Nadine Coyle in the US - her new single Runnin'

Over here in the UK, things have been relatively quiet in the Nadine Coyle camp compared to her fellow Girls Aloud girls - Nicola's currently all-systems-go with her own solo material and as for Cheryl, well, you'd have to have been hiding under a rock not to have heard the jaw-dropping X Factor news this week.

Many Nadine fans felt underdone by the way her UK album campaign unfolded, the second single Put Your Hands Up ultimately only surfacing as a remix on a dance compilation. It's fantastic to hear then that things are hotting up again with Nadine charting highly in the Virgin Media Music Awards 'Best Single' category. Even more exciting though is the fact that one of the stand-out tracks from her album, Runnin', is being released over in the US!

So what's in store over the coming weeks for Nadine in America? Well, she'll be checking with key DJ's in New York to help promote Runnin' as well as making a number of personal appearances at glamorous parties. A new photoshoot is also in the works - We can't wait to see the new pictures! I hear that Runnin' has been picked up by some key stations over in the US so this bodes very well - America has always been held up as the real touch nut to crack, but looking at the success of artists like Adele over there recently, there's never been a better time than now to make a go of it.

Runnin' has always been one of my favourite tracks from Nadine's album - and makes for a great single choice too; it's something very different from both the feisty rock vibes of Insatiable and the punchy R&B/Dance fusion that is Put Your Hands Up. What we're given instead is a shimmery slice of majestic beauty and a classic Nadine vocal underpinned by a low, almost menacing synth bassline.You need only look to Girls Aloud's landmark single Call The Shots to see how easily a dreamy mid-tempo track like Runnin' could shoot to success - an interesting little pop fact for you too here; BBC Radio 1 have been using the track for literally ages as a sound-bed for their news stories.

If anything, Runnin' serves to back up what a real pop gem Nadine's solo album is - both the record and her dazzling performance at London's GAY club last year really showcasing just what Nadine is capable of as a singer, and as a star in her own right.

Runnin' is due for a summer release including remixes of the track by Vito Fun and Damian Major.