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Billy Joel’s Co-Writer Freddy Wexler on His First Words to the Legend and How They Created ‘Turn the Lights Back On’ Together

Billy Joel's co-writer Freddy Wexler on creating 'Turn the Lights Back On' with the icon

Freddy Wexler already had a good career going long before he co-wrote and produced “Turn the Lights Back On” with Billy Joel. Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Post Malone, P!nk and Lil Wayne were among the artists who had recorded tunes by the Grammy-nominated songwriter. The unlikely story of how the pair met and, ultimately, over the course of more than a year crafted the song, co-written with Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector, seems too fantastical to be true, but Wexler tells Billboard how it happened and how both their lives have changed.

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