Maybe I'm Amazed
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| Song by Paul McCartney from the album McCartney | ||||||
| Published | Northern Songs | |||||
| Released | 17 April 1970 | |||||
| Recorded | 22 February 1970 | |||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||
| Length | 3:49 | |||||
| Label | Apple | |||||
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||||
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| Single by Wings | ||||
| from the album Wings over America | ||||
| B-side | "Soily" | |||
| Released | 4 February 1977 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 5:11 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
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"Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his 1970 album McCartney. McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him get through the break-up of the Beatles.
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. This version became a top-ten hit in the United States and reached number 28 in the United Kingdom.
In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Maybe I'm Amazed" number 347 on its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.
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. 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". 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, making it one of his most recognisable solo successes. A promotional film was made, comprising still photographs of McCartney, his wife Linda and stepdaughter Heather, 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.
The original studio version of the song finished with a fade instead of a full ending, but McCartney later composed an ending that can be heard on the live versions of the song. McCartney first performed this live with Wings, in Châteauvallon, France, on 9 July 1972. During his guest appearance in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian", McCartney says to Lisa and Apu "If you play 'Maybe I'm Amazed' backwards, you'll find a recipe for a ripping lentil soup", which can be heard in the background when the song is played during the closing credits to the episode.
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