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In a February edition of Radio Times, James Blunt responded to lớn a question about the girl he sings about: "The girl in question is my ex-girlfriend and she"s with her new man. I"ve always said that I haven"t seen her since and then the press tried to lớn find her. I"m not bothered enough lớn start acknowledging or denying whether they found her."
This tuy nhiên reached #1 in its seventh week on the UK chart và after no less than four weeks in the top 3, a rare feat in the UK where chart toppers usually go straight in at the top of the chart.
James Blunt quý phái this at Elton John"s civil partnership ceremony to lớn David Furnish on December 21, 2005, the first day same-sex unions were allowed in England và Wales. John và Furnish got married exactly nine years later, once gay marriage was legalized in England.
Back lớn Bedlam sold 2.37 million copies across the UK in 2005, making it the year"s top-selling album.
In the video, Blunt jumps into the sea without a shirt. This can be seen as a suicide, as it goes with the last lines of the song, "But it"s time to face the truth. I will never be with you." The clip"s director, Sam Brown, disagrees & says the act is really about moving on. Blunt had khổng lồ train with a diving instructor to lớn make the 50-meter (164 feet) leap into the water, which he did twice before cutting his foot.
On the unabridged album version of this song, Blunt sings:She could see from my face that I was f--king highIn the radio edit (and also the video), this was changed to lớn "flying high," when puts the tuy nhiên in a completely different context: instead of being high on drugs, he is simply thrilled lớn see her.Blunt told sự kiện magazine: "I"m afraid I do use "f--k" a lot. It"s a very adaptable word. In "Your Beautiful" I have the line "f--king high," và the record company asked me khổng lồ remove this swearword. I did try putting in "particularly" and "especially" instead, I decided that they really aren"t suitable substitutes for my favorite word."
Blunt performed this on a 2007 episode of Sesame Street as "A Triangle." Apparently, Blunt has a thing for the three-sided shape. Sample lyric: "It must be those angles put a smile on my face, not to lớn mention the hypotenuse."
In an interview with Q magazine February 2008, Blunt was asked about the photo of a pill on the cover of the Back to lớn Bedlam CD. He explained: "It"s a ceramic pill about a foot long that I found in Carrie Fisher"s house, where I lived when I recorded both albums. It said "Prozac" on it but I changed it, obviously, to say trăng tròn milligrams of James Blunt. I just thought it looked cool."
The Daily Record March 22, 2008 asked Blunt if he was bored with this quái vật hit. The singer-songwriter replied: "If I had the radio on all the time và they kept playing that song then yes, I"d probably turn it off. But vị I still lượt thích the song? Absolutely. It"s a really personal song about a moment which meant a great giảm giá to me. And I"m sure plenty of guys have seen their ex-girlfriend with a new man at some stage. It bites into you & I captured that in a really honest song. I love that tuy vậy for capturing that moment. I"m saddened by what it reminds me of, and I appreciate what it did which is advertise an album I"d made."
Back to Bedlam was the biggest-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Dido"s No Angel was the second most popular, và Amy Winehouse"s Back khổng lồ Black the third.
British Songwriter & producer Sasha Skarbek had been helping James Blunt develop his songcraft for a while when the pair sat a piano one day in LA. During that session they developed this tune from a basic sketch into a complete tuy vậy in just three hours. "It"s strange that the songs you become known for tend lớn be the ones that come so quickly that you almost question it," Skarbek reflected khổng lồ Q magazine June 2012.
According to lớn the Daily Telegraph, Blunt quý phái this during the marathon 2008 All the Lost Souls tour 213 times in 58 countries in two months.
The ubiquity of this song caused some problems for Blunt, who told the British tabloid Hello! in 2014:"There was one tuy nhiên that was force-fed down people"s throats - "You"re Beautiful" - and it became annoying. Và then people start khổng lồ associate the artist with the same word."Blunt added: "I think, at the end of the day, I was marketed by a record company to lớn appeal lớn women during Desperate Housewives commercials and you thảm bại 50 percent of the population in doing so. The kinh doanh also painted me out as an insanely serious person, an earnest person and, as all my friends know, I"m anything but. I have a couple of over-emotional miserable songs that I"m known for, but I think it"s turned that corner now. People can see I don"t take myself that seriously."
Director Sam Brown shot the music video atop a cliff in Mallorca, Spain. He used a rain machine to lớn create a dreary atmosphere, but it was actually a warm summer day that was ideal for Blunt, who had to strip off his clothes in the clip. The shoes he removed weren"t his, though. The director lent his own shoes lớn the singer because Blunt liked them so much.
The song"s co-writer Sacha Skarbek told Hit Quarters what songwriting lessons he shared with the singer: "When James & I first started working together although he had enormous potential - a great ability with lyrics & turn of phrase - he didn"t necessarily have all the songcraft - the understanding of how arrangements work or of how hooks are important & how they work. So not just the technical side but also in how to get your message across - when lớn make things simple and when khổng lồ allow a little bit more imagery. I think that was what I was able lớn offer him at that stage."
