My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer/songwriter Billy Joel

Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

. It was released on November 22, 2005. The album name is derivative of the Billy Joel song "My Life." The liner notes were written by long time Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 magazine contributor Anthony DeCurtis

Anthony DeCurtis

Anthony DeCurtis is an American author and music critic, who has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Relix and other publications.-Career:...

.

It was Joel's 20th album to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at #171 in December, 2005.

Track listing

There are five discs included in My Lives: four CDs and one DVD. All Songs written by Billy Joel, except where noted.

Disc One

1. "My Journey's End" - The Lost Souls (Demo, Never Released)
2. "Time And Time Again" – The Lost Souls (Demo, Never Released)
3. "Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make)" - The Hassles
   The Hassles
   The Hassles were a rock group in the 1960s, most notable for recording the first releases to feature Billy Joel. The group released two full-length albums and a number of singles....
   
    (Album Version) (William Joel, T. Michaels, V. Gorman)
4. "You've Got Me Hummin'" - The Hassles (Album Version) (Isaac Hayes
   Isaac Hayes
   Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
   
   , David Porter
   David Porter (musician)
   David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
   
   )
5. "Amplifier Fire (Part 1)" – Attila  (Heavily Edited) (William Joel, Jonathan Small)
6. "Only A Man" (Demo, Never Released)
7. "She's Got a Way
   She's Got a Way
   "She's Got a Way" is a song by Billy Joel. The original version is on the 1971 album Cold Spring Harbor, while the remade live version was released as a single from the 1981 album Songs in the Attic and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1982.After its original recording,...
   
   " (Album Version)
8. "Oyster Bay" (Demo, Never Released)
9. "Piano Man
   Piano Man (song)
   "Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first major hit and his signature song. "Piano Man" was released as a single in November 1st, 1973 and has been on several albums...
   
   " (Demo, Never Released)
10. "The Siegfried Line" (Demo, Never Released)
11. "New Mexico" (Demo, Never Released) (Became "Worse Comes To Worst")
12. "Cross To Bear" (Demo, Never Released)
13. "Miami 2017" (Demo, Never Released)
14. "These Rhinestone Days" (Demo, Never Released) (Became "I've Loved These Days")
15. "Everybody Has A Dream" (Album Version)
16. "Only the Good Die Young
    Only The Good Die Young
    "Only the Good Die Young" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 pop rock album, The Stranger. The song was controversial for its time, with the lyrics describing a boy who tries to convince a Catholic girl who is a virgin to have sex with him....
    
    " (Alternate Version, Never Released)
17. "Until the Night
    Until the Night
    "Until the Night" is a song written by Billy Joel and included on his album 52nd Street, released in 1978. The single reached #50 on the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " (Album Version)
18. "Zanzibar" (Album Version, Unfaded)
19. "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" (Album Version)

Disc Two

1. "Captain Jack
   Captain Jack (song)
   "Captain Jack" is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album Piano Man with a live version on his 1981 album Songs in the Attic. Joel originally wrote the song, an anti-drug song, in 1971, while observing some people from his window obtaining drugs from a dealer named "Captain Jack".It is the...
   
   " (Live Version, Never Released)
2. "The End of the World" (Demo, Never Released) (Became "Elvis Presley Blvd.")
3. "The Prime of Your Life" (Demo, Never Released) (Became "The Longest Time
   The Longest Time
   "The Longest Time" is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel. The song was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the album An Innocent Man. It reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Billboards Adult Contemporary chart...
   
   ")
4. "She's Right on Time" (Album Version)
5. "Elvis Presley Blvd." (B-Side of Allentown
   Allentown (song)
   "Allentown" is a song by American singer Billy Joel, which first appeared on Joel's The Nylon Curtain album, accompanied by a conceptual music video. It later appeared on Joel's Greatest Hits: Volume II , 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert , The Essential Billy Joel , and "12 Gardens Live" albums...
   
   )
6. "Nobody Knows But Me" (from In Harmony II)
7. "An Innocent Man
   An Innocent Man (song)
   "An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel and the third single from his album An Innocent Man.The song, whose musical style is an homage to Ben E. King and The Drifters, reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the third consecutive top 10 single from the album...
   
