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"Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by English musician Paul McCartney that was first released on his 1970 debut solo album McCartney.

"Maybe I'm Amazed"
Cover of the song's sheet music
Song by Paul McCartney
from the album McCartney
Published	Northern Songs
Released	17 April 1970
Recorded	22 February 1970
Studio	Abbey Road, London
Genre	Soft rock[1] white soul[2]
Length	3:49
Label	Apple
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
McCartney track listing
13 tracks Side one "The Lovely Linda" "That Would Be Something" "Valentine Day" "Every Night" "Hot as Sun/Glasses" "Junk" "Man We Was Lonely" Side two "Oo You" "Momma Miss America" "Teddy Boy" "Singalong Junk" "Maybe I'm Amazed" "Kreen-Akrore"
Audio sample
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Music video
"Maybe I'm Amazed" on YouTube

Although the original recording has never been released as a single, a live performance by McCartney's later band Wings, from the live album Wings over America, was. Released in 1977, this version became a top ten hit in the United States and reached number 28 in the United Kingdom.[3][4]

In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Maybe I'm Amazed" number 347 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[5]

History

McCartney wrote the song in 1969, just before the Beatles' break-up. He credited his wife Linda with helping him get through the difficult time.[6] Although most of his debut solo album was recorded at his home in London, McCartney recorded "Maybe I'm Amazed" entirely in EMI's Number Two studio in Abbey Road, on the same day as he recorded "Every Night".[7] He played all the instruments: guitars, bass, piano, organ and drums. Although McCartney declined to release the song as a single in 1970, it nonetheless received a great deal of radio airplay worldwide.[7] A promotional film was made, comprising still photographs of McCartney, his wife Linda, stepdaughter Heather, and daughter Mary,[7] which first aired in the UK on 19 April 1970 on ITV in its own slot, and as a part of an episode of CBS Television's The Ed Sullivan Show.[8]

Reception

Regarded as one of McCartney's finest love songs, it achieved the number 347 position in the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine in November 2004,[9] and is the only solo McCartney song to make the list. In a late 2009 Q&A with journalists held in London to promote his live album Good Evening New York City, McCartney said "Maybe I'm Amazed" was "the song he would like to be remembered for in the future".[10]

In a review for the McCartney album on release, Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone described "Maybe I'm Amazed", as "a very powerful song", that states "one of the main sub-themes of the record, that the terrible burden of loneliness can be dispelled by love."[11] Winner continued to describe the track as "the only song on the album that even comes close to McCartney's best efforts of the past. It succeeds marvelously."[11] In a retrospective review for McCartney, Record Collector has highlighted "Maybe I'm Amazed", along with "Every Night" and "Junk", as songs that "still sound absolutely effortless and demonstrate the man's natural genius with a melody".[12] Joe Tangari of Pitchfork similarly evaluated "Maybe I'm Amazed", along with "Junk" and "Singalong Junk", as the "peaks" of McCartney.[13]

Live version

"Maybe I'm Amazed"
Single by Wings
from the album Wings over America
B-side	"Soily"
Released	4 February 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:11
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
"Let 'Em In" (1976) "Maybe I'm Amazed" (1977) "Mull of Kintyre" (1977)

A live recording from the 1976 album Wings over America was released as a single by McCartney's band Wings[6] on 4 February 1977 and reached number 10 in the US on the Billboard pop charts,[14] and number 28 in the UK.[15] This live version is longer than the original and has a slower tempo.

Versions of the song can be heard on several other live McCartney albums including Back in the U.S. and Back in the World. "Maybe I'm Amazed" has become a centrepiece of McCartney's concerts, along with "Band on the Run" and "Live and Let Die". Live versions of the song are available on the 2011 reissue of McCartney.

Track listing

7"

1. "Maybe I'm Amazed" – 5:11
2. "Soily" – 5:10

12" US Promo, Record Store Day 2013 EP

Side A

1. "Maybe I'm Amazed – Short Version (Mono)" – 3:43
2. "Maybe I'm Amazed – Album Version (Mono)" – 5:11

Side B

1. "Maybe I'm Amazed – Short Version (Stereo)" – 3:43
2. "Maybe I'm Amazed – Album Version (Stereo)" – 5:11

Chart performance

Personnel

According to author John C. Winn:[20]

McCartney studio version:

• Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, bass, piano, organ, drums
• Linda McCartney – backing vocals

Wings Over America live version:^{[citation needed]}

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, piano
• Linda McCartney – backing vocals, organ
• Denny Laine – backing vocals, bass guitar
• Jimmy McCulloch – lead guitar
• Joe English – drums

Covers

• Faces covered the song for the album Long Player.
• George Lam covered the song for the album Hit Sounds Vol. 8 in 1977.
• Joe Cocker covered the song for the album Heart & Soul.
• Billy Joel covered the song for the tribute album The Art of McCartney.[21]
• Soul singer Carleen Anderson reached no.24 in the UK singles charts with a cover in 1998.
• Ruby Starr covered the song for the album Scene Stealer, released in 1976.[22][23]
• Contemporary Christian Music Artist Bryan Duncan covered the song on his 13th studio album Joyride in 2001 backed by a full gospel choir led by Donnie McClurkin. Duncan also covered the song with The NehoSoul Band on Music City Live in 2004.

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[es] Maybe I'm Amazed

«Maybe I'm Amazed» es una canción compuesta por el músico inglés Paul McCartney, lanzada por primera vez en su álbum McCartney el 17 de abril de 1970. Aunque la versión de estudio del álbum nunca fue lanzada como sencillo, la canción es una de las más famosas de Paul McCartney. Originalmente, este le dedicó la canción a su esposa, Linda, quien lo acompañó después de la ruptura de The Beatles.

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