Britney Spears celebrates chart success of Elton John track Hold Me Closer with excited video ‘in the tub’

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Britney Spears is as buzzing as the rest of us for the release of her new single with Sir Elton John.Tiny Dancer remix Hold Me Closer was released on Friday after weeks of rumours, speculation and growing excitement, and it didn’t disappoint.The track – which represents Britney’s first new music in six years, and the first since she was released from her conservatorship – has proved massively popular with fans, and has been shooting up the iTunes charts worldwide.Among those celebrating is, naturally, Britney herself, who took to Twitter to thank fans for their support in her own brilliantly unique way – in the bathtub.Doing what appeared to be a British accent (Brit accent, right?

No? Nevermind), the Toxic singer began by addressing Sir Elton directly.‘Hello Sir Elton John, we are like, number one in 40 countries!’She then paused just slightly before shouting: ‘HOLY S***!’‘I’m in the tub right now and I’m about to go have the best day ever!

And I hope you’re well,’ she finished, signing off with a wink.Warning – Explicit language belowpic.twitter.com/1vShOsFlDhThe ridiculously catchy revamp of Sir Elton’s 1971 hit comes as Britney continues to deal with tough times, including her ex Kevin Federline recently publicly claiming that her sons do not want to see her.Her collaborator, Sir Elton, opened up in an interview with The Guardian following the song’s release where he revealed he had been ‘holding her hand’ all the way through the creation of the track as she had a lot of ‘fear’ about being back in the studio.‘We had to get her to approve what she did,’ he said, going on to describe her as ‘broken.’‘She’s been away so long – there’s a lot of fear there because she’s been betrayed so many times and she hasn’t really.