You Are So Beautiful - wikipedia You Are So Beautiful For the song by Donna Summer, see You 're So Beautiful. `` You Are So Beautiful '' 1980s UK vinyl re-release Single by Joe Cocker from the album I Can Stand a Little Rain B - side `` It 's a Sin When You Love Somebody '' Released January 1975 Format 7 '' single Recorded Genre Pop soul Length 2 : 41 Label A&M Songwriter ( s ) Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher Producer ( s ) Jim Price Joe Cocker singles chronology `` Midnight Rider '' ( 1972 ) `` You Are So Beautiful '' ( 1975 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' ( 1983 ) `` You Are So Beautiful '' is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released on Preston 's ninth studio album The Kids & Me ( 1974 ). It was also the B - side of his single `` Struttin ' ''. Later that year, Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain ( 1974 ) and then as a single in January 1975. Produced by Jim Price, it became one of Cocker 's biggest chart hits, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. Biographers and associates of the Beach Boys ' Dennis Wilson credit him with contributing to the song 's genesis. Wilson performed the song live with the Beach Boys from the late 1970s onwards. Ray Stevens, Kenny Rogers, Bonnie Tyler and Brian Kennedy are also among the artists who have covered `` You Are So Beautiful ''. Contents 1 Composition 2 Live performances 3 Personnel 4 Chart history 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Other renditions 6 In other media 7 References 8 External links Composition Billy Preston wrote `` You Are So Beautiful '' with one of his regular collaborators, Bruce Fisher. Preston 's inspiration was his mother, who worked as a stage actress. According to his friend Sam Moore ( who had assumed it was a standard love song ), Preston was appalled to learn that Moore was using the song as a means to attract young women each time he sang it in concert. In Moore 's description, Preston told him : `` That song 's about my mother ! '' The composition incorporates part of Preston 's 1969 song `` Let Us All Get Together ( Right Now ) '', which he wrote with soul singer Doris Troy. According to Beach Boys biographer Jon Stebbins, although Dennis Wilson is not credited as a writer, he helped Preston write `` You Are So Beautiful ''. Music journalist John Tobler, who wrote the liner notes for the 2011 reissues of Preston 's A&M albums, says that Wilson 's involvement `` has been claimed '' by others. Preston and Wilson are said to have collaborated on the song while attending a party where they discussed the concept of beauty. According to Craig Hlavaty of Houston Press, while Wilson never sought to reclaim his share of the song 's authorship, `` If you check out Wilson 's solo work, you can hear where Wilson 's mind took over ' Beautiful. ' '' Wilson sang `` You Are So Beautiful '' as an encore at Beach Boys shows intermittently from 1975 until his death in 1983. A live rendition, circa 1978, and an edited 1983 live rendition both appear in the film The Beach Boys : An American Band ( 1985 ). A live version was released on the group 's album Good Timin ' : Live at Knebworth England 1980 in 2002. Live performances Cocker performed the song along with Ray Charles in a 1983 television tribute to Charles, `` A Man and his Soul. Personnel Joe Cocker -- lead vocals Nicky Hopkins -- piano Dave McDaniel -- bass Jimmy Webb -- arrangements Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report 32 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 10 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 12 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank Canadian RPM Top Singles 53 US Billboard Hot 100 65 Other renditions Ray Stevens recorded it for his album Just for the Record ( 1976 ). Stevens ' version reached number 16 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Kenny Rogers recorded the song as the closing track on his best - selling album We 've Got Tonight ( 1983 ). It was also used as the B - side to the single release of the title track. Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler recorded the song on her album Silhouette In Red ( 1993 ). Italian bluesman Zucchero Fornaciari included the cover of the song in his greatest hits album All the Best ( 2007 ). Irish singer Brian Kennedy covered the song on his album Interpretations ( 2008 ). Hong Kong singer Susan Wong included a cover of the song on her smooth jazz / bossa nova album 511 ( 2009 ). In 2016 former Isley Brother Chris Jasper covered the song on his album Share With Me. In other media Television programs have used commercial recordings of the song. Seventies - themed sitcom The Wonder Years used a recorded version of the song in Season 6, Episode 16, `` Nose, '' where it played at the end of the episode at a school dance where Kevin 's friend Ricky loses a girl with a large nose just as Ricky had come to appreciate her. The song was heard in Two and a Half Men Season 4, Episode 23, ( `` Anteaters. They 're Just Crazy - Lookin ' '' ), sung by guest Enrique Iglesias. An episode of Home Improvement ( `` Jill 's Birthday '' ) accompanied