Gary Barlow admits to nerves while recording new song with his idol Elton John

Gary Barlow admits to nerves while recording new song with his idol Elton John

As one of the UK’s biggest popstars you wouldn’t have thought that Gary Barlow ever really got nervous.

But the singer recently admitted that he got a bit jittery recording a song for his new solo album Since I Saw You Last with Sir Elton John.

The X Factor judge, 42, says: “I was nervous. It never feels like I’m with my best mate â€" it’s still Elton John. He’s my idol and I’m in awe of him.

“I’ve known him for 20 years. We speak on the phone or go out for a Chinese around three times a year, usually to gossip about people.

"But recording with him was something else.

"I had him for three hours in Abbey Road studios before he went off for a Watford game, so we had to record the song and shoot the video at the same time.

“Afterwards I sat there and thought, ‘f***, did that just happen?’

“It was quite a lot to take in.”

The pair’s duet Face To Face will be released around Christmas.

Hopefully it won’t go head-to-head with The X Factor winner’s single or Simon Cowell won’t be at all impressed.