You're Beautiful

This article is about the song by James Blunt. For other uses, see You're Beautiful (disambiguation).

"You're Beautiful"
Single by James Blunt
from the album Back to Bedlam
B-side"Fall at Your Feet" (Acoustic)
Released18 May 2005
Recorded2004
Genre
Length
  • 3:32 (album version)
  • 3:22 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tom Rothrock
James Blunt singles chronology
"High"
(2004) 		"You're Beautiful"
(2005) 		"High (re-release)"
(2005)
Audio sample
Music video
"You're Beautiful" on YouTube[a]

"You're Beautiful" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was written by Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam (2004). It was released as the third single of the album in 2005.

In the United Kingdom and Australia, the song reached number one and number two respectively. When released in Canada and the United States, it reached number one on both charts and received widespread airplay. In 2006, the song won an Ivor Novello Award for airplay.[1] The song has sold 625,000 copies in the U.K. as stated by the Official Charts Company, and by October 2012 over three million in the U.S.,[2] where it remains Blunt's biggest hit single to date, and his only one to reach the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

In 2012, a new version of the single was issued in Japan. The Q;indivi+ Remix, featuring Japanese performer Keri, was issued on 28 March 2012.[3][4]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 14 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Grein, Paul (24 October 2012). "Week Ending Oct. 21, 2012. Songs: Maroon 5′s "Nixon Moment"". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ^ James Blunt - You're Beautiful(Q;indivi+ Remix with KERI) on YouTube
  4. ^ "JAMES BLUNT You're Beautiful Q;indivi+ remix Japanese CD single". eBay. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.