9 on the ARIA Singles Chart and earning a platinum sales certification.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, the song was nominated for five awards; Best Male Artist, Best Pop Release, Single of the Year and Best Video, while Murray and McKercher were nominated for Producer of the Year for "So Beautiful".

[3] Murray was inspired to write the song after seeing a group of "pretentious" people in a Brisbane bar.

[4] In 2019, Forte Magazine ranked "So Beautiful" as Murray's best song, saying, "'So Beautiful’ was written after a night out where Pete felt overwhelmed by people being pretentious and by guys that needed to stop acting obnoxious.

"[5] In July 2022, Stephen Green from The Music also ranked 'So Beautiful' as Murray's best song, saying, "Played at countless weddings, soundtracking countless house parties and still fluttering the hearts of many a Pete Murray fan, 'So Beautiful' is just that.