Amazed

The song was written by songwriters Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, and Chris Lindsey. At the time of the songwriting, Mayo and Lindsey had begun dating and drew inspiration from their romance for the song. Mayo said "Our feelings for each other just started coming out as we were writing."{{Cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/lonestar-amazed-lyrics-meaning-video-facts/|title=The Story of... 'Amazed' by Lonestar}} "Amazed" was then given to Lonestar for their 1999 album Lonely Grill and released as the album's lead single. The verses are in the key of A♭ major, with the pre-chorus in the key of B major, and the chorus in the key of D♭ major, with a vocal range from F3 to A♭4.{{cite book|title=Contemporary Country|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=1999|edition=1|pages=4–8}} The sheet music is in A major, with a note that the song is recorded a semitone lower than written.

A review in Billboard was mostly favorable, praising Richie McDonald's lead vocals for "perfectly convey[ing] the tenderness and wonder felt in a loving relationship" but saying that some of the lyrics were "a little too clichéd".{{cite magazine|date=April 17, 1999|title=Singles|magazine=Billboard|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16}}

The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and remained there for eight consecutive weeks until it was knocked off by "Single White Female" by Chely Wright. With this accomplishment, it set a record for the longest run at number one on the country chart since 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", and later surpassed by Morgan Wallen's "You Proof" in 2023, which spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-you-proof-breaks-record-atop-country-airplay-chart-1235191307/|title=Morgan Wallen's 'You Proof' Breaks Record as Longest-Leading No. 1 in Country Airplay Chart History|last=Asker|first=Jim|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/morgan-wallen-you-proof-first-10-week-country-airplay-number-one/|title=Morgan Wallen's 'You Proof' Becomes First 10-Week No. 1 in Country Airplay Chart History|last=Asker|first=Jim|date=December 30, 2022|access-date=December 30, 2022|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription}} "Amazed" spent 41 weeks on the country singles chart,{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=244|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} giving it the second-longest chart run of any country single in the 1990s.Whitburn, p. 644 In addition, the single crossed over into the pop airwaves entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 81. It peaked at number 24 before falling off the Hot 100.

The song was then remixed for pop radio (a tactic commonly used to present country-leaning songs to mainstream audiences) by Brian Tankersley, who redid the entire backing track with session musicians and added a new key change to D major for the final chorus and A minor for the outro; also having lead singer Richie McDonald re-record his vocals for the final portion of the remix in the new key.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/nashville-recording#para2|title = Nashville Recording}} The new mix's popularity prompted the single to re-enter the Hot 100 at number 45. On this second chart run, it hit number one on March 4, 2000. In doing so, it became the first power ballad to top the chart since Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" in 1998, as well as the first new country song to top the pop charts since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's 1983 duet "Islands in the Stream".{{cite book|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title=Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits|pages=396|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEIfDZtsVyAC&q=amazed+hot+100&pg=PA396|isbn=978-0-8230-7738-0|year=2003|publisher=Billboard Books}} 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. It had sold 1,628,000 digital copies in the US as of December 2015.

Only five years after "Amazed" topped the Billboard Hot 100 did another country song top the chart, as Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" debuted at number one on the Hot 100, in June 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carrie-underwoods-inside-your-heaven-debuts-as-best-selling-song-in-the-nation-and-breaks-chart-history-54811132.html |title=Carrie Underwood's 'Inside Your Heaven' Debuts as Best Selling Song in the Nation and Breaks Chart History |publisher=PRNewswire |date=June 23, 2005}} "Amazed" and "Inside Your Heaven" are the only country songs in the 2000s decade to hit number one on the Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5149230/hot-100-55th-anniversary-every-no-1-song-1958-2013?page=0%2C4 |title=Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Every No. 1 Song (1958-2013) - 2000-2013 |magazine=Billboard |date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2013}} In the United Kingdom, "Amazed" reached a peak of number 21 and spent 22 weeks in the charts. It spent 17 weeks in the top 40 without entering the top 20.

Trey Fanjoy directed the music video for Lonestar's rendition. It premiered on CMT on July 20, 1999. It features the band performing the song in a dark room, and a model making seductive poses. The model is portrayed by Sunny Mabrey. This was the first video that Lonestar members do not wear cowboy hats, and Keech Rainwater no longer has long hair. The original music video uses the album version for country channels; a second video was created from the footage for the song's pop remix and served to international and pop stations.

