James Blunt Promises To Change His Name To 'Whatever The Public Wants' If His Debut Album Hits Number 1

James Blunt has said that he will change his name to "whatever the public wants" if his debut album reaches top spot in the charts.

Blunt will release a special reissue of his 2004 debut album, 'Back To Bedlam'  which celebrates its 20th anniversary next month. 

The album which arrived on October 11 2004, included the singer's smash hit, 'You're Beautiful', which became a worldwide hit in 2005. That year also saw Back To Bedlam become the highest selling record of that year, having sold more than 2.4 million copies.

Speaking with Chris Moyles on Radio X, James Blunt had this to say.

“We are re-releasing it here, 20 years on, the new album, and in fact, the label are going to launch a campaign get it back to number one after 20 years. How do you do that? How do you get it back to number one at 20 years’ old? So, what they’ve made me sign up to do is if it reaches number one, I have signed up to changing my name to whatever the public want – they can change my name", the singer stated. 

Blunt also insisted that changing his name is not something that he was doing as “an act of desperation” but rather “a genuine thing”. 

He added: “I swear on my life and the life of my one fan – Brian from Glasgow – I will change my name should it hit number one". 

This 20th anniversary reissue of 'Back to Bedlam' will be released on October 11, and will include a number of unreleased songs such as  ‘Standing All Alone’, ‘Close Your Eyes’, ‘Butterfly’, ‘Dancing Days’ and B-side track ‘Sugar-Coated’.