Amazing (Vanessa Amorosi song)

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"Amazing"
Amazing cover.jpg
Single by Vanessa Amorosi
from the album V (Unreleased)'
Released9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) (Australia) [1]
Genre Pop rock
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Vanessa Amorosi, Jamie Hartman, Andy Stochansky
Producer(s) John Fields [2]
Vanessa Amorosi singles chronology
"Gossip"
(2011)
"Amazing"
(2011)
"Heavy Lies the Head"
(2019)
Music videos
"Amazing" on YouTube

"Amazing" is the second single from Vanessa Amorosi's unreleased fifth studio album V. It was digitally released on 9 September 2011.

Contents

Amorosi said that "Amazing" is an empowering and feelgood kind of track, and allows her to keep loved ones top of mind. "The story behind it is I have lost a few family members over the last five years through cancer but you still carry them with you." [3]

The accompanying video for "Amazing" was filmed at Half Moon Bay in Victoria (Australia) and was directed and produced by Stuart Gosling. [4]

On 29 September 2011, Vanessa Amorosi performed with Simple Plan the song "Jet Lag" and her own song "Amazing" live on the AFL Grand Final Footy Show, [5] which was held at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. On 6 October 2011, Amorosi appeared on Sunrise [6] and on The Morning Show to perform the song. For the Today Network she also did an acoustic version of her song "Amazing" and a cover of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic". She also performed the song live on the X Factor results show on 11 October 2011. [7]

Track listing

Music download [8]
  1. "Amazing" – 3:33
  2. "Soldier Man" – 3:23
Other versions
  1. "Amazing" (Almighty Mix) – 6:25 (part of Almighty Essentials: Volume 4) [9]

Charts

The song was the #7 most added track to Australian radio. [10]

Chart (2011)Peak
position
ARIA Singles Chart [11] 83

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References

  1. "Getmusic.com.au: Vanessa Amorosi – Discography: Amazing". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. McDonough Management – John Fields
  3. Today Network: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Vanessa Amorosi Behind The Scenes For 'Amazing' 9 September 2011
  4. Bayside Leader: Amazing location Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Marnie Reid – 13 September 2011
  5. "TV Central – AFL Grand Final 'Footy Show' on Nine". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  6. TV Tonight: Sunrise: Festival of Music by David Knox on 30 September 2011
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  8. iTunes: Amazing – Single by Vanessa Amorosi
  9. "Almighty Records: Almighty Essentials 4". Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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