You're Beautiful
Recording Artist: Bryan Adams
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Date Written: October 2017, Los Angeles
Released: February 15, 2022 (Bryan Adams YouTube channel)
Album: Bryan Adams - Pretty Woman: The Musical (March 11, 2022)
Audio:
 
Bryan Adams: all vocals and instruments
 
Produced by Bryan Adams. Arranged by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. Recorded and mixed by Hayden Watson at The Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, Canada. Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
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Bryan's Warehouse Studio, VAncouver Canada

This song remained more-or-less "as written" for a year or more during rehearsals for "Pretty Woman: The Musical" (2017-18). The main change, late in the game, involved adding a "bridge" section to the song, then removing it, then adding it again, then removing it, then adding it again.

Back-story:
"Pretty Woman: The Musical", opened in Chicago and New York in 2018, Hamburg Germany in 2019, London England in 2020 and Milan Italy in 2021.

A USA touring production hit the road in 2021, stopping in every major American city and continuing into 2022, and a UK cast toured Engand, Ireland and Scotland for most of 2024.

Bryan Adams and I spent three years writing the 21 songs that appear in the production ... a typical time-line for a Broadway show. A "cast album" was recorded in New York in 2018 with nine musicians and 19 singers.

The audio above is Bryan's interpretation of "You're Beautiful", recorded 2021-2022 at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver Canada.
Lyrics: You can do this
I'll show you how
It doesn't matter if they were mean to you
We'll go together, and we're going now

Don't be afraid
I can see it on your face
With confidence and attitude
You can walk into any room
Just like you own the place

Cuz you're beautiful
You've got style and grace
There's somethin' about your smile that says
You're on your way
Cuz you're beautiful

You've got the look
It really shows
I can see you walk down Rodeo Drive
Turning heads everywhere you go

No looking back
Now you've arrived
It's time to show them who you are
And no-one's gonna stop you now
So hold your head up high

Cuz you're beautiful
You've got style and grace
There's somethin' about your smile that says
You're on your way

And you're beautiful
Anyone can see
If you were meant to be anywhere
This is where you're meant to be

The way you walk, the way you smile
You've got the look, you've got the style
This is your moment, let everyone know
Let everyone know

You've got the grace, you've got the groove
There's magic in the way you move
You can take it with you wherever you go
Wherever you go

You're beautiful
You've got style and grace
There's somethin' about your smile that says
You're on your way

And you're beautiful
Anyone can see
If you were meant to be anywhere
This is where you're meant to be

You made the deal that got you there
I know it's hard to believe
It's not the clothes, it's what's inside
But for the first time you can see

You're on your way
You're on your way

You're beautiful
 
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