Gary Barlow Writes Matt Cardle's New Single 'Run For Your Life'

Take That singer Gary Barlow has written Matt Cardle's new single, 'Run For Your Life', it has been revealed.

Cardle, who won last year's X Factor, was close to finishing his new album when Barlow sent the track to his A&R man, Chris Briggs.

"I'd been trying to write a song like that for a long, long time, probably five or six years,” Cardle told The Sun. “As soon as I heard it I just felt the song was mine. Lyrically it's about not being good enough for the person you're with.

"I know exactly what that's like. I was nearly in tears recording the vocals."

Barlow, who is about to take up the judging role on the new series of The X Factor, said the song was the perfect fit for Cardle's vocals.

Cardle's debut album ‘The Letters’ is released in October.

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