Paltrow 'didn't want another single'

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she did not want to release another single.

The actress previously achieved radio success with her song 'Cruisin' with Huey Lewis from the film Duets but said that her new track 'Country Strong', from an upcoming film of the same name, was never meant to be released.

"What the hell? I was just singing songs for the movie," she explained to Entertainment Weekly.

"I think the original plan was they wanted the bona fide crew to resing our songs, and then when [Sony Music Nashville chair] Joe Galante heard it, he was like, ‘No, I want to release this as the single'. I was like, ‘Excuse me please? What? What is going on?’"

She also noted that guest vocals from Patty Griffin and Vince Gill were added after she completed her recording.

"I did my vocal, and then Byron Gallimore, the producer, who’s unbelievable, he was like, ‘You know, I just think Vince would sing so well on this'. I was like, 'There’s no way'. And he f**king got Vince Gill to sing on the track! It’s crazy.

"He has this best voice ever, in the history of any genre. I just die for that man’s voice. And Patty Griffin, I had seen her play in New York with John Prine years ago, and I had gotten really into her record Flaming Red. Amazing. I’m so humbled."

Country Strong opens in the US on December 22.