On 28 February 2014, Blunt, after being interviewed, performed the song live on Skavlan. On 5 November, Blunt performed the song live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On 7 October, Blunt performed the song live on the results show of the Australian X-Factor. The song had its first radio broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 29 July, with a lyric video being uploaded to Blunt's YouTube page later that day.Īn accompanying music video directed by Vaughan Arnell was released on 28 August 2013. The email invited its recipients to visit Blunt's SoundCloud page, where the song could be streamed for free. Blunt later took to Twitter to apologise for emailing "the whole of the UK by mistake". Soulful British crooner James Blunts wistful debut infuses the listener - in order - with rainy-day hope, the wistful comfort of unattainable love, and finally, world-weary resignation. The song debuted at number six and climbed to number four in the UK Singles Charīlunt's record label sent out an email notifying Blunt's fans of the song's release, only to later discover they had inadvertently emailed their entire database. Buy James Blunts album titled Back to Bedlam. The song was written by Blunt and OneRepublic's lead singer Ryan Tedder, with whom Blunt had previously written the single "Stay the Night". He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by University of Bristol.īonfire Heart is the first single from British singer-songwriter James Blunt's fourth studio album, Moon Landing (2013). He was a reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in the Kosovo War in 1999. He has received several awards, including two Brit Awards-winning Best British Male in 2006, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations. He has gone on to sell over 20 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide. Back to Bedlam, was the best selling album of the 2000s in the UK. "You're Beautiful" was number 1 in the UK, US and a dozen other countries. The album sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US.
He originally signed to EMI Music Publishing and is currently signed to Custard Records and Atlantic Records.īlunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former reconnaissance officer for the British Army.