the song with a montage of photos of Jill Taylor ( Patricia Richardson ) in her early age. The song played in Season 5, Episode 9 of Full House. The film Modern Romance ( 1981 ) includes an instrumental version of the song in its opening and closing titles, and also uses Joe Cocker 's version to underscore its final scene. Joe Cocker 's version was also used in the film Carlito 's Way ( 1993 ) and plays during Gail 's apartment scene and over the film 's end credits. In the American comedy movie `` The Little Rascals '' ( 1994 ), the song is sung by Alfalfa to Darla on a boat. In 2016, the song appears in the season one finale of Quantico entitled `` Yes '', first sung by a drunk Caleb Haas ( Graham Rogers ) and Brandon Fletcher ( Jacob Artist ) celebrating their graduation, then leading into the Joe Cocker version for the remainder of the scene. The song appears in a 2018 TV commercial for Toyota. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 58. ^ Jump up to : Tobler, John ( 2011 ). I Wrote a Simple Song / Music Is My Life ( CD booklet ). Billy Preston. BGO Records. pp. 7, 8. Jump up ^ Wakeman, Rick ( presenter ) ; Wilson, John ( producer ) ( 2010 ). Billy Preston : That 's the Way God Planned It ( Radio 4 on Music documentary ). bbc.co.uk. Jump up ^ Winn, John C. ( 2009 ). That Magic Feeling : The Beatles ' Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966 -- 1970. New York, NY : Three Rivers Press. p. 284. ISBN 978 - 0 - 307 - 45239 - 9. Jump up ^ Davis, Andy ( 2010 ). That 's the Way God Planned It ( CD booklet ). Billy Preston. Apple Records. ^ Jump up to : Hlavaty, Craig. `` The Secret History of ' You Are So Beautiful ' ''. Houston Press. Retrieved 2013 - 02 - 26. Jump up ^ Collins, Ace ( 2013 ). Music for Your Heart : Reflections from Your Favorite Songs and Hymns. Abingdon Press. p. 154. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4267 - 7604 - 5. Jump up ^ Lynch, Joe ( December 22, 2014 ). `` R.I.P. Joe Cocker : 7 Essential Moments, From Woodstock to ' SNL ' ''. Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 24. Jump up ^ `` RPM Weekly Adult Contemporary April 19, 1975 ( Volume 23, No. 8 ) ''. Library and Archives Canada. RPM Weekly ( archived ). Retrieved February 18, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Music : Hot 100 - Billboard Hot 100 '', Billboard, March 29, 1975, retrieved April 14, 2018 Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard '', Billboard Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 5, 1975 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ `` Susan Wong - 511 ''. Allmusic. Retrieved April 29, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Two and a Half Men S04E23 Episode Script - Anteaters. They 're Just Crazy - lookin ' ''. Springfield ! Springfield !. Retrieved April 22, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Enrique Iglesias Serenades Charlie 's Girlfriend - Two and a Half Men ''. Youtube / Comedy Central U. January 1, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Toyota TV Commercial, ' So Beautiful ' ''. ispot.tv. 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Billy Preston Studio albums The Most Exciting Organ Ever Early Hits of ' 65 Wildest Organ in Town ! Club Meeting Greazee Soul That 's the Way God Planned It Encouraging Words I Wrote a Simple Song Music Is My Life Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music The Kids & Me It 's My Pleasure Billy Preston A Whole New Thing Late at Night Billy Preston & Syreeta The Way I Am Pressin ' On On the Air Live albums Live European Tour Singles `` That 's the Way God Planned It '' `` All That I 've Got ( I 'm Gonna Give It to You ) '' `` My Sweet Lord '' `` I Wrote a Simple Song '' `` Outa - Space '' `` Slaughter '' `` Will It Go Round in Circles '' `` Space Race '' `` Nothing from Nothing '' `` Get Back '' `` With You I 'm Born Again '' Songs `` Sing One for the Lord '' `` You Are So Beautiful '' Related St. Louis Blues `` Get Back '' ( Beatles single ) Let It Be The Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar 's 1974 North American tour The Rolling Stones ' Tour of the Americas ' 75 Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( film ) Concert for George Book : Billy Preston Bonnie Tyler songs Discography The World Starts Tonight `` Lost in France '' `` More Than a Lover '' Natural Force `` It 's a Heartache '' `` Living for the City '' `` Heaven '' `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' `` Here Am I '' Diamond Cut `` Too Good to Last '' `` My Guns Are Loaded '' Goodbye to the Island `` I 'm Just a Woman '' `` Sometimes When We Touch '' `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' `` Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean '' `` I Believe in Your Sweet Love '' Faster Than the Speed of Night `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' `` Faster Than the Speed of Night '' `` Total Eclipse of the Heart '' `` Straight from the Heart '' Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire `` If You Were a Woman ( And I Was a Man ) '' `` Loving You 's a Dirty Job but Somebody 's Gotta Do It '' `` Band of Gold '' `` Lovers Again '' `` Holding Out