us singer britney spears made her musical comeback on friday releasing a duet with elton john in her first new material in six years and following the end of her 13year conservatorship last year the 40year old toxic and womanizer hitmaker has been teasing hold me closer a clubdance remake of johns 1971 song tiny dancer posting its artwork in the runup to the release okie dokie my first song in 6 years its pretty damn cool that im singing with one of the most classic men of our time spears wrote in a tweet this week im kinda overwhelmed its a big deal to me fans welcomed the new song with the hashtag welcomebackbritney trending on twitter hours after its release the track topped the us and uk itunes chartselton john britney spears hold me closer official audioreacting to the songs debut on the no 1 spot britney took to her twitter handle to send a shoutout to elton john replying to her video message john said hey britney thank you for this message youve made my day hope everyone has the best day dancing to our song in november spears who shot to fame as a teenager with her 1998 charttopping debut baby one more time was freed from a legal conservatorship that had controlled her personal life and finances for 13 years her father jamie spears who had sought the courtimposed arrangement in 2008 was removed as conservator in september he has said his only goal was to help his daughter rehabilitate her career after she suffered a mental health breakdown in 2007 and that he always acted in her best interest in december spears signalled she was not yet ready to return to making music her last studio album was 2016s glory a press release for hold me closer which also has elements of elton johns songs the one and dont go breaking my heart said the two singers first met in 2014 a year later spears tweeted her love for tiny dancer igniting the idea of a collaboration after hearing the first cut of the single earlier this summer elton john knew that britneys instantly recognizable vocals were the perfect touch to bring the song to life it said earlier this week john previewed the song at a restaurant in the south of france singing along to the delight of diners i am absolutely thrilled to have had the chance to work with britney spears he said she truly is an icon one of the alltime great pop stars and she sounds amazing on this record i love her dearly and am delighted with what weve created together