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Super Producer Watt Admits He Was Anxious About Making “Hold Me Closer” Until Elton John Told Him This · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Elton John recruited Britney
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Speaker 1: Spears Dowt reimagine his smash hit Tiny Dancer with the new,
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Speaker 1: closely related song called Hold Me Closer, and he also
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Speaker 1: enlisted Grammy winning producer Watt, who admits to Rolling Stone
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Speaker 1: that he was a bit hesitant at first because songs
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Speaker 1: don't get much more classic than the original, but Elton
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Speaker 1: put him at east by encouraging him to not take
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Speaker 1: it too seriously, saying, what Elton brilliantly told me was
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Speaker 1: don't put so much pressure on yourself. This isn't the
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Speaker 1: new Tiny Dancer. This is a fun new version for
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Speaker 1: people to listen to when they're having a drink in
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Speaker 1: Abitha and dance to. That made me realize the direction.
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Speaker 1: I was like, all right, let me put that hat on.
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Speaker 1: I'm in a bisa, I've got a tequila in my hand.
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Speaker 1: What do I want to listen to? What still feels like?
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Speaker 1: Elton what ended up building the music around a guitar
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Speaker 1: line he discovered hidden in the original Tiny Dancer master tape,
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Speaker 1: apart they didn't use until forty nine years later. Hold
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Speaker 1: Me Closer is out. Now that's direct from Hollywood,