single Elton John & Britney Spears - "Hold Me Closer"

[Breathe On Moi]

32 minutes ago, James_Dean said:

 

 

OMG THAT SHOT OF HER IN THE BATHROOM IS ICONIC 

 

SMASH! 

[Ivan_brit]

Elton team is really not playing

 

Z100 - 8 plays

KIIS - 6 plays

 

and the day is not over still can get more

[unclefloprry]

so this did 1M in 6-8hrs without US, Mexico and Brasil? 
CH debuted with 1.3M 

[CarCAL22]

pleasantly surprised by the push Interscope is giving this, they definitely want this to hit. In the UK, this should do pretty well. US who knows at this point, but the radio deal is a good start.

[Erreur2 La Nature]

16 minutes ago, Ivan_brit said:

Elton team is really not playing

 

Z100 - 8 plays

KIIS - 6 plays

 

and the day is not over still can get more

I think it is normal for a first day, it will need te be stable

 

15 minutes ago, unclefloprry said:

so this did 1M in 6-8hrs without US, Mexico and Brasil? 
CH debuted with 1.3M 

I don’t use Spotify and very rarely look at artists’ numbers on here.

How many streams for a first day is considered good ?

[James_Dean]

Wait-

 

 

Alleged preview:

https://www.instagram.com/stories/britneysvault/2913566635772251752/

 

It'd be nice if the extended version pulled a Tom's Dinner remixes and used the demo vocals 

[HalcyonParadise]

Love hearing her voice always

[Scotland]

She sounds unrecognizable to me.

[Pikachoo]

I mean, this is obviously an attempt to capitalize on Cold Heart's success but it's still such a fun song!

[Abracadabra]

19 minutes ago, Scotland said:

She sounds unrecognizable to me.

I don't understand how you could listen to this and possibly think it was anybody else on earth other than Britney Spears

[Scotland]

3 minutes ago, Miichael said:

I don't understand how you could listen to this and possibly think it was anybody else on earth other than Britney Spears

I've been streaming a lot of Femme Fatale lately and I'm used to the vocals.

 

[Toxic_Lover]

Haven’t heard my girl sound this clear and free in so long. Elton was the right collab for sure. 

[genio]

This is extremely cute, it's nice to be listening to new Britney music again!  

[ToMmY]

2 hours ago, CandleGuy said:

You must not have heard her last 10 years of work. That's ok, no one else did either.

[Relampago.]

5 hours ago, chris1991 said:

This is a completely different song…Get over it lol

The way y’all are so hurt over a small critique when I love Britney and am saying something similar to a lot of people  You’d think I was in here dragging the song over and over.

 

This is a completely different opinion… Get over it lol

 

EDIT: In fact, let me detract from the negativity being tossed at people for having different opinions. I am very excited and happy to hear a new Britney song in 2022, it doesn’t seem like she’s 100% perfectly happy with it given the IG post, but I hope that this is a step in her returning to releasing music on her own terms. Such a prolific woman and I would love to see what more she brings to the table  

Edited August 26, 2022 by Relampago.

[Bombshell]

Love Britney and excited for her music return but I find the vocal production on this song to be atrocious

[°ColdFire°]

The only big market where Hold Me Closer hasn't hit #1 on iTunes is France. 
 

Nous avons besoin de notre français pour faire quelque chose à ce sujet 

[nathanspears]

Twitter is claiming something might be happening around the 12th and that there's (also?) an extended version

[Eternium]

44 minutes ago, Pikachoo said:

I mean, this is obviously an attempt to capitalize on Cold Heart's success but it's still such a fun song!

Maybe from Elton, but it’s not like “Cold Heart” was a one-off or his first song of that nature - he’s been doing this for a while now, sis.

 

I think Britney’s just happy to do something a little more lax. Hopefully it pushes her back into the swing of things. We need a great pop song from her. No more midtempos!

[Tistotal]

Final version is way better than the demo 

A funny record, not in a Britney level but It’s cute

[Abracadabra]

7 minutes ago, Eternium said:

We need a great pop song from her. No more midtempos!

Sis Britney is the undisputed queen of the midtempo

 

Breathe On Me, Touch of My Hand, Unusual You, And Then We Kiss, State of Grace, Heaven On Earth, Don't Hang Up, The Answer

[brazil]

Some fun memes:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChucxHFLpD0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[creepy]

I appreciate how chill and unpretentious this is... i think it can be global hit cuz it is so inoffensive...

This is getting huge promotional push...im glad they decided to spend some money... 

Ideal starting point for britney 's next step...i need one more album from her

[Erreur2 La Nature]

20 minutes ago, °ColdFire° said:

The only big market where Hold Me Closer hasn't hit #1 on iTunes is France. 
 

Nous avons besoin de notre français pour faire quelque chose à ce sujet 

Unfortunately Mylene Farmer who is probably the most popular french female artist made her comeback today too… lol so yeah there’s no way HMC gets above Mylene’s new (horrible) song. 

[inmymendes]

Hold Me Closer

 

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