In mid-2023, following the replacement of longtime lead vocalist Richie McDonald with former Sons of the Desert lead vocalist Drew Womack, the band re-recorded the song with Womack. This rendition will be included on the album Ten to 1, including all of the band's major hits re-recorded with Womack's vocals.{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamwindsor/2023/03/28/lonestar-celebrates-iconic-hit-songs-with-new-album--headline-tour/?sh=41a913cd854c | title=Lonestar Celebrates Iconic Hit Songs With New Album & Headline Tour | work=Forbes | date=March 28, 2023 | accessdate=May 21, 2023}} Simultaneously, after McDonald joined former Little Texas member Tim Rushlow and former Restless Heart member Larry Stewart in The Frontmen, that group also released a re-recording of "Amazed" with McDonald on lead vocals.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbrmusicgroup.com/frontmen-drop-two-new-tunes-via-new-label-home-bmg-bbr-music-group/ | title=THE FRONTMEN DROP TWO NEW TUNES VIA NEW LABEL HOME, BMG/BBR MUSIC GROUP | publisher=BBR Music Group | date=May 22, 2023 | accessdate=June 26, 2023}}

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US CD and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=1999|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=BNA Records|id=BNA07863-65957-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=1999|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=BNA Records|id=BNA07863-65957-4}}

1. "Amazed" (Captain mix)
2. "Amazed" (AC mix)

US 7-inch single 1{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=1999|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=BNA Records|id=BNA 07863 65755-7}}

:A. "Amazed" – 4:00

:B. "Tell Her" – 3:26

US 7-inch single 2{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=1999|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=BNA Records|id=BNA 07863 65906-7}}

:A. "Smile" – 3:30

:B. "Amazed" – 4:00

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=2000|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=BNA Records, BMG|id=74321 76462 2}}

1. "Amazed"
2. "Amazed" (AC mix)

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UK CD1 and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=2000|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=BNA Records, BMG|id=74321742582}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=BNA Records, BMG|id=74321 74258 4}}

1. "Amazed" (Captain mix) – 4:29
2. "Amazed" (Huff mix) – 4:02
3. "Amazed" (acoustic mix) – 3:58

UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=2000|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=BNA Records, BMG|id=74321759432}}

1. "Amazed" (mainstream mix)
2. "Amazed" (Huff mix)
3. "Amazed" (mainstream mix acoustic version)

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Amazed|others=Lonestar|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=BNA Records, BMG|id=74321 76462 2}}

1. "Amazed" (Captain mix) – 4:29
2. "Amazed" (Huff mix) – 4:02

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{{Infobox song

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| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Duncan James

| album = Future Past

| B-side = Save This Moment for Me

| released = September 29, 2006

| recorded = 2006

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 3:58

| label = Innocent

| writer =

• Marv Green
• Chris Lindsey
• Aimee Mayo

| producer = Matt Prime

| prev_title = Can't Stop a River

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|-8In28zm2ME|"Amazed"}}}}

}}

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 September 29, 2006, only in Italy and Germany. It was planned for a UK release on March 12, 2007, but was canceled when James was fired from the label in January 2007.

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

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{{Infobox song

| name = Amazed

| cover = Amazed-fady-maalouf.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Fady Maalouf

| album = Blessed

| released = 2008

| format =

| recorded = 2008

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = Columbia Deutschland

| writer =

• Marv Green
• Chris Lindsey
• Aimee Mayo

| producer =

| prev_title = Blessed

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Show Me Your Love

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LhZdvBTg960|"Amazed"}}}}

}}

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{{Cite web|url=https://acharts.co/song/40767|title=Amazed by Fady Maalouf - Music Charts|website=Acharts.co|access-date=May 8, 2021}} in the German Singles Chart. It was also released in Austria, reaching number 52 in the Austrian Singles Chart.

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)

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.{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/haley-michaels-richie-mcdonald-just-another-love-song-story-behind-song/|title=Haley & Michaels, Lonestar's Richie McDonald Share Story Behind 'Just Another Love Song' – Exclusive Video Read More: Haley & Michaels Share Story Behind 'Just Another Love Song'|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=May 8, 2015|work=Taste of Country|access-date=June 4, 2015}} The song is featured in the opening scene of the 2025 film Heart Eyes.{{cite web |url= https://screenrant.com/heart-eyes-soundtrack-guide-every-song-when-they-play/|title= Heart Eyes Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When They Play|date= February 7, 2025|access-date= March 5, 2025|first= Dani|last= Kessel Odom|work= Screen Rant}}

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