I wrote this guitar riff while working on Rufus Wainwright’s last album, Out of the Game. It was partly inspired by a cello line he wrote for the song Jericho. I really loved it but it didn’t fit his record and I didn’t know if I’d ever get to use it. But then a year or so later, I came up with the verse chords (inspired by some Michael lyrics that we never used) and everything seemed to fit together pretty well. I love Jeff’s vocal on this. And for all the great melodies he’s written for Kanye, Beyonce, Alicia etc, this is the first time he’s ever actually been on a record. Tom Elmhirst also made this lovely outro section from nothing during the final mix.

– Mark Ronson in The Guardian