Sebastian Schub has released a stripped-back piano ballad about missed romantic opportunities

Sebastian Schub has shared his new single 'I Can't Believe We Never Went Out Dancing' via Island EMI Label Group/Capitol Records.

The London-based German artist's latest track follows his debut single 'Sing Like Madonna'. Produced in collaboration with Steve Fitzmaurice, the new release was recorded live at Dean Street Studios in Soho.

"I Can't Believe We Never Went Out Dancing is a wistful look at a relationship past. A song on regret and not making the most of something that deserved more," Schub explains. "The song was initially born from a little poem I wrote in the middle of the night not being able to sleep. It's a rare example of me pretty much writing all the lyrics before I had any music."

"For a long time it was nothing but an elegiac little rumble on the piano - something I kept coming back to but found myself unable to finish the song. It finally clicked on a trip to Berlin last spring. And the rumble turned into quite the ballad," he continues. "There were a few different production approaches along the lines of songs like Harry Nilsson's 'Without You' - but in the end I settled for just sitting down at a piano in Soho at Dean Street Studios and performing the song live back to front. Nothing else. The same way I would at any show."