It was re-released in the UK on 3 October 2005. The song failed to make an impact on the singles chart, peaking at a low 148. On 18 October 2004, 'High' was released in the United Kingdom. James Blunt - vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, piano, keyboards, marimba.In the video for the re-release of 'High', Blunt is sitting on a plastic chair in a warehouse-like room, playing the guitar and singing the song these scenes are intercut with scenes where Blunt is running in a forest. The first video, which is associated with the first release as a single, shows him buried in a desert and then chasing an illusional girl while drunk ^. 'High' (The Making of the Video) – 3:00īlunt has made two music videos for 'High'.

'In a Little While' (Radio 1 Jo Whiley Session) – 3:46.The 7' Vinyl includes an exclusive track entitled 'Butterfly'. CD2 includes an exclusive US radio session of 'You're Beautiful', plus the video and making-of footage for 'High'. The recording was made on 5 August 2005 at the BBC Radio 1 Unleashed Music Festival in Cornwall. CD1 includes a live recording of ' In a Little While', a popular song by U2. The re-issue of the single was released on three physical formats. CD2 also includes two exclusive non-album recordings, entitled 'This Twilight Garden' and 'Play', as well as two remixes of 'High'. CD1 includes an exclusive non-album recording entitled 'Sugar Coated', which was written by Blunt and Sacha Skarbek. It’s the best invention anyone has ever come up with.The single was released initially on two physical formats. Who can argue with a rock star guileless enough to confess: “Touring is the most fun you can possibly have. If Blunt’s unashamed love of the high life - he now resides in Ibiza - has endeared him to the tabloids, it’s also struck a chord with a generation of indie fans tired of seeing their icons scowl their way to tax exile.

A steelier combination of classic rock influences (Fleetwood Mac, Don MacLean, Steely Dan) and whimsical lyrics, hits like “1973” acknowledged the romantic aspirations of an audience stretching from Surbiton to Serbia. Having sold eleven million copies worldwide on the back of breakthrough single “You’re Beautiful” – including No.1’s in eighteen countries and the first British No.1 in the U.S for a decade - his military background also attracted a fusillade of criticism worse than anything he’d faced while serving with NATO forces in Kosovo.įor his army of fans, however, Blunt’s ability to tug at the heart-strings remains unrivalled, as the success of 2007’s All the Lost Souls proved. An Elton John for the dress-down Friday generation, James Blunt’s 2004 debut album Back To Bedlam cast him as a quiveringly sensitive singer-songwriter with a handy knack for sledgehammer pop melodies.

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