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| Single by James Blunt | ||||
| from the album Back to Bedlam | ||||
| B-side | "Fall at Your Feet" (Acoustic) | |||
| Released | 18 May 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Tom Rothrock | |||
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| "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 as the debut single from Back to Bedlam 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 United Kingdom as stated by the Official Charts Company, and by October 2012 over three million in the United States.[2] It remains Blunt's biggest hit single in the United States to date, and his only one to reach the top 40 of the 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]
The song is performed in the key of E♭ major.[5]
- ^ [1] Archived 14 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grein, Paul (24 October 2012). "Week Ending Oct. 21, 2012. Songs: Maroon 5′s "Nixon Moment"". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ James Blunt - You're Beautiful(Q;indivi+ Remix with KERI) on YouTube
- ^ "JAMES BLUNT You're Beautiful Q;indivi+ remix Japanese CD single". eBay. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ James, Blunt; Sacha, Skarbek; Amanda, Ghost; James, Blunt (16 October 2006). "You're Beautiful". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.