You probably don’t hear “The River of Dreams” much anymore. It’s never on the radio, and no one is streaming that song of their own free will. But here in my dental practice, I hear “The River of Dreams” at least fifteen times a day. Once per appointment, in fact.
Honestly, it’s out of my hands. Billy Joel and the American Dental Association reached a binding agreement sometime in the mid-2000s. Dentists across America are required by law to pump out “The River of Dreams” so that every patient hears it when they’re in the office. In exchange, we get, well, I don’t know what. But four out of five of us agree “The River of Dreams” is a banger. We’re legally obligated to say that.