"Since I Saw You Last" is a song by British singer-songwriter

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, havi ...

. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 April 2014 as the third and final single from his fourth solo album, ''

Since I Saw You Last ''Since I Saw You Last'' is the fourth solo studio album released by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow. The album was released by Polydor Records on 22 November 2013 in Ireland, and on 25 November in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number ...

'' (2013). It was written by Barlow and produced by

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Background

"Since I Saw You Last" tells the story of Barlow's struggle to become a successful solo artist after

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split in 1996, and how the media backlash against him in favour of bandmate

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left him in the verge of breakdown, leading to his eventual departure from his record label. Barlow described this song to Graham Norton as the song he always wanted to write but it was only now, after the success of

and his solo success that he felt it was time to record the song and release it as a single. The song is described as one of survival against the odds and emerging stronger than before, where Gary passionately sings about being a 'dead man walking' and having to accept the events in the past and remember the lessons learned.

Music video

On the same day as the official announcement of the single release, Barlow revealed details for the official music video to accompany the song. Barlow asked fans to send him home movies and examples of them overcoming adversity that would appear within his music video, as a way of replicating his feelings of determination told in the song and demonstrating the resilience of human nature. The new music video debuted on Barlow's

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page on 23 March 2014, shot in black and white, it shows Barlow performing the song and considering the past.

Track listing

*;CD promo single # "Since I Saw You Last" (single mix) – 3:04 # "Since I Saw You Last" (instrumental version) – 3:32

Credits and personnel

– songwriter, vocals, piano, additional keyboards, backing vocals *

– producer *Mark "Spike" Stent – mixer *Ryan Carline – engineer, additional keyboards, programming *Rohan Onraet – engineer, percussion, programming *Richard Lancaster – engineer *Tim van der Kuil – guitar *Dave Bronze – bass *Jeremy Stacey – drums *David Catlin-Birch – backing vocals *Nick Ingman – string arrangement *Perry Montague-Mason – string leader *Isobel Griffiths – musicians' contractor *Tony Cousins – mastering Credits adapted from ''Since I Saw You Last'' liner notes.

Charts

References

{{Gary Barlow 2014 singles Gary Barlow songs Songs written by Gary Barlow 2013 songs Song recordings produced by Steve Power Polydor Records singles