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Coffee Break: Rapid lyrics

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?MPR Graphic / Tracy Kompelien

by Anna Weggel

December 09, 2019

Today in 1989, Billy Joel started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "We Didn't Start The Fire".

The rapid-fire lyrics make reference to more than 100 headline events between when Billy was born (1949) to the year the song was released (1989) on his Storm Front album.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature rapidly-performed lyrics?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Jade Bird - I Get No Joy
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies