(CNN) – Billy Joel has delighted his admirers with news that he is about to release his initially new solitary in 17 a long time.
The 74-yr-old teased the announcement on social media with a limited movie clip.
“It really is TIME TO Flip THE LIGHTS Back again ON,” he wrote on X, referencing the identify of the track to be introduced on February 1.
The clip, which lasts a lot less 30 seconds, commences with Joel turning the webpage of a faded notebook featuring the handwritten lyrics from his 1993 song “Renowned Past Words.”
He can then be viewed sitting down at his Steinway piano, playing a melancholy tune.
The clip describes “Turn the Lights Again On” as “the 1st new one in decades,” however that may be a slight stretch. Joel’s most recent solitary, “All My Life,” was launched in 2007, which was his initial new tunes because his album “River of Dreams” was released in 1993.
The news has been welcomed on social media by the star’s army of admirers about the environment, with just one saying it “surely turned on a big gentle of pleasure for your enthusiasts environment huge.”
According to Joel’s formal website, he wrote the tune alongside with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler – who has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Pink – Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector.
The song, the website says, is “a traditional Billy Joel-model tune, embodying the hallmarks of his signature audio and ushering in the future chapter of his tale.” With only a trace of what is to appear, it reveals that the lyrics consist of the line: “Did I wait around too lengthy… to convert the lights again on?”
The musical legend, who has 5 Grammy awards and an honorary Grammy and has beforehand been named one particular of the 100 finest songwriters of all time by Rolling Stone, is because of to complete his report-breaking 10-year residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City this summer months.
On Wednesday, he will engage in a a person-evening concert in Tokyo in advance of returning to Madison Square Back garden on February 9. Later in the year, he will conduct in live shows together with Sting and Stevie Nicks.
