Detailed concert and song statistics on Billy Joel based on 715 concerts.

Setlists715
Songs performed12930
Unique songs performed288
Tags performed74
Covers performed as songs689
Covers performed as tags74

Show Length

Each column represents the number of songs performed in a concert.

Number of Tags (74)

Each column represents the number of tags performed in a concert. Note that concerts without tags are left out of this graph.

Number of Encores

Each column represents the number of encores in a concert. Note that concerts without any encores are left out of this graph.

Statistics by Year

Year
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1990 98 910 0 51 159
1991 35 140 0 31 24
1993 42 485 0 37 32
1994 78 762 0 45 42
1995 9 132 0 26 0
1997 1 18 0 18 0
1998 42 828 0 56 24
1999 34 730 3 74 87
2006 68 1708 0 61 198
2007 39 907 5 53 117
2008 36 779 3 62 95
2009 7 149 0 32 21
2012 1 6 1 6 0
2013 8 173 1 41 25
2014 37 832 37 74 165
2015 22 546 18 77 96
2016 31 751 4 89 159
2017 28 749 0 89 151
2018 22 549 0 73 101
2019 21 497 2 67 95
2020 5 118 0 33 22
2021 6 139 0 38 31
2022 23 556 0 60 111
2023 22 466 0 43 107
Totals 715 12930 74 288 1862

