2000 Years: The Millennium Concert is a two-disc set and the third live album byBilly Joel, released in 2000. On May 31, 2000, it was certified Gold by theRIAA for sales of 250,000 copies.
The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 atMadison Square Garden inNew York City, during Joel'sThe Night of Two Thousand Years Tour. Some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"),[citation needed] others were edited in studio.
"This Night" (Ludwig van Beethoven/Billy Joel) – 4:49
Some editions include a bonus track:
"This Is the Time" (live) European release: Columbia 497981 2
"This Is the Time" (live) and "Just The Way You Are" Japanese release: Sony SRCS 2267-8, which also included a 48-page booklet.[3]
Several songs were performed in the concert but not included on the CD:
"Pressure" and "Just the Way You Are" were performed in between "Don't Ask Me Why" and "New York State of Mind."
"This is the Time" was performed in between "My Life" and "Allentown."
"Uptown Girl" was performed in between "Prelude/Angry Young Man" and "Only the Good Die Young" (transposed from the key of E to D).
"Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" and "And So it Goes" were performed in between "Big Man on Mulberry Street" and "2000 Years."
A cover of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze" was performed in between "The River of Dreams" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
Covers of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" and Mark James' "Suspicious Minds" were performed in between covers of Sly and the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music" and The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women."
After "This Night," "Souvenir" and "Piano Man" were performed to conclude the concert. "Souvenir" was transposed from the key of E flat to D and "Piano Man" from C to B.
