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 fully explored it. I turned back time and was listening to Johnny Cash and early Elton John before I wrote 'Let Me Go'. I'm 42; I don't want to do urban or dance music. I love Mumford & Sons—it's good, English music, but let's be honest, they got it off Johnny Cash too." Barlow cites that after the release of "Twelve Months, Eleven Days", he stopped singing as he walked away from the limelight. He said, "I never even sang in my own studio; I was telling myself [that] I don't need to be an artist anymore; I started as