"Borrow My Heart" was written by Louis Schoorl, Hayley Warner and Alex Hope, and produced by Schoorl.[1][2] It would have been Henderson's winner's single for the fifth season of The X Factor, if he had won the show.[3] However, Henderson finished in second place.[4] On 1 November 2013, it was announced that Henderson signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia, and "Borrow My Heart" was released digitally as his debut single later that day.[2][5] A CD single was released on 8 November 2013.[6]