Amazed

"Amazed"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Lonely Grill
B-side "Tell Her"
Released March 22, 1999
(See release history)
Format CD single, 7" 45 RPM
Recorded 1998
Genre Country
Length 4:00
Label BNA 65755
Writer(s) Marv Green
Chris Lindsey
Aimee Mayo
Producer Dann Huff
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Lonestar singles chronology
"Saturday Night"
(1999)
"Amazed"
(1999)
"Smile"
(1999)
Alternative cover
Alternate US Pop cover
Music video
"Amazed" on YouTube

"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 version

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.

Music video

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.

Tracklisting

USA
  1. "Amazed" (Captain Mix) - 4:29
  2. "Amazed" (AC Mix) - 4:02
UK CD1
  1. "Amazed" (Pop Remix)
  2. "Amazed" (Radio Edit)
  3. "Lonely Grill"
UK CD2
  1. "Amazed" (Mainstream Mix)
  2. "Amazed" (Huff Mix)
  3. "Amazed" (Mainstream Mix - Acoustic Version)

Release history

Format Release Date
United States (country radio) March 22, 1999
United States (pop radio) December 13, 1999

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1999) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard Country Singles & Tracks[5] 1
Canada RPM Country Tracks 1
Chart (2000) Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 19
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 2
Canada RPM Top Singles 7
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 2
New Zealand (RIANZ)[8] 11
Norway (VG-lista)[9] 10
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[10] 21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 2
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40[5] 7
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[5] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 85
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks[12] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[13] 1
Chart (2000) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 8
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
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

Duncan James version

"Amazed"
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)
Format CD Single (Germany)
Download (United Kingdom)
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop
Length 3:58
Label Innocent Records
Producer Matt Prime
Duncan James singles chronology
"Can't Stop A River"
(2006)
"Amazed"
(2007)
Music video
"Amazed" on YouTube

"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.

Tracklisting

UK CD Single
  1. "Amazed" [Radio Edit] - 3:57
  2. "Save This Moment For Me" - 4:42
Germany CD1
  1. "Amazed" [Radio Edit] - 3:57
  2. "Part Time Love" - 4:01
Germany CD2
  1. "Amazed" [Radio Edit] - 3:57
  2. "You Can" - 3:55
  3. "Part Time Love" - 4:01
  4. "Amazed" [Videoclip] - 3:57

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
German Singles Charts 181


Fady Maalouf version

"Amazed"
Single by Fady Maalouf
from the album Blessed
Released 2008 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop
Label Columbia Deutchland
Fady Maalouf singles chronology
"Blessed"
(2008)
"Amazed"
(2008)
"Show Me Your Love"
2009
Music video
"Amazed" on YouTube

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.

Track list

CD Single
  1. Amazed (3:58)
  2. "Vole mon ame" (3:42)
CD Maxi
  1. "Amazed" (3:58)
  2. "Vole mon ame" (3:42)
  3. "Show Me Your Love" (Dance version) (4:31
  4. "Amazed" (Instrumental) (3:58)
  5. "Amazed" (Video)

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
German Singles Charts 26
Austrian Singles Charts 52

Other cover versions

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 4–8. ISBN 0-634-91594-x.  The sheet music is in A major, with a note that the song is recorded a semitone lower than written.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  3. ^ Whitburn, p. 644
  4. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits. Billboard Books. pp. 396. ISBN 9780823077380. http://books.google.com/books?id=mEIfDZtsVyAC&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=amazed+hot+100&source=web&ots=VwNEtCzwbi&sig=MGsYQa3uJ3s98ckRi-YjtE6QaRg. 
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  6. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Lonestar – Amazed". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  7. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
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  9. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Lonestar – Amazed". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
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  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  12. ^ "Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot Country Songs". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071211040725/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+Country+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1999. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  13. ^ "1999 Year-End Chart". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=88vghoq2gcmt0jt8msj3tjjj70. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 
  14. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  15. ^ "Amazed" page by Fady Maalouf on the aCharts.us website