Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)

"Amazing"
Single by Alex Lloyd
from the album Watching Angels Mend
B-side
  • "Downtown"
  • "My Way Home" (live)
  • "What a Year" (live)
Released17 September 2001 (2001-09-17)
StudioTown House (London, England)
Length3:22
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Alexander Wasiliev
Producer(s)
Alex Lloyd singles chronology
"Downtown"
(2001) 		"Amazing"
(2001) 		"Green"
(2002)
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"Amazing" is a song written by Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd. The song was released on 17 September 2001 as the second single from his second studio album, Watching Angels Mend (2001). It was a success in Australia, reaching number 14, and in New Zealand, where it topped the singles chart in March 2002. It was also ranked number one on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001, Australia's largest annual music poll.[1] The song is an example of the evergreen 'four chords of pop' progression.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single, losing out on both to "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue.[2][3] At the APRA Music Awards of 2002 the song won the 'Song of the Year' award.[4] In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Amazing" was ranked number 80.[5] Lloyd was interviewed on Double J for the 20th anniversary of the song topping Triple J "Hottest 100". He stated that the song was written as a "beautiful goodbye" to a relationship with an older, more experienced partner.[6]

  1. ^ "Hottest 100 2001". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2002: 16th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Australia 2002 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. ^ Condon, Dan; Rowe, Zan (23 January 2022). "Alex Lloyd won the Hottest 100 in 2001. He appreciates it now more than ever". Double J. Retrieved 7 August 2024.