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His father ( a kidney donor ) was dying of stage 4 kidney disease. A donor could not be found. This is the first time James’s dad heard the song. After the video he asked everyone why they were crying as he was not dead yet . After this video came out a distant cousin came forward and was tested and was a match. James’ dad is still alive and as far as I know is doing well. James and his dad are both former military and emotions are not easy for either one of them but James’s emotion in this is very raw. Beautiful song and tribute to his father

James and his father were both high-ranking officers in the British army, James being a Captain and his father a Colonel. So they are both very stoic, or “stiff upper lip”. This was James’ way of saying goodbye to his father and telling him how he felt before he passed away. The refrain of “I’m not your son, you’re not my father. We’re just two grown men saying goodbye” is significant because it’s what James’ father said to him (obviously reversed) before James went off to war. He served in Kosovo in the 1990s. At the time this song was written, James’ father had stage 4 kidney disease. He had previously donated a kidney, so he only had one. He was on a long transplant list and neither James nor his siblings were matches, so there wasn’t really any hope for him. When James recorded the song, it was the first time he had ever performed it. Everyone was sobbing by the end of it, except for James’ father himself. He asked why everyone was crying and joked that he wasn’t dead yet. The studio wanted to put autotune on the song to remove the voice breaks, but James refused to let them because the way it was recorded was more genuine and natural. Ironically, this song saved his father’s life. Another relative saw the video and got tested and found out they were a match. The transplant was successful and James’ father is reportedly alive and well. Another great song by James Blunt is “No Bravery”, in which he talks about his experiences in the Kosovo War.

I think the song hits home more for the men than it does for women. Father and son relationships are often complicated.

I've watched more reactions to this than I can count. Still gets me evertime!!

His father is still alive. He was suffering with stage 4 acute kidney disease and at the time of this video they were searching for a doner but had not had any successful matches with close family. Hence the powerful nature of the delivery of the song. Eventually a distant family member came forward (allegedly after seeing the video but I’m not sure of the validity of that claim) and James father got the transplant he needed.

I have a close family member putting together a video montage for my family. This will be for my oldest son. We have been through so much together. I only have a short time but he is hurting the most. He is 25 now, a couple of weeks ago he and I were alone when he started crying. All I could do was lay his head in my lap and run my fingers through his hair until he went to sleep.

You know a song reaches your very soul when your just completely in awwww of someone who is 1000% singing from their heart 💜

James father did receive a kidney after the release of the video. Charles Blunt had already donated a kidney himself. He totally deserved to receive one❤️

James wanted this to be 100% real and authentic. This was the first time he'd sung it to his dad, who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer and was not expected to survive, although they did eventually find a donor and he made it. Both James and his dad are former officers in the British military. I don't know how James managed to keep himself together so well, but it was so damn powerful and obviously deeply emotional for him.

I think the beauty of this song is that it spotlights an experience damn near everyone is going to go through. Whether you're adopted, estranged, what have you there is going to be a day where you have to take care of your parent and confront the fact that your time with them has run out. Nobody escapes that and for james blunt to have his brush with it and talk so openly about how painful those moments are in his song allows more people the validation that their pain is shared and that they dont have to hold it in.

At the end of the video Charles Blount was the only one in the room with dry eyes. He asked why is everyone crying? I'm still here! It was kidney disease. He had been a kidney donor so only had one. A distant cousin by the same name donated a kidney!

His Father was a long time in the U.K. Army, so pretty stoic. This was his first time hearing the song. After they recorded it, he looked around the studio and asked "Why are you all crying? I'm still here." I always cry so don't feel bad about showing emotions.

Fine reacting. The only thing is that you stopped the video too soon .. His father's pat at the end is almost the most important thing. 😀 Greetings from Norway.

I consider this song a 'bot-check' for YT reactors. I saw yours before Tom but congratulations, your wife proved she is human too 👌 Thank you for posting it. It was beautiful to watch.

I miss my daddy very much!! My mom is gone as well. I think that is one the most beautiful sad songs I have watched lots this song though is one of my favorite songs. He is a brilliant writer!

Been binge watching the reactions to this song and I've watched MANY, but not one person didn't cry, they all did.

