Billy Joel to Release First New Song in Nearly Two Decades

Billy Joel will launch his first new track in practically 20 years, “Turn the Lights Back On,” on Feb. 1.

Joel’s final studio album, Fantasies & Delusions, arrived in 2001. It was adopted by two non-album singles, “All My Life” and “Christmas in Fallujah,” each launched in 2007. Since then, he has caught strictly to touring and performing reside, and has been vocal about his determination to step away from making new music.

“It just felt like it was time for me to stop writing songs,” he instructed the Los Angeles Times in 2023. “I didn’t have the same motivation anymore. You need inspiration to create good new music, and if you don’t have it, don’t bother. Get off the treadmill, for Christ’s sake.”

But that may change on Feb. 1 when “Turn the Lights Back On” is launched through Columbia. According to a press launch, it was produced by Freddy Wexler and written by Wexler, Arthur Bacon, Wayne Hector and Joel.

A quick snippet of the track could be heard through Joel’s social media submit under.

Joel’s Touring Schedule and the End of His New York Residency

Joel can be nonetheless on the highway. He’ll seem in a number of U.S. cities this yr, together with a present with Stevie Nicks in Arlington, Texas and a present with Sting in Tampa, Florida. Plus, the ultimate date of his epic residency at Madison Square Garden will happen on July 25, his one hundred and fiftieth present on the venue.