Statistics by Month

Month
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1990 / January 10 43 0 29 6
1990 / February 13 131 0 27 23
1990 / March 10 113 0 26 19
1990 / April 11 127 0 29 24
1990 / May 13 172 0 26 30
1990 / June 9 113 0 30 17
1990 / July 10 101 0 23 20
1990 / August 12 68 0 28 15
1990 / September 5 22 0 22 2
1990 / October 5 20 0 20 3
1991 / January 10 83 0 26 15
1991 / February 12 3 0 3 0
1991 / March 8 42 0 21 6
1991 / August 3 0 0 0 0
1991 / October 2 12 0 12 3
1993 / September 8 107 0 27 7
1993 / October 13 118 0 24 9
1993 / November 10 140 0 25 2
1993 / December 11 120 0 30 14
1994 / January 10 162 0 27 7
1994 / February 6 57 0 20 3
1994 / March 10 129 0 27 6
1994 / April 8 77 0 22 2
1994 / May 10 64 0 26 10
1994 / June 7 95 0 25 7
1994 / October 10 160 0 27 7
1994 / November 9 18 0 18 0
1994 / December 8 0 0 0 0
1995 / January 9 132 0 26 0
1997 / September 1 18 0 18 0
1998 / January 2 49 0 31 0
1998 / February 9 191 0 39 0
1998 / April 3 60 0 26 4
1998 / May 6 118 0 28 5
1998 / November 12 205 0 29 5
1998 / December 10 205 0 35 10
1999 / February 8 168 0 42 12
1999 / March 8 168 0 29 23
1999 / April 7 141 3 29 23
1999 / December 11 253 0 51 29
2006 / January 8 200 0 39 26
2006 / February 9 229 0 46 26
2006 / March 11 292 0 43 33
2006 / April 7 196 0 44 21
2006 / June 2 52 0 29 6
2006 / July 13 323 0 37 40
2006 / October 2 45 0 26 6
2006 / November 10 235 0 33 26
2006 / December 6 136 0 29 14
2007 / February 8 195 0 35 23
2007 / March 3 71 0 25 9
2007 / April 7 167 1 31 20
2007 / May 4 91 3 29 12
2007 / July 1 18 0 18 3
2007 / August 1 21 0 21 3
2007 / October 1 22 0 22 3
2007 / November 9 205 1 31 27
2007 / December 5 117 0 33 17
2008 / February 3 66 0 22 9
2008 / March 1 21 0 21 3
2008 / April 6 125 0 32 15
2008 / May 4 85 1 28 12
2008 / June 4 88 0 27 12
2008 / July 5 135 2 48 18
2008 / November 6 130 0 31 14
2008 / December 7 129 0 26 12
2009 / January 3 64 0 25 9
2009 / February 4 85 0 28 12
2012 / December 1 6 1 6 0
2013 / April 2 36 1 22 2
2013 / October 2 44 0 27 8
2013 / November 3 66 0 26 12
2013 / December 1 27 0 27 3
2014 / January 5 107 2 29 20
2014 / February 4 89 9 34 19
2014 / March 3 72 4 36 16
2014 / April 4 93 5 32 20
2014 / May 4 90 5 34 16
2014 / June 4 94 2 34 16
2014 / July 4 92 2 31 21
2014 / August 2 48 1 29 10
2014 / September 1 24 2 24 5
2014 / October 1 22 1 22 4
2014 / November 2 29 2 24 4
2014 / December 3 72 2 32 14
2015 / January 3 69 5 30 12
2015 / February 2 48 5 28 8
2015 / March 2 46 3 27 7
2015 / April 1 24 1 24 4
2015 / May 3 75 2 34 14
2015 / June 3 69 1 34 14
2015 / July 3 72 0 32 14
2015 / August 4 110 1 44 20
2015 / September 1 33 0 33 3
2016 / January 3 55 0 34 15
2016 / February 3 48 0 37 7
2016 / March 2 49 3 29 10
2016 / April 3 72 1 34 17
2016 / May 3 79 0 33 16
2016 / June 1 23 0 23 6
2016 / July 4 102 0 36 23
2016 / August 3 80 0 34 18
2016 / September 2 54 0 28 9
2016 / October 1 28 0 28 6
2016 / November 3 81 0 40 16
2016 / December 3 80 0 37 16
2017 / January 2 53 0 32 11
2017 / February 2 54 0 33 12
2017 / March 2 50 0 29 10
2017 / April 3 94 0 47 17
2017 / May 2 49 0 31 11
2017 / June 1 26 0 26 5
2017 / July 3 79 0 31 17
2017 / August 3 81 0 36 15
2017 / September 3 78 0 35 16
2017 / October 1 26 0 26 5
2017 / November 3 76 0 33 16
2017 / December 3 83 0 38 16
2018 / January 1 28 0 28 6
2018 / February 2 53 0 29 11
2018 / March 1 28 0 28 6
2018 / April 1 25 0 25 5
2018 / May 1 26 0 26 5
2018 / June 4 95 0 32 18
2018 / July 2 49 0 27 8
2018 / August 2 49 0 29 9
2018 / September 3 72 0 29 12
2018 / October 2 49 0 31 8
2018 / November 1 23 0 23 4
2018 / December 2 52 0 34 9
2019 / January 2 49 0 30 9
2019 / February 1 25 0 25 4
2019 / March 2 47 0 28 8
2019 / April 2 46 2 26 8
2019 / May 2 47 0 29 9
2019 / June 2 46 0 28 9
2019 / July 2 48 0 28 10
2019 / August 2 46 0 27 10
2019 / September 2 48 0 31 9
2019 / October 2 46 0 26 10
2019 / November 1 24 0 24 4
2019 / December 1 25 0 25 5
2020 / January 2 47 0 26 9
2020 / February 2 46 0 29 9
2020 / March 1 25 0 25 4
2021 / August 2 46 0 27 11
2021 / September 1 23 0 23 6
2021 / October 1 19 0 19 5
2021 / November 1 24 0 24 5
2021 / December 1 27 0 27 4
2022 / January 1 23 0 23 5
2022 / February 2 47 0 28 10
2022 / March 2 47 0 27 10
2022 / April 2 47 0 25 10
2022 / May 2 47 0 28 10
2022 / June 2 46 0 27 10
2022 / July 2 50 0 32 10
2022 / August 2 49 0 29 9
2022 / September 2 56 0 38 10
2022 / October 2 45 0 28 7
2022 / November 2 49 0 27 10
2022 / December 2 50 0 27 10
2023 / January 2 51 0 29 11
2023 / February 2 45 0 26 10
2023 / March 2 43 0 25 10
2023 / April 1 23 0 23 5
2023 / May 2 45 0 28 10
2023 / June 2 44 0 25 10
2023 / July 2 46 0 26 11
2023 / August 3 64 0 26 15
2023 / September 2 43 0 24 10
2023 / October 2 43 0 24 10
2023 / November 2 19 0 19 5
Totals 715 12930 74 288 1862

