"You Make It Real" is the sixth single by James Morrison

James Morrison (singer)

James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...

, and the first from his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me is the second album by English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Morrison, released on 26 September 2008. The album was a commercial success in the UK where it entered the album charts at number three and in Ireland where it topped the charts...

. The single was released on 22 September 2008; a week before the release of the album. The song was covered by Akon

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 on the Live Lounge

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 on BBC Radio 1

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. The song appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera Três Irmãs and on the soundtrack for the movie He's Just Not That into You

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. It was also featured on a commercial for Overstock.com

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 as well as recently being featured on the first episode in Season 5 of the TV show Brothers and Sisters.

Music video

The video was released in September and shows James

James Morrison (singer)

James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...

 in places throughout Los Angeles

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. One shot, shows the sign for the "110 Freeway" which runs through the Downtown L.A. area. The video begins with Morrison inside a cab, and then by a pool, meanwhile, James arrives at a hotel, and then him singing on stage. The video also has shots of Morrison in a bar and coffee-shop. The video ends with him walking alone.

Chart performance

You Make It Real was released as the lead single from James Morrison

James Morrison (singer)

James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...

's second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me is the second album by English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Morrison, released on 26 September 2008. The album was a commercial success in the UK where it entered the album charts at number three and in Ireland where it topped the charts...

 on the 22nd of September 2008. The song debuted in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, landing at number seven on 28 September, giving Morrison his third top ten hit it and spent 8 straight weeks in the chart. The song also broke in the top twenty of the Dutch Top 40, peaking at number eighteen. The song also appeared in the lower reaches of several European music charts

Chart Placings

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	100
Belgium Tip Chart (Flanders)	16
Belgium Tip Chart (Wallonia)	12
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	18
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...	26
German Singles Chart	71
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	38
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	7

Formats and track listings

CD single

1. "You Make It Real"
2. "Sitting On A Platform"

Maxi-CD single

1. "You Make It Real" (Radio Version)
2. "Sitting On A Platform"
3. "Movin' On"
4. "You Make It Real" (Live & Acoustic)
5. "You Make It Real" (Video)

writers;James Morrison and Paul Barry