"So Beautiful" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray. The song was originally included on Murray's debut album, The Game (2001), and was re-recorded for his following album, Feeler (2003). This version was released as the album's second single and first commercial single in January 2004. "So Beautiful" became Murray's first charting single, peaking at No. 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart and earning a platinum sales certification. It also charted in New Zealand, peaking at No. 13, and in the Netherlands, reaching No. 61. "So Beautiful" was nominated for several awards in 2004 and 2005.
Murray was inspired to write the song after seeing a group of "pretentious" people in a Brisbane bar. In a 2013 interview, he said: I can't stand pretentious people like that. I remember the way they strutted around and they were really loud and obnoxious and I just had to get out of there. I don't have time for that. As soon as I got home, I started writing the song. I was trying to get the point across that these guys needed to take a good look at themselves and see how they were acting."[4] "So Beautiful" has been widely used as a break-up song, though this was not Murray's intention.[4]
Receptionedit
In 2019, Forte Magazine ranked "So Beautiful" as Murray's best song, saying, "'So Beautiful’ was written after a night out where Pete felt overwhelmed by people being pretentious and by guys that needed to stop acting obnoxious. Regardless of what it means or why it was written, the song is still our #1."[5]
In July 2022, Stephen Green from The Music also ranked 'So Beautiful' as Murray's best song, saying, "Played at countless weddings, soundtracking countless house parties and still fluttering the hearts of many a Pete Murray fan, 'So Beautiful' is just that. Simple lyrics, a memorable tune and a certain something that just hits a nerve."[6]
^ ab"New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 19th January 2004" (PDF). ARIA. 19 January 2004. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^"APRA History 2005". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) & (AMCOS). 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ abVreeland, Dellaram (7 March 2013). "Pete Murray: 'So Beautiful' was not intended to be a break-up song". The Courier. Ballarat. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^"Our top five Pete Murray tracks". Forte Magazine. January 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^Green, Stephen (July 2022). "Pete Murray's Top 10 Songs Ranked". The Music. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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