Acoustic, live, and DVD versions have also been released. The radio edit of the song replaces the explicit lyric, changing it to ' She could see from my face that I was flying high'. One lyrical version has an explicit word in it (' She could see from my face that I was fucking high') which was released on Back to Bedlam and most of the 'You're Beautiful' singles. Skarbek's contribution largely focused on the music aspect to the track, contributing chord ideas for the verses, honing the melodies, and making sure the song stuck to, 'a couple of key hooks rather than making it too complicated'.

And then the stalker kills himself.' In an interview with HitQuarters, co-writer Sacha Skarbek said that Blunt brought the title, verses, and the approach of the chorus to a songwriting session. It’s about a guy (me) who’s high and stalking someone else’s girlfriend on the subway. Blunt said of the song: 'It's always been portrayed as romantic, but it’s actually a bit creepy. She and I caught eyes and lived a lifetime in that moment, but didn't do anything about it and haven't seen each other since.' According to Blunt, he wrote the lyrics of the song at home in two minutes after meeting her, and then finished the song with Sacha Skarbek in Los Angeles, and with Amanda Ghost also credited as a co-writer. It was about seeing my ex-girlfriend on the Underground in London with her new man, who I didn't know existed. On 8 March 2006 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Blunt said of the song, 'It's kind of miserable. Newspapers have claimed that 'You're Beautiful' is about a former girlfriend of Blunt, Dixie Chassay, casting assistant for the Harry Potter films, although Blunt refuses to confirm or deny this. The song is performed in the key of E♭ Major. The Q indivi+ Remix, featuring Japanese performer Keri, was issued on 28 March 2012. In 2012, a new version of the single was issued in Japan. 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. 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. In 2006, the song won an Ivor Novello Award for airplay. 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 the United Kingdom and Australia, the song reached number one and number two respectively. It was released as the third single of the album in 2005. It was written by Blunt, Sacha Skarbek, Amanda Ghost and Kieran Baugh for Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam (2004). ' You're Beautiful' is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt.

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