This tuy nhiên reached #1 in its seventh week on the UK chart và after no less than four weeks in the top 3, a rare feat in the UK where chart toppers usually go straight in at the top of the chart.
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James Blunt quý phái this at Elton John"s civil partnership ceremony to lớn David Furnish on December 21, 2005, the first day same-sex unions were allowed in England và Wales. John và Furnish got married exactly nine years later, once gay marriage was legalized in England.
Back lớn Bedlam sold 2.37 million copies across the UK in 2005, making it the year"s top-selling album.
In the video, Blunt jumps into the sea without a shirt. This can be seen as a suicide, as it goes with the last lines of the song, "But it"s time to face the truth. I will never be with you." The clip"s director, Sam Brown, disagrees & says the act is really about moving on. Blunt had khổng lồ train with a diving instructor to lớn make the 50-meter (164 feet) leap into the water, which he did twice before cutting his foot.
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On the unabridged album version of this song, Blunt sings:She could see from my face that I was f--king highIn the radio edit (and also the video), this was changed to lớn "flying high," when puts the tuy nhiên in a completely different context: instead of being high on drugs, he is simply thrilled lớn see her.Blunt told sự kiện magazine: "I"m afraid I do use "f--k" a lot. It"s a very adaptable word. In "Your Beautiful" I have the line "f--king high," và the record company asked me khổng lồ remove this swearword. I did try putting in "particularly" and "especially" instead, I decided that they really aren"t suitable substitutes for my favorite word."
Blunt performed this on a 2007 episode of Sesame Street as "A Triangle." Apparently, Blunt has a thing for the three-sided shape. Sample lyric: "It must be those angles put a smile on my face, not to lớn mention the hypotenuse."
In an interview with Q magazine February 2008, Blunt was asked about the photo of a pill on the cover of the Back to lớn Bedlam CD. He explained: "It"s a ceramic pill about a foot long that I found in Carrie Fisher"s house, where I lived when I recorded both albums. It said "Prozac" on it but I changed it, obviously, to say trăng tròn milligrams of James Blunt. I just thought it looked cool."
The Daily Record March 22, 2008 asked Blunt if he was bored with this quái vật hit. The singer-songwriter replied: "If I had the radio on all the time và they kept playing that song then yes, I"d probably turn it off. But vị I still lượt thích the song? Absolutely. It"s a really personal song about a moment which meant a great giảm giá to me. And I"m sure plenty of guys have seen their ex-girlfriend with a new man at some stage. It bites into you & I captured that in a really honest song. I love that tuy vậy for capturing that moment. I"m saddened by what it reminds me of, and I appreciate what it did which is advertise an album I"d made."
Back to Bedlam was the biggest-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Dido"s No Angel was the second most popular, và Amy Winehouse"s Back khổng lồ Black the third.
British Songwriter & producer Sasha Skarbek had been helping James Blunt develop his songcraft for a while when the pair sat a piano one day in LA. During that session they developed this tune from a basic sketch into a complete tuy vậy in just three hours. "It"s strange that the songs you become known for tend lớn be the ones that come so quickly that you almost question it," Skarbek reflected khổng lồ Q magazine June 2012.
According to lớn the Daily Telegraph, Blunt quý phái this during the marathon 2008 All the Lost Souls tour 213 times in 58 countries in two months.
The ubiquity of this song caused some problems for Blunt, who told the British tabloid Hello! in 2014:"There was one tuy nhiên that was force-fed down people"s throats - "You"re Beautiful" - and it became annoying. Và then people start khổng lồ associate the artist with the same word."Blunt added: "I think, at the end of the day, I was marketed by a record company to lớn appeal lớn women during Desperate Housewives commercials and you thảm bại 50 percent of the population in doing so. The kinh doanh also painted me out as an insanely serious person, an earnest person and, as all my friends know, I"m anything but. I have a couple of over-emotional miserable songs that I"m known for, but I think it"s turned that corner now. People can see I don"t take myself that seriously."
Director Sam Brown shot the music video atop a cliff in Mallorca, Spain. He used a rain machine to lớn create a dreary atmosphere, but it was actually a warm summer day that was ideal for Blunt, who had to strip off his clothes in the clip. The shoes he removed weren"t his, though. The director lent his own shoes lớn the singer because Blunt liked them so much.
The song"s co-writer Sacha Skarbek told Hit Quarters what songwriting lessons he shared with the singer: "When James & I first started working together although he had enormous potential - a great ability with lyrics & turn of phrase - he didn"t necessarily have all the songcraft - the understanding of how arrangements work or of how hooks are important & how they work. So not just the technical side but also in how to get your message across - when lớn make things simple and when khổng lồ allow a little bit more imagery. I think that was what I was able lớn offer him at that stage."
