughtMichael Jordan, 45, Woodstock ’99Keaton, Batman, Bush v. Gore, I can’t take it anymore
We didn’t start the fireIt was always burning since the world’s been turningWe didn’t start the fireNo, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it
Elon Musk, Kaepernick, Texas failed electric gridJeff Bezos, climate change, white rhino goes extinctGreat Pacific Garbage Patch, Tom DeLonge and aliensMars rover, Avatar, self-driving electric carsSSRI’s, Prince and The Queen dieWorld trade, second plane, what else do I have to say?
We didn’t start the fire (we didn’t start it)It was always burning since the world’s been turning (oh)We didn’t start the fire (we didn’t start it)But when we are gone, it will still go on (oh-yeah)
And on, and on, and on, an onAnd on, and on, and onWe didn’t start the fire (fire)It was always burning since the world’s been turning