Top Songs

Name
Total
Piano Man 564 4.36%
You May Be Right 562 4.35%
Allentown 553 4.28%
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant 549 4.25%
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me 544 4.21%
Only the Good Die Young 539 4.17%
We Didn't Start the Fire 537 4.15%
My Life 529 4.09%
The River of Dreams 519 4.01%
Movin' Out 471 3.64%
Big Shot 415 3.21%
New York State of Mind 414 3.20%
Don't Ask Me Why 377 2.92%
Pressure 353 2.73%
She's Always a Woman 343 2.65%
The Entertainer 329 2.54%
Zanzibar 313 2.42%
Prelude / Angry Young Man 311 2.41%
An Innocent Man 290 2.24%
I Go to Extremes 286 2.21%
Uptown Girl 281 2.17%
The Downeaster 'Alexa' 242 1.87%
Vienna 227 1.76%
Goodnight Saigon 218 1.69%
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) 202 1.56%
Sometimes a Fantasy 197 1.52%
Keeping the Faith 189 1.46%
The Ballad of Billy the Kid 149 1.15%
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) 142 1.10%
Everybody Loves You Now 136 1.05%
A Matter of Trust 122 0.94%
Just the Way You Are 114 0.88%
The Longest Time 94 0.73%
Summer, Highland Falls 85 0.66%
No Man's Land 84 0.65%
And So It Goes 76 0.59%
Honesty 63 0.49%
Captain Jack 63 0.49%
Big Man on Mulberry Street 58 0.45%
Root Beer Rag 54 0.42%
She's Got a Way 52 0.40%
Storm Front 51 0.39%
All for Leyna 43 0.33%
Shameless 41 0.32%
Say Goodbye to Hollywood 39 0.30%
This Is the Time 38 0.29%
Leningrad 37 0.29%
The Stranger 35 0.27%
A Room of Our Own 31 0.24%
All About Soul 28 0.22%
Sleeping With the Television On 26 0.20%
Stiletto 25 0.19%
Where's the Orchestra? 20 0.15%
Shades of Grey 18 0.14%
Stop in Nevada 14 0.11%
She's Right on Time 12 0.09%
You're My Home 11 0.09%
Blonde Over Blue 10 0.08%
The Great Wall of China 10 0.08%
Two Thousand Years 10 0.08%
Half a Mile Away 10 0.08%
Modern Woman 10 0.08%
That's Not Her Style 10 0.08%
I've Loved These Days 0.07%
Souvenir 0.06%
Until the Night 0.05%
This Night 0.05%
Laura 0.04%
The Night is Still Young 0.04%
Baby Grand 0.03%
Through the Long Night 0.02%
Surprises 0.02%
Running on Ice 0.02%
Famous Last Words 0.02%
Los Angelenos 0.02%
Scandinavian Skies 0.01%
Travelin' Prayer 0.01%
Ain't No Crime 0.01%
Circus Music 0.01%
Everybody Has a Dream 0.01%
The Mexican Connection 0.01%
You're Only Human (Second Wind) 0.01%
A Minor Variation 0.01%
House of Blue Light 0.01%
State of Grace 0.01%

