“Hold Me Closer” by Britney Spears & Elton John
As far as the verses of “Hold Me Closer” go, this is a highly-poetic love song which is still easy to understand for the most part. It features a romance in which mutual admiration is obviously present between the two participants. And whereas the implication would be that they’re in some type of very-serious relationship, it also reads like quite an excitable one, complete with “drunken nights in dark hotels” and what have you.
The only part of this piece that is kinda confusing is the conclusion of the second verse. But those couple of lines also read as if it is speaking to the concept of this being a relationship where the parties involved are committed, though not so much so that they feel constricted, for lack of a better way of explaining it. Or put otherwise, this appears to be a free-spirited love, one that is not bogged down by the conventional cares of romance, if you will.
Or whatever the case, it is made abundantly clear via the liberal usage of the titular phrase in this song that its thesis sentiment does revolve around a mutual desire for this couple to get even “closer” than they already are. But more simply explained what that phrase means, in context, is something like the two of them enjoying being in each other’s arms.
Britney Spears and Elton John
Britney Spears was by far one of the most-successful turn-of-the-century musicians and as such has a permanent A list status in the game. And yes, her name has been in the news a lot of late, though unfortunately not directly due to her music career. To the contrary, Spears’ last couple of studio albums, 2013’s “Britney Jean” and 2016’s “Glory”, were basically flops compared to her previous standard.
And the reason her name has been heavily circulating throughout the first half of 2022 is due to highly-publicized and personalized dispute she got into with her father. This basically turned Britney’s nuclear family matter into sort of reality-TV fodder.
Meanwhile Elton John, who is nearly 40 years her senior, can, all things considered, be regarded as an even greater music legend than Spears herself. He was able to perceive that this collaboration, their first, may be the “big hit” Britney needed considering that she also hasn’t really dropped a really-successful single in ages. Her most recent song to go platinum was a 2016 outing titled “Make Me” featuring G-Eazy.
To note, Elton’s prediction has already proven true as of this writing, just a day after “Hold Me Closer” was officially made public. And why? This is because the track instantly proceeded to reach first place in the United States via iTunes.
More Facts about “Hold Me Closer”
On the 26th of August, 2022, “Hold Me Closer” was officially released. That said, fans knew about the forthcoming of this song since late July, 2022.
Elton John revealed that he was so ecstatic when Britney Spears agreed to work with him on “Hold Me Closer” He referred to her a icon and one of the greatest pop stars.
This song officially interpolates a number of Elton John’s older tracks. These classics in question are:
- “Tiny Dancer“
- “The One”
- “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (along with Kiki Dee)
The producers of this track, Cirkut and Watt, are also credited as authors alongside Elton John and his never-failing songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin (i.e. who also wrote the three previously-mentioned tracks with Sir John).
