James Blunt sorry for 'You're Beautiful': 'It became annoying'

James Blunt has admitted that his reputation suffered after the release of 'You're Beautiful', which he believes was "force-fed down people's throats."

The ubiquitous single was released ten years ago as the third single from Blunt's 2004 debut Back To Bedlam. It has since gone Platinum in the UK, and 2x Platinum in the US, having sold over 3 million copies

Speaking to Hello Magazine, the singer said: "There was one song that was force-fed down people's throats - 'You're Beautiful' - and it became annoying. And then people start to associate the artist with the same word."

He continued, "I think, at the end of the day, I was marketed by a record company to appeal to women during Desperate Housewives commercials and you lose 50% of the population in doing so." Because apparently every single woman watches Desperate Housewives.

"The marketing also painted me out as an insanely serious person," he added, "an earnest person and, as all my friends know, I'm anything but. I have a couple of over-emotional miserable songs that I'm known for, but I think it's turned that corner now. People can see I don't take myself that seriously."

Blunt's latest album, Moon Landing, was released in 2013, and will be re-released in November under the name Moon Landing: Apollo Edition.