Taio Cruz has admitted that after Cheryl Cole’s huge TV success, he had forgotten that the Girls Aloud Member could actually sing as well.

Taio wrote the song ‘Stand Up’ for Cheryl’s debut solo album and said that he was “pleasantly surprised” when he heard her sing in the recording studio.

Angry Ape quote Cruz as saying:

“A lot of people – including myself – had forgotten that she could sing. So when she went into the booth, I was like: ‘Wow, you can really do this’.

“She is exactly the person you see on TV. Her personality is not false, she’s a lovely, laid back confident woman, who loves her music and we made some good tunes together.”