No Man's Land (Billy Joel song)

"No Man's Land"
"No Man's Land"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album River of Dreams
B-side	"No Man's Land (Live)"
Released	August 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Progressive rock; hard rock;
Length	4:48
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Billy Joel
Producer(s)	Billy Joel, Danny Kortchmar
Billy Joel singles chronology

"No Man's Land" is a single by Billy Joel. It was released as a single from his 1993 album River of Dreams. The song is about the growth of suburbia and its negative environmental and social aspects. It was the first song performed by Joel on Late Show with David Letterman in August 1993. The song peaked at number 18 on August 20, 1993, on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, and spent six weeks on the chart.^[1]

In 2017, Joel performed the song in concert as part of the story line in the Thanksgiving episode of the sixth season of the TV series Arrow.^[2] In 2018, he recalled the song as containing his best lyrics, with "biblical imagery skewed by consumerism".^[3]

Track listing[]

UK CD single[]

All songs written by Billy Joel.

"No Man's Land" (LP version) - 4:45
"No Man's Land" (Live) - 5:03

Charts[]

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Singles Chart)	71
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)^[4]	11
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	50
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[6]	18

Joel often opened concerts on the 1994 River of Dreams Tour with "No Man's Land".

References[]

^ "Billy Joel – Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ https://ew.com/tv/2017/11/20/arrow-billy-joel/
^ Marchese, David (July 2018). "In Conversation: Billy Joel". Vulture.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "BILLY JOEL - NO MAN'S LAND" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Billy Joel Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] "Billy Joel – Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

[2] ttps://ew.com/tv/2017/11/20/arrow-billy-joel/

[3] Marchese, David (July 2018). "In Conversation: Billy Joel". Vulture.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

[4] "BILLY JOEL - NO MAN'S LAND" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[sc_UK_Billy_Joel-5] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Billy_Joel-6] "Billy Joel Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

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