The line im not your son,youre not my father. Where just 2 grown men saying goodbye.. is what they used to say when either of then were being deployed, as both were in the army

If James never wrote that song then the outcome would maybe have been different for his father.That song traveled around the world and a doner was found because of it.Had james not written that song then a different outcome mybe would arise.So James saved his father by music and being a song writer,the tears in james eyes singing were the pain he was going through and he knew his father health would get worse.

At the end of the song his dad ask why everyone was crying as he wasn’t dead yet. Due to this song they managed to get a kidney for him I believe he had donated one of his years ago.

You two are precious!! This song gets me every time! 😭♥️

After this video came out, a family member came forward and donated a kidney❤

This was the first time his father heard the song. Most of the video crew were crying, but James’ father just looked around and said he wasn’t gone yet. James and his father, Charles, were both officers in the British Army and usually didn’t show much emotion.

I had no clothes to fold on the chair. Just a hand to hold whilst my boy took his last gasps wishing with all my heart I could help him.

Love this song, my dad past away and everytime I have watched this I've cried

This song gets me every time ,his song “the greatest” is a must listen also

The video was a one-shot, live, at the request of James, as he felt he wouldn't be able to do several 'takes'. Un-touched, no voice-synch, no auto-tune, just raw. WYSIWYG.

here's a couple of other Songs that do me. Both by Lewis capaldi. One is Before You Go, and another called Someone You Loved, but there's 2 songs to that one, its the one with his dad at the beginning waiting for a train.

This song breaks me every time......but I will never stop listening to it. 11 years ago on the 24th September I lost my Dad to asbestos cancer after nursing him through the end of his life.

A distant cousin came forward and was a match ,so his dad is still alive.

Great song and reaction! Unfortunately, you made the same mistake most "reactors" make..you stopped the video before it was completely finished. In the final few seconds of the video, Blunt's father grabs his son's arm again--which gives the song the final emotional punch.

Love your reaction - this is such an emotional video and you both seem to empathise with this song ...

What a lovely reaction, much love to you both from Scotland

Tom seeing u try ur hardest to NOT CRY was the MOST beautiful thing about this video and I could tell u were not faking and I feel all different things watching u and ur wife react to this and u trying to say she's is the one broken by it but it's u and OF COURSE it's u cuz its a father and SON song and this is the BEST reaction video I've ever seen cuz of that reaction that came from u.im subbing to ur channel just cuz of the PURE REAL REACTION FROM U

The song got him his donor kidney, it was a match, they heard the song. I have losr both parents, sister and husband, I am stage 3 kidney, with rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus and Takayasu Aertitis Vasculitis, no chance for donor because of autoimmune diseases. It effects those watching, not for me to know. I cried. Also read about how he stopped ww3 from happening on 1999

James sang this for the very first time in front of his dad and insisted the tears remained because it resonates with so many of us. I sadly lost my dad at the age of 6 in 1979 and theirs not a day goes by that I don’t think of him and I just hope he’s watching over me and that I’m making him proud of what I’ve achieved. Those of you that still have you dad in this world and no matter what differences you may have, please just pick up the phone or pop round and tell him you love him, he may have been hard at times but dads do that to guide us down the right path, believe me, he loves you, trust me.

I lost my dad to COPD and I was there when he took his last breathe, so this song opened up the flood gate of memories and tears for me. Most powerful song I think I ever heard.

This April 14th was the one- year mark for losing my son Shane L Kimball he was almost 48 and he left 4 sons and one daughter. His youngest son was 5. For me it was soul crushing. Another song you should listen to is " The Father, My Son and The Holy Ghost by Craig Morgan. Wrote and sung for his son that died tragically at 19 in a tubing accident. It has helped me a lot. Shane was my first born and only son my heart was crushed.

😭IT,S A AMAZING SONG I CANT UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN SING WHEN HE CRYES SO MUCH,AND PEOPLE WHO CAN LISTEN TO THIS WITHOUT CRYING,CANT HAVE EMOTION,,THANK YOU FOR SHARING TOM AND WIFE 💞💞💞💞

Johnny Cash's Hurt ties with this for tearing you up emotionally

This is the only video I have watched that gave me chest pains that made me think I was having a heart attack. Dying of a broken heart suddenly seems real😢

Unfortunately I was at the bedside with both my parents when they passed, it was the hardest thing ever. They died 5 years apart. First time I heard this I cried like a baby. His dad had stage 4 kidney disease he couldn’t get a match his blood group was rear. Both ex army men, that’s in an old army barracks. His dad is sitting beside him from the start. The camera crew and James were all sobbing. His dad said, I’m not dead yet. A long distant cousin came forward he was the perfect match. Charles is alive after getting a new kidney. Great reaction ❤️

El Perdon - Diana Navarro Get lots of tissues and don't expect to fall asleep easily that night ...

