"You Make It Real" is the sixth single by English singer James Morrison, and the first from his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me. The single was released on 22 September 2008; a week before the release of the album.[1] The song was covered by Akon on the Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1. The song appeared on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera Três Irmãs, and on the soundtrack for the film, He's Just Not That Into You. It was also featured on a commercial for Overstock.com, as well as being featured on the first episode in Season 5 of the television programme Brothers and Sisters.
| "You Make It Real" | ||||
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| Single by James Morrison | ||||
| from the album Songs for You, Truths for Me | ||||
| Released | 22 September 2008[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Producer(s) | Mark Taylor | |||
| James Morrison singles chronology | ||||
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Music video edit
The video was released in September and showed Morrison in places throughout Los Angeles. One shot shows the sign for the "110 Freeway" which runs through the Downtown Los Angeles area. The video begins with Morrison inside a cab and then shows him by a pool. After he arrives at a hotel, he sings on stage. The video also has shots of Morrison in a bar and coffee shop. The video ends with him walking alone.
Formats and track listings edit
CD single[citation needed]
- "You Make It Real"
- "Sitting on a Platform"
Maxi-CD single[citation needed]
- "You Make It Real" (Radio version)
- "Sitting on a Platform"
- "Movin' On"
- "You Make It Real" (Live and acoustic)
- "You Make It Real" (Video)
Charts edit
Chart performance edit
The song debuted in the UK Singles Chart at number seven[2] on 28 September 2008, giving Morrison his third top ten hit and it spent eight weeks in the chart.[3] The song also broke in the top twenty of the Dutch Top 40, peaking at number eighteen. The song also appeared in the lower reaches of several European music charts
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Certifications edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[14] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "James Morrison Reveals Second Album Details". albumvote.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ "James Morrison and Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ 5 hrs ago (20 April 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 194.
- ^ "James Morrison – You Make It Real" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "James Morrison – You Make It Real" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "James Morrison – You Make It Real" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography James Morrison". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 40, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "James Morrison – You Make It Real" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2008". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "UK Year End Chart 2008" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "British single certifications – James Morrison – You Make It Real". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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