You're Amazing
"You're Amazing" | ||||
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Single by Robert Palmer | ||||
from the album Don't Explain | ||||
B-side | "So Emboldened" | |||
Released | 1990 | |||
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Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | EMI (US) | |||
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Producer(s) | Robert Palmer | |||
Robert Palmer singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"You're Amazing" on YouTube | ||||
"You're Amazing" is a song by English vocalist Robert Palmer, which was released in 1990 as the second single from his tenth studio album Don't Explain.[1][2] It was written by Steven Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Palmer, Guy Pratt and Steve Stevens, and produced by Palmer.[2]
In the US, "You're Amazing" peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] and No. 5 on Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.[4] A music video was filmed to promote the single.
Critical reception
Upon release, Billboard commented: "Palmer's reliably strong soul stylings added to headbanger guitar riffs and sweet background harmonies proves to be a quirky, but potent, combination."[5] In a retrospective review of Don't Explain, Paul Sinclair of Super Deluxe Edition listed the song as one of the album's "charmless excursions into heavy-ish rock".[6]
Track listing
Cassette single
- "You're Amazing" – 3:50
- "So Emboldened" – 3:14
CD single (American promotional #1 – Remixed Version)
- "You're Amazing" – 3:35
CD single (American promotional #2)
- "You're Amazing" – 3:50
CD single (Japanese release)
- "You're Amazing" – 3:50
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 3:26
- "Deep End" – 4:32
Personnel
- Robert Palmer – lead vocals, producer ("You're Amazing", "So Emboldened", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "Deep End")
- Mike Fraser – mixing ("You're Amazing" – American promotional version)
- UB40 – producer ("Deep End")
Charts
Chart (1990–1991) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[7] | 103 |
Canadian Singles Chart[8] | 14 |
US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 28 |
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[4] | 5 |
References
- ^ "Robert Palmer Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ a b "Robert Palmer - Don't Explain at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ a b Billboard. "Robert Palmer You're Amazing Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ a b Billboard. "Robert Palmer You're Amazing Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ Billboard magazine - Single Reviews - November 10, 1990 - page 91
- ^ "Best of Both Worlds? Robert Palmer EMI-era combo sets miss the mark". superdeluxeedition. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 18 February 1991". Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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