Billy Joel announces first single in decades with ‘Turn The Lights Back On’
nme.comBilly Joel has announced ‘Turn The Lights Back On’, his first solo song since 2007 and second since 1993.‘Turn The Lights Back On’ is set for release on February 1 via Columbia.
It will be available on all streaming platforms as well as a limited-edition 7” vinyl. You can Pre-save/pre-order it here.The song will also be accompanied by a lyric video on his official YouTube channel.
Joel wrote the track alongside Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler – who also produced the song – Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector (Nicki Minaj, One Direction).Joel began teasing new music, which would be his first new material in 17 years, last month, the singer launched an official TikTok account to share footage of him talking about new music on stage.A post shared by Billy Joel (@billyjoel)In the TikTok, he said: “I have good news, I have bad news, I’ll give you the bad news first.
We don’t have anything new to play for you.“The good news is you don’t have to sit through something you have no idea what it is!
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