Oh Tom and Sarah that was such a sweet reaction. Smiled a bit, when you Said you could sit through this, because you had seen it before 😊 But it is impossible. And Sarah yeah, it is so hard to watch ❤️❤️

Wonderful reaction, thank you for doing it again with your wife, but I noticed Mr Tuff struggled through this one even though he saw it before. hehe

I was diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer in December of 2019, I was told I had six months to a year, almost 3years later and I'm still here, I don't know what the Lord has for me but I do know he's not done with me yet, I am very lucky and thankful because this has given me the chance to be a better husband, a better father, and grandfather, I am so blessed to have this extra time

5:21 minutes into the song. Sara’s first tear rolls down her cheek.

Ah then you know how hard this video is to watch. It fits for anyone who's lost a parent. His dad had stage 4 kidney failure. This video saved his dad's life. I think Tom was struggling just a bit. I was fine until Sara started crying. Sarah the dad received a kidney, spent 2020 in isolation but he's doing fine now.

Another great British song writer is Paul Heaton of Beautiful South Fame not so much chart success although they have had some ,but they filled stadiums up and down the UK and Europe every time they toured .

Guys, just a little background. James and his father were both officers in the British military. This was recorded as you see it. It was the first time James had actually sung this to his dad. His recording company wanted him to use 'Auto-Tune' but he refused because he wanted it to be real and full of genuine emotions because at the time, he thought his father was about die from Stage 4 kidney cancer, so you can understand his voice wavering a little towards the end. Honestly, I have no idea how he managed to get this done, but what a wonderful job he made of it. Great reactions you guys. Same as everyone else who watches this video for the first time!

You should try 'no bravery' from James Blunt. The video has recordings of his tour during the war in Kosovo...talking about hitting in the feels......

Anyone who doesn't cry during this has a heart of stone.

I recommend a Spanish singer. Her name is Diana Navarro with the song "El perdón" she is a very versatile singer who sings different styles of music. With an incredible melismas and a very particular voice. Greetings

"FIRE AWAY" by Chris Stapleton This is another great video you two should check out. Not as raw as this one, but a very well put together video. Great reaction as always! 👍

This song hits home for me. I lost my father about a year and a half ago. We never were close he preferred the company of my 2 brothers over me, but in the year before he passed we got closer than we ever were before. And for the first time in my life he said he loved me. My only regret is that I always wanted him to say he was proud of me but he never did. I’m not blaming him for that because I never did anything for him to be proud of me for. So that’s my fault not his. RIP Dad I will always love you.

He sings it LIVE at The Chris Evans breakfast show, playing the piano..his hands are literally shaking...must watch

James Blunt is often called the most hated man in pop. If you’re James Blunt, it’s not just useful: it’s essential. Blunt is, after all, often referred to as ‘the most hated man in pop’, even by his fellow musicians. Noel Gallagher (Oasis) joked that he had sold his home in Ibiza because Blunt had bought a house nearby, allegedly complaining that he “couldn’t stand the thought of [Blunt] writing crap tunes up the road”. Paul Weller (The Jam/ Style Council) once said that he would rather “eat his own shit” than share a stage with him, and his name has become embedded into modern rhyming dictionary slang (use your imagination). Btw. Why ?????? Don't ask me. (haters/lovers?). Tom .... you as a "Floor-lover", where are the songs from her live 2021 solo-tour? *_”Ever Dream”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fKGbCEjyBKs.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (Nightwish-song) *_”Storm in a Glass”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7ax5nSPB9t8.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (from her “Northward-period”) *_”Mama”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E5soMryVD5A.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (cover from Samantha Steenwijk (tv-show Beste Zangers 2019) Don’t forget Eng. Subs! *_”Nemo”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uebh4TuP_Xg.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (Nightwish-song) *_”Sweet Curse”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lU8i2i3v8MQ.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (song from her “ReVamp-period”) duet with Henk Poort *_”Dangerous Game”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gfMAd-kQWpM.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen duet with Henk Poort (from Jekyll and Hyde) *_”Euphoria”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fsmS0vmbNTw.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (cover of Loreen’s winning song of the European Songfestival in 2012) *_”Face your Demons”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4sg1SVQ_QvQ.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (song from her “After Forever-period”) *_”Winner”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O-OVZvQrvik.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (song written by Tim Akkerman for his disabled (wheelchair bounded) brother, which Floor sang to him in Beste Zangers 2019) *_”Slow, Love, Slow”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bBG8GdyLYDk.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (“Jazzy-like” Nightwish-song) *_”Shallow”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-adPGSh5ktZo.html (cover Lady Gaga “A Star Is Born”) *_”Strong”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IT8J3bDtN4U.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (a song from her After Forever period, which she wrote in a time when her mother suffred from several illnesses). *_”Elan”_* : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VC0Trkzmw3E.html&ab_channel=FloorJansen (Nightwish-song)