   " (Album Version)
8. "Christie Lee" (Demo, Never Released)
9. "Easy Money" (Album Version)
10. "And So It Goes
    And So It Goes
    "And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives. Joel wrote the song about a doomed relationship...
    
    " (Demo, Never Released)
11. "I'll Cry Instead
    I'll Cry Instead
    "I'll Cry Instead" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon–McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles for the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day's Night.-Background:Lennon wrote the song for the "break-out" sequence in the film...
    
    " (Live, B-Side of An Innocent Man
    An Innocent Man (song)
    "An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel and the third single from his album An Innocent Man.The song, whose musical style is an homage to Ben E. King and The Drifters, reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the third consecutive top 10 single from the album...
    
    ) (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
    
    , Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
    )
12. "Keeping the Faith
    Keeping the Faith (song)
    "Keeping the Faith" is a song by rock singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released from his 1983 album An Innocent Man. Written as a tribute to Bob Marley and reggae, it reached #18 on the main US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart...
    
    " (12" Remix)
13. "Modern Woman
    Modern Woman
    "Modern Woman" is a song performed by Billy Joel from his album The Bridge.The song was the first single off the album and was also featured on the soundtrack to the film Ruthless People....
    
    " (Album Version)
14. "Baby Grand
    Baby Grand
    "Baby Grand" is the fourth and final single released off Billy Joel's album The Bridge. A duet with Joel and Ray Charles, the song is a ballad dedicated to the baby grand piano, and the relationship it can share with its players. The two originally got together when Charles contacted Joel about the...
    
    " duet with Ray Charles (Album Version)
15. "Getting Closer" duet with Steve Winwood (Alternate Version, Never released)
16. "House of Blue Light" (B-Side of "We Didn't Start the Fire
    We Didn't Start the Fire
    "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics are made up from rapid-fire brief allusions to over a hundred headline events between March 1949 and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front...
    
    ")
17. "Money or Love" (Demo, Never Released)
18. "The Times They Are A-Changin'
    The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
    "The Times They Are a-Changin" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album, The Times They Are a-Changin. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stones 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....
    
    " (Live Album Version) (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    )

Disc Three

1. "The Downeaster" “Alexa”
   The Downeaster Alexa
   "The Downeaster 'Alexa" is a song originally released in 1989 on Billy Joel's eleventh studio album Storm Front. The album itself went to number one while the fourth single "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" placed at #57 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Vol...
   
   " (Album Version)
2. "I Go to Extremes
   I Go to Extremes
   "I Go to Extremes" is the fourth track on Billy Joel's 1989 album, Storm Front. It was released as the second single from the album in 1990. It peaked at the number six position on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #70 on the UK chart. The song was also a top ten hit on both the Adult Contemporary...
   
   " (Live, Never Released)
3. "Shout" (Live) (O'Kelley Isley, Ronald Isley
   Ronald Isley
   Ronald Isley is an American singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.-Career:...
   
   , Rudolph Isley
   Rudolph Isley
   Rudolph Bernard Isley , better known as Rudy Isley, is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...
   
   )
4. "All Shook Up
   All Shook Up
   "All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and composed by Otis Blackwell. Elvis Presley's single topped the U.S. Pop chart on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks. It also topped the R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to...
   
   " (B-side) (Otis Blackwell
   Otis Blackwell
   Otis Blackwell was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock 'n' roll...
   
   , Elvis Presley
   Elvis Presley
   Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
   
   )
5. "Heartbreak Hotel
   Heartbreak Hotel
   "Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American rock and roll musician Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956, Presley's first on his new record label RCA Victor. His first number-one pop record, "Heartbreak Hotel" topped Billboards Top 100 chart, became his first...
   
   " (Soundtrack) (May Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
   Elvis Presley
   Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
   
   )
6. "When You Wish Upon a Star
   When You Wish upon a Star
   "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...
   
   " (Soundtrack) (Leigh Harline
   Leigh Harline
   Leigh Adrian Harline was a film composer.-Career:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer...
   