Top Covers

Name
Total
Highway to Hell by AC/DC 184 26.71%
Nessun dorma by Giacomo Puccini 69 10.01%
Shout! by The Isley Brothers 23 3.34%
A Day in the Life by The Beatles 13 1.89%
Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 12 1.74%
Christmas in Fallujah by Cass Dillon 11 1.60%
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles 11 1.60%
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens 10 1.45%
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane 10 1.45%
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John 1.16%
She Loves You by The Beatles 1.16%
Auld Lang Syne by [traditional] 1.16%
Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Edward Meeker 1.16%
With a Little Help From My Friends by The Beatles 1.02%
Take It Easy by Eagles 0.87%
Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley 0.87%
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong 0.87%
I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett 0.73%
Rule, Brittania! by James Thomson 0.73%
Stand by Me by Ben E. King 0.73%
Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin 0.73%
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley 0.58%
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones 0.58%
Beer Barrel Polka by Jaromir Vejvoda 0.58%
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen 0.58%
Respect by Otis Redding 0.58%
The Magnificent Seven Theme by Elmer Bernstein 0.44%
Midnight Rider by The Allman Brothers Band 0.44%
Your Song by Elton John 0.44%
Dance to the Music by Sly & The Family Stone 0.44%
When I'm Sixty‐Four by The Beatles 0.44%
You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC 0.44%
In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett 0.44%
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream 0.44%
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley 0.44%
My Kind of Town by Frank Sinatra 0.44%
All Shook Up by Elvis Presley 0.44%
Silent Night by Joseph Mohr 0.44%
Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King 0.44%
Georgia on My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael 0.44%
Kansas City by Little Willie Littlefield 0.44%
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by [traditional] 0.44%
Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett 0.44%
Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones 0.44%
Layla by Derek and the Dominos 0.44%
Crossroads by Robert Johnson 0.44%
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin 0.44%
(I Got You) I Feel Good by James Brown 0.29%
Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals 0.29%
Late in the Evening by Paul Simon 0.29%
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane 0.29%
Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles 0.29%
Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves 0.29%
Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley 0.29%
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond 0.29%
The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key 0.29%
Walk This Way by Aerosmith 0.29%
I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles 0.29%
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd 0.29%
Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley 0.29%
Joy To The World by [traditional] 0.29%
One for My Baby by Harold Arlen 0.29%
The First Noel by [traditional] 0.29%
Greensleeves by [traditional] 0.29%
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba 0.29%
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley 0.29%
White Christmas by Irving Berlin 0.29%
Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers 0.29%
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin 0.29%
(unknown) by [unknown] 0.29%
La Bamba by [traditional] 0.29%
Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones 0.29%
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones 0.29%
Centerfold by The J. Geils Band 0.29%
The Wind Cries Mary by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 0.29%
Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard 0.29%
Tush by ZZ Top 0.29%
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers 0.15%
1999 by Prince 0.15%
Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan 0.15%
Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder 0.15%
Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees 0.15%
I'm a Believer by Neil Diamond 0.15%
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon 0.15%
Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel 0.15%
Rich Girl by Hall & Oates 0.15%
Long Distance Runaround by Yes 0.15%
San Francisco by Gus Kahn 0.15%
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie 0.15%
Susie Q by Dale Hawkins 0.15%
California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas 0.15%
Piece of My Heart by Erma Franklin 0.15%
Black Magic Woman by Fleetwood Mac 0.15%
If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot 0.15%
Up On Cripple Creek by The Band 0.15%
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen 0.15%
My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Foster 0.15%
Sweat by Inner Circle 0.15%
What's New, Pussycat? by Tom Jones 0.15%