A lot of reactors made the same mistake of not finishing the video.

Thank you for listening a second time. Much appreciated. I believe I commented the last time, and if so, I said how personal it was for me. I'll watch until my day ends on this earth. Since the 1st time, I've now lost my spouse and mother too. We never know when the sand in the hourglass ceases and we're gone. Until then, learn to love more, and when you think you've mastered it, increase it more. This world needs it 😎

Love your dynamic guys

Apparently James Blunt and the crew cried, but his father didn't and said something like he was still here. James Blunt and his father were both army men and did not show their feelings.

At that point the video was I think an actual "goodbye", afterwards the donor was found Check out Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing compares to you" (bout mother-daughter relations)

Another tear jerker is "Stay - Sugarland " ! Great song, you won't be disappointed

Love this song also you should react 2 concrete angel by Martina Mcbride

This was done in one take with no auto correct microphone at the request of James. Very powerful

Monsters is emotional but his song “ The Girl That Never Was” is painful to watch. Definitely worth reacting to!!

Seeing my dad wither away from cancer 😥😥! When I was 4 yrs old I was adopted by the best parents !!; they loved me unconditionally! My dad passed in 2015 and mom in 2017 ! I thank God for giving me them as my parents! I got to have 50 plus yrs of them as my parents! Miss them so much! It goes without saying this hits in so many ways for me 😥😥😥😥

You stopped that just before the best bit Watch it. Good job it's the biggest killer in the world. Shot in one take, the whole crew were Crying. That's true. Prepare yourself guys, you can't run away from this Steve

I'm 55 and have sat next to my Mother, Mother in law and father in law as they passed away. Now I'm taking care of my 80 year old father and hope I am be his side to comfort him as he passes away. This song always get me. Great reaction

This is so gut wrenching. I lost both parents and my younger sister and just lost my brother to cancer. 😢

Beautiful song! Another true heart felt one is Sugarland’s “Stay”

listen to "No Bravery" by James Blunt, he was a Captain in the British Army and his dad a Colonel...

father received a kidney from a family member and is well. this song was written before the treatment.

Just a little background here. James is a former commander in the British military who served out in Kosovo, and his father was also a former military man. When this video was made, this was the first time James had sung this song to his dad who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer which was terminal. James's record company had insisted he use 'Auto-Tune' when he recorded this but he refused because he wanted this to be 100% real, raw and genuine. Towards the end of the song, we can hear James's voice wavering slightly but he managed to hold himself together. What you see in this video is real and absolutely authentic. Thank God, they managed to eventually find a kidney donor and his father survived and is still with us. To be honest, I don't know how James managed to do this, but he did, and God bless him for that. Family love is so so special and the bonds so strong, even when we choose not to admit it.

my dad was a fighter on the streets, he had a big name! but when i was born, he brought me up to not fight, if i was bad he would whip me, im now 32 with 0 criminal records, and my dad at 70 is still my boss. i respect everyone because of my fathers actions. But this generation is toxic

James's dad had stage 4 kidney disease and would die with out a transplant (he only had 1 kidney because he had been a live donor in the past) James and his sisters weren't compatible. This song was recorded in one take and after the video everyone in the studio was crying and James' dad said ' what's all this fuss I'm not gone yet'. After the video was released a distant cousin saw it, came forward and was a match. The transplant worked and his dad is still alive. All proceeds from the song were donated to Help For Hero's a UK veterans charity as both James and his dad had been in the army.

