"Amazing" | ||||
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Single by Aerosmith | ||||
from the album Get a Grip | ||||
B-side | "Gotta Love It" | |||
Released | November 1993 | |||
Format | Cassette, CD | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 5:56 (6:48 Video Version) | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Writer(s) | Steven Tyler and Richie Supa | |||
Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
Aerosmith singles chronology | ||||
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"Amazing" is a power ballad performed by the American hard rock band Aerosmith. Don Henley lends his vocals shadowing lead singer Steven Tyler in parts of this song. It was written by Tyler and a longtime band friend and collaborator Richie Supa. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #9 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, and #57 in the UK.
On the album Get a Grip, as soon as the song ends, a radio is heard being tuned into a recording of "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well", recorded by Lucky Millinder. Tyler says, "So from all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there, wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night." Millinder's orchestra plays as the music fades out.
The video for the song, directed by Marty Callner, is well known for its depiction of digital technology and was the second appearance of Alicia Silverstone in the band's videos. Paired with her was Jason London, star of Dazed and Confused, a film which was released in the same year as Get a Grip and which memorably made numerous references to Aerosmith. The characters appear in the music video as two cyberspace kids who escape to a world of virtual reality together, neither realizing the other is also in virtual reality. The head-mounted display worn by London in the video was manufactured by Liquid Image, who was contacted by the production crew and asked to provide a head-mounted display system for the VR sequence.