Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)

{{Short description|2001 single by Alex Lloyd}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Amazing

| cover = Amazing CD1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Alex Lloyd

| album = Watching Angels Mend

| B-side =

• "Downtown"
• "My Way Home" (live)
• "What a Year" (live)

| released = {{start date|df=yes|2001|9|17}}

| recorded =

| studio = Town House (London, England)

| genre =

| length = 3:22

| label = EMI

| writer = Alexander Wasiliev

| producer =

• Magnus Fiennes
• Alex Lloyd

| prev_title = Downtown

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Green

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Alex_Lloyd_-_Amazing.ogg

}}

}}

"Amazing" is a song written by Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd. The song was released on 17 September 2001 as the second single from his second studio album, Watching Angels Mend (2001). It was a success in Australia, reaching number 14, and in New Zealand, where it topped the singles chart in March 2002. It was also ranked number one on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001, Australia's largest annual music poll.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/2001.htm|title=Hottest 100 2001|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 June 2021}}

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single, losing out on both to "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2002: 16th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211125021/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |archive-date=11 December 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/2002-aria.htm |title=Australia 2002 ARIA Awards |publisher=ALLdownunder.com |access-date=5 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225210236/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/2002-aria.htm |archive-date=25 February 2009}} At the APRA Music Awards of 2002 the song won the 'Song of the Year' award.{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323102220/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2010}} In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Amazing" was ranked number 80.{{cite news|work=Musicfeeds|title=Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'|url= http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/|access-date=4 January 2020|date=27 January 2018}} Lloyd was interviewed on Double J for the 20th anniversary of the song topping Triple J "Hottest 100". He stated that the song was written as a "beautiful goodbye" to a relationship with an older, more experienced partner.{{cite news |last1=Condon |first1=Dan |last2=Rowe |first2=Zan |title=Alex Lloyd won the Hottest 100 in 2001. He appreciates it now more than ever |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/alex-lloyd-amazing-hottest-100-2001-triple-j-number-one/13720936 |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Double J |date=23 January 2022}}