   , Ned Washington
   Ned Washington
   Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
   
   )
7. "In a Sentimental Mood
   In a Sentimental Mood
   "In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington which is also performed as a song. Ellington composed the piece in 1935 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by Irving Mills and Manny Kurtz. According to Ellington, the song was...
   
   " (Soundtrack) (Duke Ellington
   Duke Ellington
   Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
   
   , Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   )
8. "Motorcycle Song" (Demo, Never Released) (Became "All About Soul
   All About Soul
   "All About Soul" is a single by singer/songwriter Billy Joel. It was the second single from his 1993 album River of Dreams. The song peaked at #29 in the US and #32 on the UK charts...
   
   ")
9. "You Picked A Real Bad Time" (B-side)
10. "The River of Dreams
    The River of Dreams
    "The River of Dreams" is a single by Billy Joel. It is the title track and first single from his 1993 album River of Dreams. The song was a hit, peaking at #3 on the US and UK charts, making it his highest charting of the 1990s. It also hit the top spot in Australia and on the Billboard Adult...
    
    " (Alternate Version, Never Released)
11. "A Hard Day's Night
    A Hard Day's Night (song)
    "A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964...
    
    " (Live) (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
    
    , Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
    )
12. "Light As The Breeze" (Album Version) (Leonard Cohen
    Leonard Cohen
    Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
    
    )
13. "To Make You Feel My Love
    To Make You Feel My Love
    "Make You Feel My Love", also known as "To Make You Feel My Love" or "Just to Make You Feel My Love", is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan. It appeared on his 1997 album Time Out of Mind...
    
    " (Album Version) (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    )
14. "Hey Girl" (Album Version) (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
    
    , Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
    
    )
15. "Why Should I Worry" (Soundtrack) (Dan Hartman
    Dan Hartman
    Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
    
    , Charlie Midnight
    Charlie Midnight
    Charlie Midnight is an American songwriter and record producer who has been nominated for a Grammy Award , two Golden Globe Awards; and has been a producer and/or writer on several Grammy-winning albums, including:The Bodyguard Soundtrack Album ; Turbulent Indigo Charlie Midnight is an American...
    
    )
16. "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day?)" (Soundtrack) (Harold Logan
    Harold Logan
    Harold Logan was a New Zealand bred Standardbred pacer that won two New Zealand Trotting Cups. He was a leading performer in 1931 and 1932. In 1932, he won the New Zealand Trotting Cup with a handicap of 60 yards.-Pedigree:...
    
    , John Patton
    John Patton
    John Patton may refer to:*John Patton , U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania*John Patton , mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 1858–1859...
    
    , Lloyd Price
    Lloyd Price
    Lloyd Price is an American R&B vocalist. Known as "Mr. Personality", after the name of one of his biggest million-selling hits...
    
    )
17. "Highway 61 Revisited" (Demo, Never Released) (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    )

Disc Four

1. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" (Live)
2. "You May Be Right
   You May Be Right (song)
   "You May Be Right" is a single written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses. The song reached #7 on the US charts, but failed to chart in the UK unlike his preceding and succeeding singles "All for Leyna" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"...
   
   " duet with Elton John
   Elton John
   Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
   
    (Live, Never Released)
3. "Big Shot
   Big Shot (song)
   "Big Shot" was the second hit single from Billy Joel's 1978 album 52nd Street. The song was released in early-1979, just as his other hit single from that same album, "'My Life", was peaking at #3...
   
   " (Live)
4. "Don't Worry Baby
   Don't Worry Baby
   "Don’t Worry Baby" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian, produced by Wilson and first recorded by the Beach Boys. The band's version, a tender ballad with falsetto lead vocal by Brian, was first released on their 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2. It was also released as the B-side of...
   
   " (Live) (Roger Christin, Brian Wilson
   Brian Wilson
   Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
   
   )
5. "Goodnight Saigon
   Goodnight Saigon
   "Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam...
   
