The Girl That Never Was

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"The Girl That Never Was"
Single by James Blunt
from the album Who We Used to Be
Released4 October 2023
Genre Pop
Length3:13
Label Atlantic Records UK
Songwriter(s)
  • James Blunt
  • George Tizzard
  • Rick Parkhouse
Producer(s) Red Triangle
James Blunt singles chronology
"All The Love That I Ever Needed"
(2023)		"The Girl That Never Was"
(2023)
Music video
"The Girl That Never Was" on YouTube

"The Girl That Never Was" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released by Atlantic Records UK on 4 October 2023 as the third single from Blunt's seventh studio album, Who We Used to Be . [1]

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Background

"The Girl That Never Was" was written by Blunt, George Tizzard and Rick Parkhouse. It was written about Blunt and his wife losing a child through miscarriage. [2] [3] [4]

Live performance

On 27 October 2023, Blunt performed the song on the BBC's The One Show. On writing the song, Blunt shared "I'm married. We had aspirations to start a family and...people in my situation have gone through that, you win some battles and you lose some [...] the ones that we have lost we struggle with a bit." [5]

Music video

A lyric video was released on the day of the single's official release, [6] with the official music video, directed by Vaughan Arnell released on 12 October 2023. [7] On 20 October 2023, Blunt released a video showing an acoustic performance of "The Girl That Never Was". [8]

Chart performance

The single peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 on 3 November 2023. [9] It appeared on that chart for seven consecutive weeks. [10]

Charts

Chart performance for "The Girl That Never Was"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [11] 7

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  1. ↑ "James Blunt - Who We Used to Be". Spotify. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Everett, Charlotte (28 October 2023). "James Blunt has One Show viewers in tears with emotional reason for new song". The Mirror. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "JAMES BLUNT touches on loss in new single 'The Girl That Never Was'". XS Noize. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "James Blunt drops latest single The Girl That Never Was". Retro Pop Magazine. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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