Crumblin' Down by John Mellencamp 0.15%
You Are So Beautiful by Billy Preston 0.15%
Hang On Sloopy by The McCoys 0.15%
Pink Houses by John Mellencamp 0.15%
Please Please Me by The Beatles 0.15%
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters 0.15%
My Generation by The Who 0.15%
Let It Be by The Beatles 0.15%
Oh! Susanna by Stephen Foster 0.15%
Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan 0.15%
Alberta Bound by Gordon Lightfoot 0.15%
Angels We Have Heard on High by [traditional] 0.15%
When the Saints Go Marching In by [traditional] 0.15%
Cuts Like a Knife by Bryan Adams 0.15%
Imagine by John Lennon 0.15%
Get Back by The Beatles 0.15%
Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley 0.15%
Memphis, Tennessee by Chuck Berry 0.15%
Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd 0.15%
Try a Little Tenderness by Ray Noble Orchestra 0.15%
Soul Man by Sam & Dave 0.15%
Mustang Sally by Mack Rice 0.15%
Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis 0.15%
My Way by Paul Anka 0.15%
Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers 0.15%
Theme From "New York, New York" by Liza Minnelli 0.15%
Up on the Roof by Carole King 0.15%
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson 0.15%
The Little Drummer Boy by Katherine Kennicott Davis 0.15%
We Three Kings by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. 0.15%
Twist and Shout by The Top Notes 0.15%
Gimme Some Lovin' by The Spencer Davis Group 0.15%
Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones 0.15%
I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles 0.15%
Listen to the Music by The Doobie Brothers 0.15%
Sherry by The Four Seasons 0.15%
Speedoo by The Cadillacs 0.15%
Rebel Rebel by David Bowie 0.15%
Desperado by Eagles 0.15%
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley 0.15%
Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's 0.15%
Politician by Cream 0.15%
Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran 0.15%
Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf 0.15%
Carolina in My Mind by James Taylor 0.15%
King of Pain by The Police 0.15%
Dirty Water by The Standells 0.15%
Witchy Woman by Eagles 0.15%
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon 0.15%
Oklahoma by Rodgers and Hammerstein 0.15%
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family Stone 0.15%
Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen 0.15%
Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child 0.15%
Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi 0.15%
Walking to New Orleans by Fats Domino 0.15%
Born on the Bayou by Creedence Clearwater Revival 0.15%
House of the Rising Sun by [traditional] 0.15%
Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival 0.15%
Lady Marmalade by LaBelle 0.15%
Authority Song by John Mellencamp 0.15%
I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 0.15%
I Love Rock 'n' Roll by Arrows 0.15%
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding 0.15%
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & The Pips 0.15%
Try by P!nk 0.15%
Goodbye to You by Scandal 0.15%
Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 0.15%
The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel 0.15%
Louie Louie by Richard Berry 0.15%
Fire by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 0.15%
The Joker by Steve Miller Band 0.15%
Urgent by Foreigner 0.15%
Cold as Ice by Foreigner 0.15%
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum 0.15%
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out by Bruce Springsteen 0.15%
Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams 0.15%
Got to Get You Into My Life by The Beatles 0.15%
Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed 0.15%
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry 0.15%
O Come, All Ye Faithful by [traditional] 0.15%
Silver Bells by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans 0.15%
My Funny Valentine by Rodgers and Hart 0.15%
Up Around the Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival 0.15%
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival 0.15%
Show Me the Way by Peter Frampton 0.15%
Baby, I Love Your Way by Peter Frampton 0.15%
Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful 0.15%
Iris by Goo Goo Dolls 0.15%
Dazed and Confused by Jake Holmes 0.15%
Jingle Bells by James Lord Pierpont 0.15%
Roadhouse Blues by The Doors 0.15%
The House of Blue Lights by Freddie Slack 0.15%
deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo 0.15%
The Bitch is Back by Elton John 0.15%
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles 0.15%
Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson 0.15%
People Get Ready by The Impressions 0.15%
Going Down by Alabama State Troupers 0.15%
La Grange by ZZ Top 0.15%
Go Cubs Go by Steve Goodman 0.15%
25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago 0.15%
Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp 0.15%
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! by Vaughn Monroe 0.15%
The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole 0.15%