   " – Vietnam Veterans Version (Live)
6. "Los Angelenos" (Live)
7. "New York State of Mind
   New York State of Mind
   "New York State of Mind" is a song written by Billy Joel which initially appeared on the album Turnstiles in 1976. While not a hit when it was first released, it has received much more frequent airplay in recent years...
   
   " (Live)
8. "Opus 1. Soliloquy (On A Separation)"
9. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star-Crossed) I. Innamorato"
10. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star-Crossed) II. Sorbetto"
11. "Opus 8. Suite For Piano (Star-Crossed) III. Delusion"
12. "Elegy: The Great Peconic"
13. "Glass Houses Promo Talk"

Disc Five (DVD)

Live from the River of Dreams

River of Dreams

River of Dreams is the 12th studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1993. This is the last pop album made by Joel, and presented a much more serious tone as a whole, dealing with issues such as trust and long-lasting love; it was rumored that the themes of trust and betrayal, particularly certain...

Tour:

1. "No Man's Land
   No Man's Land (Billy Joel song)
   "No Man's Land" is a single by Billy Joel. It was the third single from his 1993 album River of Dreams. The song is about the growth of suburbia and its negative environmental and social aspects. It presumably refers somewhat specifically to Long Island...
   
   "
2. "Pressure
   Pressure (Billy Joel song)
   "Pressure" is a synthesizer-driven song from 1982 by Billy Joel about difficulty dealing with the stress of daily living. The song was a single from the album The Nylon Curtain.-Themes:...
   
   "
3. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid
   The Ballad of Billy the Kid
   "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" is a Billy Joel song from the album Piano Man. It is a fictionalized story of Billy The Kid. In an interview from 1975, Joel admitted,"Basically [the song] was an experiment with an impressionist type of lyric...
   
   "
4. "Leningrad
   Leningrad (song)
   "Leningrad" is a 1989 song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. The song was originally released on his album Storm Front on the Columbia Records label, and went on to be released as a single. It was also released on his Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 compilation. The song...
   
   "
5. "Allentown
   Allentown (song)
   "Allentown" is a song by American singer Billy Joel, which first appeared on Joel's The Nylon Curtain album, accompanied by a conceptual music video. It later appeared on Joel's Greatest Hits: Volume II , 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert , The Essential Billy Joel , and "12 Gardens Live" albums...
   
   "
6. "My Life
   My Life (Billy Joel song)
   "My Life" is a song by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 1978 album 52nd Street. A single version was released in the fall of 1978 and reached #2 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Early the next year it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100....
   
   "
7. "I Go to Extremes
   I Go to Extremes
   "I Go to Extremes" is the fourth track on Billy Joel's 1989 album, Storm Front. It was released as the second single from the album in 1990. It peaked at the number six position on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #70 on the UK chart. The song was also a top ten hit on both the Adult Contemporary...
   
   "
8. "Shades Of Grey"
9. "The River of Dreams
   The River of Dreams
   "The River of Dreams" is a single by Billy Joel. It is the title track and first single from his 1993 album River of Dreams. The song was a hit, peaking at #3 on the US and UK charts, making it his highest charting of the 1990s. It also hit the top spot in Australia and on the Billboard Adult...
   
   "
10. "Goodnight Saigon
    Goodnight Saigon
    "Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam...
    
    "
11. "We Didn't Start the Fire
    We Didn't Start the Fire
    "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song by Billy Joel. Its lyrics are made up from rapid-fire brief allusions to over a hundred headline events between March 1949 and 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front...
    
    "
12. "A Hard Day's Night
    A Hard Day's Night (song)
    "A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964...
    
    "
13. "Big Shot"
14. "Piano Man
    Piano Man (song)
    "Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first major hit and his signature song. "Piano Man" was released as a single in November 1st, 1973 and has been on several albums...
    
    "
15. "I Go to Extremes
    I Go to Extremes
    "I Go to Extremes" is the fourth track on Billy Joel's 1989 album, Storm Front. It was released as the second single from the album in 1990. It peaked at the number six position on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #70 on the UK chart. The song was also a top ten hit on both the Adult Contemporary...
    
    " - "Umixit" Track
16. "Zanzibar" - "Umixit" Track