You Are So Beautiful
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| "You Are So Beautiful" | ||||
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| Single by Joe Cocker | ||||
| from the album I Can Stand a Little Rain | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Length | 2:41 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher, Dennis Wilson (uncredited) | |||
| Joe Cocker singles chronology | ||||
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"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker.
Preston's original version first appeared on his 1974 album, The Kids and Me. Cocker's producer, Jim Price created a slowed-down arrangement for Cocker's version, which first appeared on the album, I Can Stand a Little Rain (released later in 1974). Released as a single, the Joe Cocker version reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1975 and helped the album become a hit.
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The song was also covered by many other artists, including The Mighty Clouds Of Joy (Kickin' 1975 ABC Records), Ray Charles, Kenny Rankin, Kenny Rogers, Dennis Wilson, Bonnie Tyler, Al Green, Diana Ross, Tanya Tucker, Ray Stevens, Westlife, Michael Sweet from Stryper, Babyface, Donny Osmond and pianist Bradley Joseph. Danny Gokey also performed a cover of this song on season 8 of American Idol. Lloyd Daniels performed this song on series 6 of The X Factor and singer Mijares recorded a version for his 2009 Spanish album Vivir Así.
[edit] "You Are So Beautiful" and Dennis Wilson
According to Dennis Wilson's biographer, Jon Stebbins, Wilson claimed that he and Preston spontaneously collaborated on the words to the song at a party.[1] Wilson sang the song as an encore at Beach Boys shows intermittently between 1975 and 1983.
[edit] In other media
The song was briefly featured in the sitcom Two and a Half Men in the 2007 episode "Anteaters. They're Just Crazy-lookin" sung by Enrique Iglesias as the handyman Fernando. It was also featured in an episode of Desperate Housewives where it was revealed to have been Karl and Susan Mayer's song.
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