for a Hero '' Hide Your Heart `` Hide Your Heart '' `` Do n't Turn Around '' `` Save Up All Your Tears '' `` To Love Somebody '' `` The Best '' Bitterblue `` Against the Wind '' `` Bitterblue '' `` Where Were You '' Angel Heart `` Fools Lullaby '' `` I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night '' Silhouette in Red `` You Are So Beautiful '' Free Spirit `` You 're the One '' `` Making Love Out of Nothing at All '' `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' `` Two Out of Three Ai n't Bad '' All in One Voice `` Angel of the Morning '' `` I Put a Spell on You '' `` The Rose '' `` He 's the King '' `` Silent Night '' Heart Strings `` Human Touch '' `` Everybody Hurts '' `` Amazed '' `` Against All Odds ( Take a Look at Me Now ) '' `` And I Am Telling You I 'm Not Going '' `` Lean on Me '' `` In My Life '' `` Learning to Fly '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` I Still Have n't Found What I 'm Looking For '' `` I Ca n't Make You Love Me '' `` Need Your Love So Bad '' `` It 's Over '' Simply Believe `` Si demain... ( Turn Around ) '' `` Si tout s'arrête ( It 's a Heartache ) `` Darlin ' '' Wings `` Louise '' Rocks and Honey `` This Is Gonna Hurt '' `` Believe in Me '' `` What You Need from Me '' `` Love Is the Knife '' `` Mom '' Collaborations `` A Rockin ' Good Way ( to Mess Around and Fall in Love ) '' `` Islands '' `` Vergiß Es ( Forget It ) '' `` Amour Éternel ( Eternal Flame ) '' `` Love 's Holding On '' Other songs `` Sayonara Tokyo '' `` Here She Comes '' `` The Desert Is in Your Heart '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' Dennis Wilson Albums Pacific Ocean Blue Bambu ( The Caribou Sessions ) Singles `` Sound of Free '' / `` Lady '' `` River Song '' / `` Farewell My Friend '' `` You and I '' / `` Friday Night '' Other songs Solo `` Dreamer '' `` Pacific Ocean Blues '' Beach Boys `` All I Want to Do '' `` Baby Blue '' `` Cuddle Up '' `` Denny 's Drums '' `` Forever '' `` Friends '' `` It 's About Time '' `` Little Bird '' `` Love Surrounds Me '' `` Morning Christmas '' `` Never Learn Not to Love '' `` Slip On Through '' Related articles Songs Murry Wilson Brian Wilson Carl Wilson Mike Love The Beach Boys Two - Lane Blacktop `` You Are So Beautiful '' Brother Studios Gregg Jakobson Christine McVie Charles Manson `` Cease to Exist '' The Beach Boys Tanya Tucker Studio albums Delta Dawn What 's Your Mama 's Name Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) Tanya Tucker Lovin ' and Learnin ' Here 's Some Love Ridin ' Rainbows You Are So Beautiful TNT Tear Me Apart Dreamlovers Should I Do It Changes Girls Like Me Love Me Like You Used To Strong Enough to Bend Tennessee Woman What Do I Do with Me Ca n't Run from Yourself Soon Fire to Fire Complicated Tanya My Turn Compilation and live albums Live Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Encore Greatest Hits 1990 -- 1992 Live at Billy Bob 's Texas Notable singles `` Delta Dawn '' `` Love 's the Answer '' `` What 's Your Mama 's Name '' `` Blood Red and Goin ' Down '' `` Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) '' `` The Man That Turned My Mama On '' `` Lizzie and the Rainman '' `` San Antonio Stroll '' `` Do n't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You '' `` You 've Got Me to Hold On To '' `` Here 's Some Love '' `` It 's a Cowboy Lovin ' Night '' `` You Are So Beautiful '' `` Texas ( When I Die ) '' `` Pecos Promenade '' `` Dream Lover '' `` Can I See You Tonight '' `` Feel Right '' `` Baby I 'm Yours '' `` One Love at a Time '' `` Just Another Love '' `` I 'll Come Back as Another Woman '' `` It 's Only Over for You '' `` Love Me Like You Used To '' `` I Wo n't Take Less Than Your Love '' ( with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet ) `` If It Do n't Come Easy '' `` Strong Enough to Bend '' `` Highway Robbery '' `` Call on Me '' `` My Arms Stay Open All Night '' `` Walking Shoes '' `` Do n't Go Out '' ( with T. Graham Brown ) `` It Wo n't Be Me '' `` Oh What It Did to Me '' `` Down to My Last Teardrop '' `` ( Without You ) What Do I Do with Me '' `` Some Kind of Trouble '' `` If Your Heart Ai n't Busy Tonight '' `` Two Sparrows in a Hurricane '' `` It 's a Little Too Late '' `` Tell Me About It '' `` Soon '' `` We Do n't Have to Do This '' `` Hangin ' In '' `` You Just Watch Me '' `` Between the Two of Them '' `` Find Out What 's Happenin ' '' `` Little Things '' `` A Memory Like I 'm Gonna Be '' Related articles Albums discography Singles discography LaCosta `` Leave Them Boys Alone '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Are_So_Beautiful&oldid=865129345 '' Categories : 1974 songs 1975 singles Billy Preston songs A&M Records singles Songs written by Billy Preston Songs written by Bruce Fisher Joe Cocker songs MCA Records singles Ray Stevens songs The Beach Boys songs Bonnie Tyler songs Tanya Tucker songs Westlife songs Song recordings produced by Rob Fraboni Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Nederlands Português Edit links This page was last edited on 21 October 2018, at 23 : 00 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote the joe cocker song you are so beautiful
Answer: Billy Preston