You should react to his song Goodbye my lover. It’s another song that gets you in the feels.

He told the film crew he could only do this one e even though while they were filming it Blunt had to do this in one take watching the crew cry their eyes out

I read somewhere his dad was the only one who kept it dry during the shoot. James was obviously in tears, but so was the whole crew. That’s one tough as nails dad

Watch the offical video for Martina Mcbride's Concrete Angel.

NF...."How Could You Leave Us". There will be NO dry eyes after you watch this one.

Nice to see both you for this. Having your wife there was a nice added touch to the emotion of the song and video. If you haven't watched Lewis Capaldi, "Someone You Loved" music video, you really should. It has a very similar effect on you. Be sure to watch the version with the older man in the thumbnail (not the official music video).

The roses of the gnr poster around ur head looks lk mickey ears lmao

As so many times with this video you didn't let it get to the end.

It wasn't cancer. James' Dad was in end stage Kidney Disease. Doctors did not think he was a candidate for a kidney transplant because he has a rare phenotype in his blood. Doctors also did not think he would be able to tolerate dialysis for a prolonged period of time. So, his Dad was literally dying... However, by the grace of God, a relative was, in fact, a match (I think it was a cousin) for organ donation, and James' Dad got a kidney transplant and is still alive and doing well. However, when this video was made, James' Dad was quite literally thought to be in the final months of his life.

Don’t pause the video there ... the last couple of seconds will just break your heart ...

Just wanted to add what many people, I see, already have. His father was in kidney failure and expected to pass until, at the last minutes, a donor, which I believe I read was a distant cousin, was found but this song was written while James Blunt was preparing himself for his father's death. That said, it is an incredible song and one of the most visibly moving songs I have ever heard, indeed experienced. Plus, in every interview I have seen James Blunt, in...the guy is just too funny. A sense of humor is always a plus.

The colonel looks quite nonplussed about all the fuss.

In my opinion Johnny Cashes Hurt cover stands well next to this as an emotional rendition

It is beyond anything, that the wife is sitting next to him and has no idea how emotional and deep this hits him....

I love that the “I’m not your son your not my father” line is a reversal of what his dad said to him just before he was leaving to go to the Bosnian war.

Guts me every time. So painfully beautiful. Reba McEntire: Just Like Them Horses, official video. Also a stunning piece of musical art. Stay safe & love much💖

You may want to have a look at the video for Stay by Sugarland for another very emotional video.

Everyone stops the video before his dad gives him the old man pat on the arm.

Craig Morgan - The father my son and the Holy Ghost is another you should check out. Makes me cry every time

One that will tear you apart even more… NF- How Could You Leave Us

Super markets flowers ed sheeran. Just as emotional

Jeez man. That was tough. Phooo....

I watch every reaction in youtube. I think this guys. Didn't lost a father or someone they love the most yet.. I got advice for you guys. Love your parents and cherish the moment you see them. Life has a strange way no one knows what will happen tomorrow. I didn't search for this song or heard about it until now june 2022 while watching and listening inspirational song on yt. This one came out. "dame" it hit me hard. I see my pain through the eyes of james blunt. When my father died 2years ago.. I remember and regret everything i have done to him... I blame him for the death of my mother back 2002 for cervical cancer. I was 15yold. I've been through a lot of pain and we lost our father and son relationship. I remember the last two times he talked to me. 1st in 2016 while I'm detained in pulis station. He asked me "what happened to you"? I never reply.. And the 2nd in 2018 while im away from my hometown. He call me on the phone and ask me "how are you?" I replied. "I'm ok now." i forgive him. But i never ask for him to forgive me for all the pain and shame i give to our family. I didn't't have the courage to tell him. I didn't know how to start. In 2020 he died. I never get a chance to tell him i love him sorry for everything.. Now I'm crying again while typing this comment. Sorry for my grammar. Im a Filipino im not good in english. Anyway I just want to say everything i felt tonight.

I would say the one other performance similar to this was Kelly Clarkson "Piece by Piece" on American Idol as far as the emotion factor

Lost my dad last year. This song hits home everytime.