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James Blunt chooses this week's Tracks Of My Years

James Blunt - multi-million-selling, award-winning, social-media-conquering singer-songwriter - picks the songs that soundtracked his life in this week's Tracks Of My Years.

James Blunt chooses his Tracks Of My Years all this week.

James is one of the UK鈥檚 most loved British singer songwriters, with two Ivor Novello awards and five Grammy nominations. His first album was written at university in Bristol where he also learnt to play the guitar. 鈥楤ack To Bedlam鈥� went on to become one of the best-selling albums of the noughties.

James has now sold over 20 million records worldwide and his anthem 鈥榊ou're Beautiful鈥� was the first British single to top US charts in nine years. And James has become almost as well-known for his self-effacing wit as his music, including his recent vow to change his name to Blunty McBluntface if Back To Bedlam returned to number 1.

That debut album has recently been remastered and re-released, exactly 20 years to the day of its initial outing. James will be on the road for the 'Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary tour' from February next year.

Hear his first two choices today.

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Music Played

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • Caribou.
    • Mercury.

  • 搁翱厂脡 & Bruno Mars

    APT.

    • rosie.
    • Atlantic.

  • CeeLo Green

    Forget You

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
    • 1.

  • Band Aid 40

    Do They Know It's Christmas? (Ultimate 2024 Mix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.
    • 7.

  • Saint Etienne

    I Was Born On Christmas Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 17.

  • Saint Etienne

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • JADE

    Fantasy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Coldplay

    ALL MY LOVE

    • MOON MUSiC.
    • Parlophone.

  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Tears for Fears

    Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad

    • Songs For A Nervous Planet.
    • Concord.

  • The Ronettes

    I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Shapeshifters

    Lola's Theme

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Whitney Houston

    Love Is

    • The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban).
    • RCA.

  • Billy Joel

    Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Cynthia Erivo

    Defying Gravity (feat. Ariana Grande)

    • Wicked O.S.T..
    • Universal.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Sound of Silence

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Crowded House

    Fall At Your Feet

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Tom Grennan

    It Can't Be Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • InSanity.

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  • Mon 2 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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