– Elton John und Brandi Carlile veröffentlichen mit „Swing For The Fences“ weiteren Song aus ihrem Album „Who Believes in Angels?“, welches am 04.04. erscheint.
– Zu dem euphorisch lebensbejahenden Rock `N` Roll Song sagen die beiden:
– Zitat Brandi: „Swing For The Fences’ was a little gem I took into the studio with me: I’m a gay woman, Elton’s a gay man and we both have families, and our dreams have come true. I was thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to write an anthem for young gay kids out there that calls them into a bigger, more elegant, more fabulous life. Just like ‘go, go! don’t let anything hold you back!’.”
– Zitat Elton: “When we recorded ‘Swing For The Fences’, it was the moment that crystallised where the album was going. It was hard to get to that point, but we knew we had to rise to the occasion and we all just felt this massive sense of joy and euphoria. After our initial difficulties, all the uncertainties started to dissipate when this song came together. It just sounded great.”
– Beides enge Freunde von Elton John, entstand das Album in Zusammenarbeit mit Brandi Carlile (11x Grammy gekrönt & US Superstar) und dem mehrfach Grammy ausgezeichneten Producer und Songwriter Andrew Watt (u.a. The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li). Auch Bernie Taupin, langjähriger Kreativpartner von Elton, hat Lyrics zum Album beigetragen. Weitere Musiker, die am Album mitgewirkt haben: Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan und David Gilmour) und Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).