Elton John has said he collaborated with Britney Spears as he wanted to "enlighten everybody" that she is "one of the great pop stars of the world".
The duo last month released their much-anticipated song Hold Me Closer, which mixes Elton's 1971 hit Tiny Dancer with his 1992 song The One, while parts of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, from 1976, also feature.
The collaboration is Spears’s first new music in six years and her first release since the end of a 13-year conservatorship.
Elton told Zoe Ball on Radio 2’s Breakfast Show that he had the basis of the track already and it was his husband David Furnish who suggested he collaborate with Spears, which he thought was "an amazing idea".
"If anyone needs to have an arm put round her and to get back to what she does, it’s Britney," he said.
The veteran musician, 75, added: "What I wanted to do when she completed (the song) was to enlighten everybody that this is one of the great pop stars of the world, one of the biggest stars in the world.
"She needs to get back to that. She’s had a horrific time that no-one really should go through."
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Source: Press Association
