In the heartwarming music video for their first collaboration, "Finish Line," Elton John and Stevie Wonder are celebrating the most important moments of life captured on film. Throughout the video, viewed by Zach Sekuler, a montage of footage captures the progress of life through the lens of many people, from birth and childhood milestones to graduation, marriage, and retirement.
Images of John and Wonder's decades-long companionship and appearances appear in the middle of the emotional timeline presented at "The Finish Line." Speaking to Jimmy Fallon of the long-awaited collaboration, John shared: "It's like a dream come true for me because you know, I love him not only as a musician but also as a songwriter. I worship him as such, but he is one of my favorite people. whole wide world. So that was a very exciting thing for me."
"Finish Line" appeared on John's 32nd studio album The Lockdown Sessions, released in 2021 and recorded remotely with several collaborators during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The Wonder-assisted track is the third official single from the record, which includes "After All" with Charlie Puth and "Cold Heart (Panoue Remix)" with Dua Lipa.
"I put down the electric piano. He came over and played the acoustic piano and then did the harmonica solo. Then we put on the Kanye West choir, which really made a difference. And then Stevie turned on his vocals. I heard Stevie's voice so much." Not listened to at a young age, when he was about 19, just before he booked Talking; it's an "uptight" Stevie, John told Apple Music of "The Finish Line" last year. "I'm on that record. Ernie Wise for them, because I'm just a straight man. You just hear what he does in vocal and instrumental, and you think, 'Oh my god, that's a true genius.' I'm obviously a huge fan of his, and he's still younger than me, which I hate. What we did on this track created something very special that Stevie Wonder fans haven't heard of in a long time. ,