Face to Face (Gary Barlow song) Face to Face (Gary Barlow song) "Face to Face" is a song by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow featuring Sir Elton John. It was released in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2014 as the second single from his fourth solo album, "Since I Saw You Last" (2013). It was written by Barlow and John Shanks, and it was produced by Steve Power. When writing "Since I Saw You Last", Barlow came up with a song called "Face to Face", and knew straight away that he wanted to try to get his friend Sir Elton John to sing it with him.
Since I Saw You Last further 77,358 copies in the UK. In its third week of release, it once again broke the 100,000 sales mark, with 105,344 sales. In its fourth week of sales, the album sold a further 116,730 copies, up 10.81% from the previous week, and passed sales of 500,000 in the UK with a further 79,000 sold the week after. The album was certified 2× Platinum in the UK at the beginning of 2014 with sales of 652,342 in the UK alone. The album also became Barlow's second top 10 album in Germany, achieving similar chart success to his debut record, "Open