Back to Bedlam

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Back to Bedlam
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Studio album by
Released11 October 2004 (2004-10-11)
RecordedDecember 2003 – June 2004 [1] [2]
Studio
Genre
Length39:28
Label
Producer
James Blunt chronology
Back to Bedlam
(2004)
Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions
(2006)
Singles from Back to Bedlam
  1. "High"
    Released: 18 October 2004
  2. "Wisemen"
    Released: 7 March 2005
  3. "You're Beautiful"
    Released: 18 May 2005
  4. "High (reissue)"
    Released: 3 October 2005
  5. "Goodbye My Lover"
    Released: 19 December 2005
  6. "Wisemen (reissue)"
    Released: 13 March 2006
  7. "No Bravery"
    Released: 17 April 2006
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."High" Tom Rothrock 4:03
2."You're Beautiful"Rothrock3:33
3."Wisemen"
Rothrock, Hogarth3:42
4."Goodbye My Lover"
  • Blunt
  • Skarbek
Rothrock4:20
5."Tears and Rain"Rothrock4:04
6."Out of My Mind"BluntRothrock3:33
7."So Long, Jimmy"
  • Blunt
  • Hogarth
Rothrock4:26
8."Billy"
  • Blunt
  • Skarbek
  • Ghost
Rothrock3:37
9."Cry"
  • Blunt
  • Skarbek
Rothrock4:06
10."No Bravery"
  • Blunt
  • Skarbek
Linda Perry 4:00
Total length:39:28
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."You're Beautiful" (acoustic)3:31
12."No Bravery" (live)3:41
US iTunes bonus track [33]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Fall at Your Feet" (acoustic)Neil Finn2:25
Australian iTunes bonus tracks [34]
No.TitleLength
11."Goodbye My Lover" (acoustic)5:06
12."You're Beautiful" (acoustic)3:31
13."You're Beautiful" (video)5:06
14."Goodbye My Lover" (video)5:06
15."High" (video)3:54
Expanded edition bonus disc – Live in Ireland (U.S.)
No.TitleLength
1."Wisemen" 
2."High" 
3."Cry" 
4."Goodbye My Lover" 
5."So Long, Jimmy" 
6."Sugar Coated" 
7."You're Beautiful" 
8."Billy" 
9."Fall at Your Feet" 
10."Tears and Rain" 
11."No Bravery" 
12."Where Is My Mind?" 
13."Goodbye My Lover" (video) 
14."Goodbye My Lover" (Making of the Video) 
Best Buy bonus DVD (U.S.)
No.TitleLength
1."Back to Bedlam" (E.P.K.) 
2."You're Beautiful" (video) 
3."Live @93 Feet East" (video) 
4."High" (video) 
Target Stores bonus disc – Monkey on My Shoulder (U.S.)
No.TitleLength
1."Cry" (demo) 
2."High" (demo) 
3."Goodbye My Lover" (demo) 
4."Sugar Coated" (demo) 
5."Butterfly" (demo) 
French edition bonus DVD – Live in Paris
No.TitleLength
1."Billy" 
2."High" 
3."Out of My Mind" 
4."No Bravery" 
5."Goodbye My Lover" 
6."So Long, Jimmy" 
7."Wisemen" 
8."Where Is My Mind?" 
9."You're Beautiful" 

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [118] 2× Platinum80,000^
Australia (ARIA) [119] 9× Platinum670,000 [120]
Austria (IFPI Austria) [121] 2× Platinum60,000*
Belgium (BRMA) [122] 3× Platinum150,000*
Brazil33,742 [123]
Canada (Music Canada) [124] 6× Platinum600,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [125] 6× Platinum120,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [126] Gold13,158 [126]
France (SNEP) [127] Diamond750,000*
Germany (BVMI) [128] 9× Gold900,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece) [46] 2× Platinum80,000 [129]
Iceland6,000 [130]
Ireland (IRMA) [131] 14× Platinum210,000^
Italy
sales in 2005
100,000 [132]
Italy (FIMI) [133]
sales since 2009
Gold25,000
Japan (RIAJ) [134] Platinum250,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [135] Gold50,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [136] Platinum80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [137] 7× Platinum105,000^
Portugal (AFP) [138] 2× Platinum40,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [139] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [140] 2× Platinum120,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [141] 5× Platinum200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [142] 11× Platinum3,338,000 [10]
United States (RIAA) [143] 3× Platinum3,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [144] 6× Platinum6,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Use in media

Eight of the ten songs on Back to Bedlam were licensed for use in television shows, movies, advertising campaigns and trailers, a total of 34 times. This included "Tears and Rain", "So Long Jimmy" and "Cry", tracks that had not been released as singles. [145]

See also

Notes

  1. Credited as Charlie Paxton

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