Elton John and Britney Spears embrace Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart with Hold Me Closer

Hold Me Closer makes a defiant debut at the top of the Official Trending Chart, as it battles for Number 1 this Friday.

Elton John and Britney Spears have made a defiant debut at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart.

The brand new track features the new first new vocal from Britney since 2016's Glory album, and sees her return to the spotlight after years of personal and legal troubles, and a welcome return it is for one of our undeniable, living pop legends.

Hold Me Closer - much like the Dua Lipa collaboration Cold Heart before it - is a composite of several classic Elton tracks; namely Tiny Dancer, The One and Don't Go Breaking My Heart. While Britney's vocals were produced by Watt (Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora) this year, Elton's are taken from the original recordings, although he did play piano on the track.

Currently, Hold Me Closer is in a three-way battle for Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this week. It's right now at Number 3, but a small margin of less than 1,200 copies currently seperate it from Eliza Rose's B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All) and current eight-week Number 1 titan Afraid To Feel by LF SYSTEM.

Listen to the Official Trending Chart on Spotify below, Deezer, or Apple Music.

Elsewhere, we have another big new entry this week from David Guetta and Bebe Rexha with I'm Good (Blue), their re-working of Eiffell 65's cult classic Blue (Da Be Dee), which was originally recorded and scrapped in 2017, before being resurrected and re-recorded thanks to going viral on TikTok.

There are further new entries from DJ Khaled with God Did (featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy), Bugzy Malone and Mist with Energy, Lil Tjay and Beat The Odds and D-Block Europe's Man In The Mirror.

We also have debuts from Afrobeats star Rema with Calm Down, DJ Khaled, Future and SZA's Beautiful and, finally, Inverness singer-songwriter Katie Gregson-Macleod's breakthrough track Complex, which has gotten massive traction on TikTok and has been compared to similar viral hits Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo and Lauren Spencer-Smith's Fingers Crossed.

And finally, our one big mover of the week is Lizzo's 80s-tastic bop 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), after the Max Martin-produced bop got a high-budget live TV debut at the MTV VMAs.

Official Trending Chart Top 20 - August 31 2022

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		HOLD ME CLOSER	ELTON JOHN & BRITNEY SPEARS	EMI/RCA	NE	3	0
2		I'M GOOD (BLUE)	DAVID GUETTA FT BEBE REXHA	PARLOPHONE	NE	8	0
3		BIG CITY LIFE	LUUDE & MATTAFIX	WARNER RECORDS	11	10	1	11
4		HISTORY	JOEL CORRY & BECKY HILL	ATLANTIC	19	18	1	18
5		FOR MY HAND	BURNA BOY FT ED SHEERAN	ATLANTIC	25	24	1	25
6		ALL FOR YOU	CIAN DUCROT	POLYDOR	30	30	0	29
7		TURN ON THE LIGHTS AGAIN	FRED AGAIN/SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA	ATLANTIC	40	34	6	40
8		GOD DID	DJ KHALED FT ROSS/LIL WAYNE	EPIC/WE THE BEST	NE	36	0
9		REMIND ME	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY	38	37	1	27
10		ENERGY	BUGZY MALONE & MIST	B SOMEBODY	NE	38	0
11		BEAT THE ODDS	LIL TJAY	COLUMBIA	NE	42	0
12		MAN IN THE MIRROR	D-BLOCK EUROPE	D-BLOCK EUROPE	NE	44	0
13		KU LO SA - A COLORS SHOW	OXLADE	COLUMBIA	50	46	4
14		VICTORIA'S SECRET	JAX	ATLANTIC	53	52	1
15		ALL THESE NIGHTS	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY	57	57	0
16	⬆️	2 BE LOVED (AM I READY)	LIZZO	ATLANTIC	71	61	10
17		CALM DOWN	REMA	MAVIN	NE	63	0
18		BEAUTIFUL	DJ KHALED FT FUTURE & SZA	EPIC/WE THE BEST	NE	64	0
19		COMPLEX	KATIE GREGSON-MACLEOD	COLUMBIA	NE	66	0
20		DEEP DOWN	ALOK/ELLA EYRE/KENNY DOPE	B1/MINISTRY OF SOUND	72	68	4

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

Article Image: Official Charts Company/Shutterstock

husk

31st August 2022

Wish her all the best but I wish she had returned with a better song than this. It's so generic and without any personality. The most bland club beat from the 2010s, a few lame flashy effects with trashy over-processed vocals. Kind of a cover of Tiny Dancer except it's just the chorus repeated for the whole song, so it goes nowhere.

If it goes to #1, I'll salute Elton's stat padding hustle, but she deserves better.