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Single by Lonestar | ||||||||||||||
from the album Lonely Grill | ||||||||||||||
B-side | "Tell Her" | |||||||||||||
Released | March 22, 1999 (See release history) |
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Format | CD single, 7" 45 RPM | |||||||||||||
Recorded | 1998 | |||||||||||||
Genre | Country | |||||||||||||
Length | 4:00 | |||||||||||||
Label | BNA 65755 | |||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Marv Green Chris Lindsey Aimee Mayo |
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Producer | Dann Huff | |||||||||||||
Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||||||||
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"Amazed" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey. The first version of the song was recorded by the American country music group Lonestar, whose version was released in March 1999 as the second single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill. Lonestar's version is their longest-lasting Number One single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the Billboard country singles charts. A remix later reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts as well. Since the release of the original, the song has been covered by Bonnie Tyler, Duncan James and Fady Maalouf, all of whom have released their respective versions as singles. Ben Mills and Boyz II Men have included covers in their respective albums.
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"Amazed" is in the key of A♭ major with a vocal range from F4 to A♭5.[1]
Lonestar's rendition is the second single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill. The song spent eight consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that same year. With this accomplishment, it set a record for the longest run at Number One on the country charts since the Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was initiated in 1990. This run was later tied by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett's 2003 single "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", which spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One. "Amazed" spent 41 weeks on the country singles charts,[2] giving it the second-longest chart run of any country single in the 1990s.[3] In addition, the single crossed over into the pop airwaves entering the Billboard Hot 100 at #81. It peaked at #24 on before falling off the Hot 100.
"Amazed" was then remixed for pop radio (a tactic commonly used to present country-leaning songs to non-country audiences) and the new mix's popularity prompted the single to re-enter the Hot 100 at #45. On this second chart run, the remixed version helped the song hit #1 on March 4. In doing so, it became the first country song to top the pop charts since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' 1983 duet "Islands in the Stream".[4] It also made Lonestar the first country band to place a song in the Top Ten of the Hot 100 year-end countdown. All remixes of the song made the single spend a combined total of 55 weeks in the Hot 100, and 41 weeks on Hot Country Singles & Tracks.
In the United Kingdom, Lonestar's version of "Amazed" reached #21 and spent 22 weeks in the charts.
Trey Fanjoy directed the music video for Lonestar's rendition. It was released in July 1999. It alternates between shots of the band performing the song in a dark room, and a model making seductive poses.
Format | Release Date |
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United States (country radio) | March 22, 1999 |
United States (pop radio) | December 13, 1999 |
Peak positions
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Year-end charts
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Preceded by "Write This Down" by George Strait |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single July 17-September 4, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Single White Female" by Chely Wright |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 19-July 26, 1999 |
Succeeded by "You've Got a Way" by Shania Twain |
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Preceded by "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" by Alabama featuring 'N Sync |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 30-September 13, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Single White Female" by Chely Wright |
Preceded by "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single of the year 1999 |
Succeeded by "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith |
Preceded by "Honey, I'm Home" by Shania Twain |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single of the year 1999 |
Succeeded by none |
Preceded by "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single March 4-March 11, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child |
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Single by Duncan James | ||||||||||
from the album Future Past | ||||||||||
B-side | "Save This Moment For Me" | |||||||||
Released | September 29, 2006(Germany) March 12, 2007(UK) |
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Format | CD Single (Germany) Download (United Kingdom) |
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Recorded | 2006 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||||
Length | 3:58 | |||||||||
Label | Innocent Records | |||||||||
Producer | Matt Prime | |||||||||
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"Amazed" was the third and final single released from Future Past, the debut album of Duncan James, a former member of the British boy band Blue. It was released in the UK on March 12, 2007, but was withdrawn just days later, following James' being dropped from his record label due to poor sales of his previous singles and album. The single was also released in some European countries, such as Germany, where it peaked at #181 on the German Singles Chart.
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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German Singles Charts | 181 |
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Single by Fady Maalouf | ||||||||||
from the album Blessed | ||||||||||
Released | 2008 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) | |||||||||
Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||||
Label | Columbia Deutchland | |||||||||
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In 2008, the Lebanese-German singer Fady Maalouf released a cover version of the song as his second single release immediately after the big success of his debut single "Blessed". The song also appears in his debut album Blessed's double CD rerelease, entitled Blessed: New Edition. Maalouf's version was a hit in Germany where it reached #26[15] in the German Singles Chart. It was also released in Austria reaching #52 in the Austrian Singles Chart.
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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German Singles Charts | 26 |
Austrian Singles Charts | 52 |
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