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Billy Joel and Freddy Wexler\/Credit: Lester Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Billy Joel<\/strong>‘s new single, “Turn the Lights Back On<\/a>,” has returned him to the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0<\/em>Hot 100 for the first time since 1997. One of the people who may be most surprised at this turn of events is, well, Billy Joel.<\/p>\n

Freddy Wexler<\/strong>, who spearheaded the new single and Billy’s return to music, tells ABC Audio, “Part of what we all love about Billy is his humility. So yes, I think he’s surprised that \u2014 which boggles my mind \u2014 that people are still so interested in another song from him.”<\/p>\n

Of course, the first new Billy Joel single in 17 years may lead fans to hope that more music’s coming.<\/p>\n

“We have talked about it. We overcame the biggest hurdle, which was Billy feeling done,” Wexler says. “Now that that door has been opened, I think anything could happen.”<\/p>\n

“[Billy’s] not looking to chase hits and neither am I. If it can stay fun, then the possibilities are endless.”<\/p>\n

In fact, Wexler says he and Billy are currently working on creating new songs from Billy’s unfinished music, noting, “I’m excited to see what happens.”<\/p>\n

Although Billy wrote\u00a099% of his catalog alone, “Turn the Lights Back On” was co-written by Billy, Wexler,\u00a0Arthur Bacon<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Wayne Hector<\/strong>, with\u00a0the concept of the song and lyrics coming from Wexler.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to write the words I wished my dad would have said to my mom at a certain moment in their relationship,” he tells ABC Audio. “But as I started writing … I fully tried to channel Billy Joel.”<\/p>\n

“And that’s why when he heard the idea, he said to me, ‘I would have written these words,'” Wexler adds. “And I said, ‘Oh, cool, because as I was writing it I was trying to think, ‘What would you have said there?'”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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