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Billy Joel Hits Hot 100 for First Time Since 1997 With New Single ‘Turn the Lights Back On’
Billy Joel hits the the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since 1997 with his song "Turn the Lights Back On." Get the details here.
Billy Joel ’s “Turn the Lights Back On” returns the legendary singer-songwriter to the Billboard Hot 100, as it debuts on the chart dated Feb. 17 at No. The song — Joel’s first single release in 17 years — marks his first entry on the chart since the survey dated Oct. 11, 1997, when he wrapped the run of his version of Bob Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love.” Notably, Joel, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, appeared as a writer on the Hot 100 amid his quarter-century-plus break from the chart as a recording artist: the Glee Cast’s covers of his classics “Only the Good Die Young” and “Uptown Girl” hit Nos.
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