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"Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. Although the studio version from the album was never released as a single, it still remains one of McCartney's most treasured songs. Originally, McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him during the break-up of The Beatles. Later, McCartney's band Wings released a single of a live performance of the song from the band's 1976 tour of America, which became a top-ten hit in the United States.
History
McCartney wrote the song in 1969, just before The Beatles' breakup. He credited his wife Linda with helping him get through the difficult time. This is one of the five known songs that he wrote for her, the other four being "I Will", "Two of Us", "The Lovely Linda" and "My Love".
The original studio version of the song ended 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. A live recording from the 1976 album Wings over America was released as a single by McCartney's band Wings on 4 February 1977 and reached #10 in the United States on the Billboard pop charts. 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".
Regarded as one of McCartney's finest love songs, it achieved the #338 position in the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine in November 2004, and is the only solo McCartney song to make the list.
Covers
Some notable covers by:
The Faces a live version on their 1971 album Long Player, and also a studio version released as a single.
Petula Clark on her 1971 album Warm and Tender.
Fickle Pickle as an August 1970 single, later included on their 1972 album Sinful Skinful (both only released in the Netherlands).
Tom Scott on his 1982 album Desire.
Elkie Brooks on her 1993 album Inspiration.
Carleen Anderson on her Blessed Burden album released in 1998.
Gov't Mule in 2005.
Jem on Music from the OC: Mix 2 (2004).
Joe Cocker on his 2004 album Heart and Soul.
Neal Morse, Randy George, and Mike Portnoy on their 2006 album Cover to Cover.
A.J. Croce on his 2006 album Cantos.
Virgos Merlot on the Listen to What the Man Said: Popular Artists Tribute to Paul McCartney album in 2001. An alternate recording was also released as a radio single the same year.
Daniel Merriweather performed this live on BBC Radio 2's "Live In Blackpool" concert 5 Sept 2009.
Steve Hogarth from Marillion on his 2002 live solo album Live Spirit: Live Body.
Cultural references:
The song was featured in an episode of the The Simpsons entitled "Lisa the Vegetarian", in which Paul and Linda McCartney were both guest stars. In the episode, Paul helps Lisa become a vegetarian and tells her that playing "Maybe I'm Amazed" backwards will reveal a secret recipe for lentil soup. The song then plays over the closing credits of that episode, and by listening carefully, listeners can hear the backwards recipe message (which ends with "Oh, and by the way, I'm alive."). The backmasking on the track was accomplished by the staff of the show for this particular episode and does not appear in the original song.
Maybe I'm Amazed es una canción compuesta por 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 McCartney. Originalmente, éste le dedicó la canción a su esposa, Linda, quien lo acompañó luego de la ruptura de The Beatles.
Historia
McCartney escribió la canción en 1969, poco después de la ruptura de The Beatles, habiendo declarado previamente que su esposa Linda lo había ayudado durante el difícil proceso. Esta es una de las cinco canciones que le escribió a ella, junto con "I Will", "Two of Us", "The Lovely Linda" y "My Love".
Siendo catalogada como una de las mejores canciones de amor de McCartney, alcanzó el puesto #338 en la lista de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos publicada por la revista Rolling Stone en noviembre de 2004, y es la única canción de McCartney como solista que forma parte de la lista.
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jmtappenden 2 years ago 9
Que temazo por dioss =P... para escuchar acostado con tu novia. :D
ArgentarioEMAX 2 years ago 7