--- --- # Billy Joel's Top 5 Billy Joel Songs Probably Doesn't Include Your Favorite  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2017 5:58 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2017 5:58 PM UTC [Billy Joel](http://time.com/4351400/billy-joel-donald-trump-concert-dedication/) may have more than 120 different songs in his repertoire, but when [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4629959/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-meryl-streep/) asked him to name his top five, he seemed to have a pretty definitive answer. During a Monday night appearance on _The Late Show_, the 67-year-old pop singer chatted about his long hiatus from [creating new music](http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/19/creating-music-using-brain-waves-just-for-fun-or-clinically-important/) before revealing his ranking. “I actually think about that on when I’m stage — what would I want to see me do?” he said. “I tend to like the album tracks, not the ones that are the hit singles.” Joel then rattled off his list, which included, “Vienna,” “And So It Goes,” “You May Be Right,” “She’s Right On Time” and last but not least, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.” Watch the full clip below. Watch Billy Joel Rank His Top 5 Billy Joel Songs ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4630269/billy-joel-top-5-billy-joel-songs-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4630269/billy-joel-top-5-billy-joel-songs-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Billy Joel's Top 5 Billy Joel Songs Probably Doesn't Include Your Favorite","datePublished":"2017-01-10T17:58:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:02.877Z","description":"\"Piano Man\" is nowhere to be seen","url":"https://time.com/4630269/billy-joel-top-5-billy-joel-songs-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","stephen colbert","TV","the late show","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4630269/billy-joel-top-5-billy-joel-songs-stephen-colbert/","name":"Billy Joel's Top 5 Billy Joel Songs Probably Doesn't Include Your Favorite"}}]}] ```