Amazed

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"Amazed"
Lonestar - Amazed US single cover.jpg
Single by Lonestar
from the album Lonely Grill
B-side "Tell Her"
ReleasedMarch 22, 1999 (1999-03-22)
Genre
Length
  • 4:00 (album version)
  • 4:29 (pop remix)
  • 4:22 (2023 version)
Label BNA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lonestar singles chronology
"Saturday Night"
(1999)
"Amazed"
(1999)
"Smile"
(1999)
Alternate cover
Lonestar - Amazed (alternate).jpg
Alternate US pop cover

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesMarch 22, 1999 Country radio BNA [57]
February 8, 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
[58]
United KingdomMarch 27, 2000
[59]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [60] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [61] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [62]
(physical)
Gold500,000 [63]
United States (RIAA) [62]
(digital)
Gold1,650,000 [3]
United States (RIAA) [64]
(mastertone)
Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Duncan James version

"Amazed"
Duncan james amazed.JPG
Single by Duncan James
from the album Future Past
B-side "Save This Moment for Me"
Released29 September 2006
Recorded2006
Genre Pop
Length3:58
Label Innocent
Songwriter(s)
  • Marv Green
  • Chris Lindsey
  • Aimee Mayo
Producer(s) Matt Prime
Duncan James singles chronology
"Can't Stop a River"
(2006)
"Amazed"
(2006)
Music video
"Amazed" on YouTube

English singer Duncan James recorded a version of "Amazed" from his debut studio album Future Past (2006). The song was released as third and final single on 29 September 2006 only in Italy and Germany. It was planned for a UK release on 12 March 2007, but was canceled when James was fired from the label in January 2007.

Track listings

Italy 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" (video clip) – 3:57

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Italian Singles Chart [65] 41

Fady Maalouf version

"Amazed"
Amazed-fady-maalouf.jpg
Single by Fady Maalouf
from the album Blessed
Released2008
Recorded2008
Genre Pop
Label Columbia Deutschland
Songwriter(s)
  • Marv Green
  • Chris Lindsey
  • Aimee Mayo
Fady Maalouf singles chronology
"Blessed"
(2008)
"Amazed"
(2008)
"Show Me Your Love"
(2009)
Music video
"Amazed" on YouTube

In 2008, the runner up of the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol, 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 Blessed album's double CD rerelease, titled Blessed: New Edition.

Maalouf's version was a hit in Germany where it reached number 26 [66] in the German Singles Chart. It was also released in Austria, reaching number 52 in the Austrian Singles Chart.

Track listings

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)

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart52
German Singles Chart26

References in other media

In 2014, country music duo Haley & Michaels co-wrote their debut single "Just Another Love Song" with Lonestar lead vocalist Richie McDonald. The song makes lyrical reference to "Amazed", and features McDonald singing its chorus. [67]

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