jomel77 - Amazed (Duet)(Fingerstyle Acoustic)
jomel77
Jul 08, 2024 08:39pm
<p>Excellent opener, Mimi! 🥰 I thought I'd try a little harmonizing on the chorus toward the end. 😊 Hugs Joe 😎</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Amazed</strong>" is a song by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">country music</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonestar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Lonestar</a>, released on March 22, 1999, to country radio as the second single from their third studio album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Grill" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><em>Lonely Grill</em></a> (1999).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazed#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><sup>[2]</sup></a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">power ballad</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazed#cite_note-occ-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><sup>[1]</sup></a> is the band's longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><em>Billboard</em></a> country chart. The song was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Green" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Marv Green</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Mayo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Aimee Mayo</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lindsey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Chris Lindsey</a>. A pop remix of the song reached number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> and number two on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks</a> charts in 2000. The song has sold over 1,650,000 digital copies in the US as of February 2016.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazed#cite_note-US_Lonestar_sales-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;"><sup>[3]</sup></a></p><p>Only five years after Lonestar's "Amazed" topped the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 did another country song top the chart, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carrie Underwood</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Your_Heaven" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inside Your Heaven</a>" debuted at number one on the Hot 100 in 2005, making it one of just two country songs to top the Hot 100 during the 2000s.</p><p>Since the release of the original, the song has been covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bonnie Tyler</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_James" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Duncan James</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fady_Maalouf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fady Maalouf</a>, all of whom have released their respective versions as singles. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mills" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ben Mills</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boyz II Men</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Filan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shane Filan</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlife" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Westlife</a> have included covers in their respective albums. On <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sing-Off" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Sing-Off</em></a> (season 4, episode 3), judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Stockman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shawn Stockman</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boyz II Men</a> fame, mentioned that the song had been offered to them first, and they decided to turn it down.</p>