You Make It Real

"You Make It Real"
Single by James Morrison
from the album Songs for You, Truths for Me
Released 22 September 2008 [1]
Format CD, download
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:31
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Paul Barry/James Morrison
Producer Mark Taylor
James Morrison singles chronology
"One Last Chance"
(2007)		 "You Make it Real"
(2008)		 "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You"
(2008)

"You Make It Real" is the sixth single by 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 appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera Três Irmãs and on the soundtrack for the movie He's Just Not That into You. It was also featured on a commercial for Overstock.com as well as recently being featured on the first episode in Season 5 of the TV show Brothers and Sisters.

Contents

Music video

The video was released in September and shows James in places throughout Los Angeles. One shot, shows the sign for the "110 Freeway" which runs through the Downtown L.A. area. The video begins with Morrison inside a cab, and then by a pool, meanwhile, James arrives at a hotel, and then him singing on stage. The video also has shots of Morrison in a bar and coffee-shop. The video ends with him walking alone.

Charts

Chart performance

You Make It Real was released as the lead single from James Morrison's second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me on the 22nd of September 2008. The song debuted in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, landing at number seven[2] on 28 September, giving Morrison his third top ten hit it and spent 8 straight 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

Chart Placings

Chart (2008) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 100
Belgium Tip Chart (Flanders) 16
Belgium Tip Chart (Wallonia) 12
Dutch Top 40 18
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 26
German Singles Chart 71
Irish Singles Chart 38
UK Singles Chart 7

Formats and track listings

CD single
  1. "You Make It Real"
  2. "Sitting On A Platform"
Maxi-CD single
  1. "You Make It Real" (Radio Version)
  2. "Sitting On A Platform"
  3. "Movin' On"
  4. "You Make It Real" (Live & Acoustic)
  5. "You Make It Real" (Video)

writers;James Morrison and Paul Barry

References

  1. ^ a b "James Morrison Reveals Second Album Details". albumvote.co.uk. http://www.albumvote.co.uk/news/article.aspx?headline=366. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  2. ^ http://acharts.us/song/38393
  3. ^ http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/c/uk/single_charts.html
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