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Billy Joel<\/a> is officially back!<\/span><\/p>\n On Thursday, the legendary singer, 74, dropped “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first official song since 2007.\u00a0The single features Joel’s piano skills, voice, and signature lyrics examining life, love and regret.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m late, but I’m here right now \/ Though I used to be romantic, I forgot somehow \/\u00a0Time can make you blind \/ But I see you now as we’re laying in the darkness \/\u00a0Did I wait too long to turn the lights back on?” he sings in the four-minute long song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can listen to the new song in the lyric video in the player below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Turn the Lights Back On” comes 17 years after the 23-time GRAMMY nominee released the songs\u00a0“All My Life”\u00a0and “Christmas in Fallujah.” He dropped his last studio album, <\/span>Fantasies and Delusions<\/span><\/em> — a classical composition project alongside\u00a0pianist\u00a0Richard Hyung-ki Joo — in 2001, although that project did not feature Joel’s iconic voice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the final song on his 1993\u00a0<\/span>River of Dreams<\/span><\/em> album, “Famous Last Words,” Joel actually hinted at his retirement from writing and singing new albums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “And these are the last words I have to say \/ It\u2019s always hard to say goodbye \/ But now it\u2019s time to put this book away \/ Ain\u2019t that the story of my life,” he sings in the closing number to the album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In an interview with <\/span>The New Yorker<\/em><\/a> in 2014, Joel elaborated on his decision to stop creating albums after <\/span>River of Dreams<\/span><\/em>, which picked up four GRAMMY noms and featured songs like “No Man’s Land” and “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel).”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Some people think it\u2019s because I\u2019m lazy or I\u2019m just being contrary,” he said. “But, no, I think it\u2019s just — I\u2019ve had my say. If I put out an album now, it would probably sell pretty well, because of who I am, but that\u2019s no reason to do it. I\u2019d want it to be good.”<\/span><\/p>\n The “She’s Always a Woman To Me” singer is currently on a hot streak as it was recently announced he will <\/span>take the stage at the GRAMMY Awards<\/a> in Los Angeles on Feb. 4. It’s unclear what he plans to sing during the performance but it could be a chance to show off his new song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n