Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)
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| Single by Alex Lloyd | ||||||||
| from the album Watching Angels Mend | ||||||||
| Released | September 17, 2001 | |||||||
| Format | CD, digital download | |||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:22 | |||||||
| Label | EMI | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Alex Lloyd | |||||||
| Producer | Magnus Fiennes, Alex Lloyd | |||||||
| Certification | Gold (ARIA) | |||||||
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"Amazing" is a single written by Australian singer Alex Lloyd and released in 2001. It was a successful single, which reached the top of the New Zealand chart, and topped the poll in youth radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2001.
In 2004 the song was licenced for use in advertisements for the Ford Territory 4-wheel drive (SUV) vehicle. It has been used in two other TV advertisements, reportedly earning Lloyd payments of "hundreds of thousands of dollars". [1]
"Amazing" is used in the international trailer for the 2005 film Imagine Me & You.
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[edit] Music video
The video clip of this song was filmed around the Southern Highlands in New South Wales. It features a schoolgirl living in the mid 70s. One day she decides to skip school and have her own freedom including writing her name in a local toilet, rowing a boat and walking around the streets in her local town. Her chance of freedom was cut short when her mum caught her in a library. At the end she waits in a bus stop.
[edit] Track listing
- CD single[1]
- "Amazing" — 3:24
- "Downtown" — 4:45
- "My Way Home" (XFM live session) — 4:20
- "What a Year" (XFM live session) — 4:00
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[2] | 14 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[3] | 1 |
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
| Dutch Singles Chart[4] | 91 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 176 |
[edit] Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Australia[1] | 17 September 2001 | EMI | CD single | 8798972 |
[edit] Personnel
The following people contributed to "Amazing":
- Magnus Fiennes – keyboards
- Shawn Lee – drums
- Alex Lloyd – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Ged Lynch – percussion
[edit] References
- ^ a b "New Releases Singles - Week Commencing 17th September 2001". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ "Amazing - Australian top 50 chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Amazing - New Zealand top 50 chart run". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Amazing - Dutch top 100 chart run". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Chart Log UK - DJ Steve L. – LZ Love". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
| Preceded by "My Happiness" by Powderfinger |
Triple J Hottest 100 song of the year 2001 |
Succeeded by "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age |
| Preceded by "Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira |
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number-one single March 10, 2002 |
Succeeded by "Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira |
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