Any mayor of New York City ought to know the basics of Billy Joel. To help candidate Zohran Mamdani, who recently revealed his total unfamiliarity with Joel's 1976 anthem “New York State of Mind,” we put together a crash-course playlist of classics from the Piano Man. Here are five songs to know:

“Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” A punchy, catchy tune about the ever-elusive American Dream. And it takes a little swipe at New Jersey with the line, “Who needs a house out in Hackensack / Is that all you get for your money?”

“Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” More a Long Island song than a New York City song, given its themes of suburban youth, romance and disillusionment. Still, it was reportedly inspired by two Manhattan eateries: Fontana Di Trevi near Carnegie Hall, where Joel and producer

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