I'm Amazed

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"I'm Amazed"
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Single by My Morning Jacket
from the album Evil Urges
B-side "I'm Amazed" (radio edit)
Released2008
RecordedAvatar Studios, New York City November 2007 [1]
Genre Indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Length4:35
Label ATO, Rough Trade
Songwriter(s) Jim James
Producer(s) Joe Chiccarelli and Jim James
My Morning Jacket singles chronology
"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"
(2008)
"I'm Amazed"
(2008)
"Holdin on to Black Metal"
(2011)

"I'm Amazed" is a single by My Morning Jacket off their album Evil Urges , released in 2008. The song was #8 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. [2] It is also one of their most successful singles to date, having a higher peak on the adult album alternative chart. They performed this song along with "Evil Urges" on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2008.

Contents

Track listing

US single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Amazed" (radio edit)3:56
2."I'm Amazed" (album version)4:35
UK promo single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Amazed" (radio edit)3:56

Charts

Charts (2008)Peak
position
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5

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References

  1. May 2008 Issue of Spin, contains interview and new information on Evil Urges.
  2. No byline (December 25, 2008). "The 100 Best Songs of 2008" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-12-25
  3. "My Morning Jacket Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.