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James Blunt Bio
James Blunt's debut single in the UK
was "High" (co-written with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue). This song peaked
below the Top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. However, the song was chosen
to appear in a Vodafone commercial in Italy, and as a result was a Top
10 hit. Some people have suggested that the title of his song "High" is
in reference to drugs; Blunt, however, claims this to be untrue. His
second single, "Wisemen", improved upon that position with a #44 peak.
Blunt's third single "You're Beautiful" was his breakout hit. The song
debuted at #12 in the UK, and demonstrated a rare trend of upward
mobility on the UK charts, rising all the way to the #1 position six
weeks after its debut. The song also received massive airplay in the UK
and also throughout all of the US, which helped propel Back To Bedlam to
#1 on the albums chart, unseating the record-breaking album X&Y by
Coldplay from the pole position.
After the success of "You're Beautiful" in the UK, the song crossed over
to mainland Europe, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2005
across the continent.
In the USA, "You're Beautiful" made its debut in the summer of 2005 on
WPLJ, a prominent radio station in New York City, despite not having
been released to radio yet. Once the song was released to radio stations
in the Autumn of 2005, the song climbed into the Top 10 at three radio
formats: Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, and Adult Alternative,
eventually climbing to number 1 on the Hot 100.
Blunt performing at the Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, California in
November 2005.
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Blunt performing at the Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, California in
November 2005.
The videos for all of Blunt's singles to date feature symbolism and dark
imagery. In the first video for "High", he is buried in a desert. In the
first video for "Wisemen", he is kidnapped and taken hostage. In the
video for "You're Beautiful", he alludes to suicide by jumping into an
ocean as the final lyrics are sung. The re-release video for "High" then
features Blunt running from some unknown predator in a forest. The
re-release video for "Wisemen" has Blunt burning identification papers,
and then walking through a forest while he is on fire.
Blunt has performed numerous television and radio appearances throughout
the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. On 3 December 2005, he was
the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. His music has been featured on
television programmes throughout the world. He made his acting debut on
the (US) ABC Family Channel programme Wildfire, first aired on January
30, 2006. He also appeared in episode 103 of the CBS comedy Love Monkey
(original air date February 7, 2006) . He was interviewed and performed
"You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" on the Oprah Winfrey Show on
March 8, 2006 (taped on February 21, 2006). He stated on Oprah that
"You're Beautiful" is based on a true story when he saw his
ex-girlfriend at a subway station with another man. Blunt also sings a
cover of New Zealand band Crowded House's hit Fall At Your Feet, which
was played at several points during a recent episode of US teen drama
The OC.
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