Amazing (Seal song)

2007 single by Seal

"Amazing"

Single by Seal
from the album  System
Released| 25 September 2007 (2007-09-25)
Genre| Dance-pop[1]
Length| 3:02
Label| WEA
Songwriter(s)| Seal
Producer(s)| Stuart Price
Seal singles chronology
| "A Father's Way"
(2006)  | "Amazing"
(2007)  | "The Right Life"
(2008)

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Music video
"Amazing" on YouTube

"Amazing" is a song recorded by British singer Seal. It was produced by Stuart Price and released as the lead single from his fifth studio album System (2007). Although not a big success on the Billboard Hot 100, it did reach number-one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. The single was released on iTunes on 25 September 2007 in the United States. The song served as the theme song for the third cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel and has been used in advertisements for the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race 12.[2] Along with other songs from the album, "Amazing" was also used on the NBC Sunday Night Football, playing right before commercial breaks. Seal performed the song at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2007.

Both the original version of the song and the Thin White Duke edit appeared on the album.

The track was nominated for a Grammy Award on the category of Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.[3]

## Remixes

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1. Kaskade Radio – 3:12
2. Kaskade Remix – 6:33
3. Kaskade Dub – 6:33
4. Bill Hamel Radio – 5:02
5. Bill Hamel Vocal Mix – 9:07
6. Bill Hamel Dub – 8:39
7. Bill Hamel Stripped Mix – 8:39
8. Thin White Duke Dub – 6:53
9. Thin White Duke Main – 6:55
10. Thin White Duke Edit – 3:27

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Amazing"  | Chart (2007–2008)  | Peak
position

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Australia (ARIA)[4] | 60
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] | 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 14
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[7] | 5
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[8] | 3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 14
Germany (GfK)[10] | 9
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[11] | 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] | 60
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[13] | 73
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 54
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 4
UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 74
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[17] | 1

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Amazing"  | Chart (2007)  | Position

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Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 57
Chart (2008)  | Position

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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] | 50
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[20] | 73
Germany (Official German Charts)[21] | 37
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[22] | 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] | 72
Chart (2009)  | Position

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Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[24] | 31

## See also

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* List of number-one dance singles of 2007 (U.S.)
* List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2007 (U.S.)

## References

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1. ^ "Seal - Amazing". Retrieved 25 June 2009.
2. ^ "The Amazing Race on CBS Home". CBS. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
3. ^ GRAMMY.com
4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 246.
5. ^ "Seal – Amazing" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
6. ^ "Seal – Amazing" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. ^ "Seal – Amazing" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 7. týden 2008 in the date selector. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
9. ^ "Seal: Amazing" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
10. ^ "Seal – Amazing" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
11. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
12. ^ "Seal – Amazing" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
13. ^ "Romanian Top 100 – Issue nr: 6/2008 (18 Februarie - 24 Februarie 2008)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
14. ^ "Seal – Amazing". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
15. ^ "Seal – Amazing". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
17. ^ "Seal Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
18. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
19. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2008". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
20. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2008". Ultratop. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
21. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
22. ^ "Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2008". Mahasz. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
23. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2008 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
24. ^ "Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2009". Mahasz. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Seal (1991)
* Seal (1994)
* Human Being (1998)
* Seal IV (2003)
* System (2007)
* Soul (2008)
* Seal 6: Commitment (2010)
* Soul 2 (2011)
* 7 (2015)
* Standards (2017)

Live albums|

* Live in Paris (2005)

Compilations|

* Best 1991–2004 (2004)
* Hits (2009)

Unreleased albums|

* Togetherland (2001)

Singles|

* "Crazy" (1990)
* "Future Love Paradise" (1991)
* "The Beginning" (1991)
* "Killer" (1991)
* "Violet" (1992)
* "Prayer for the Dying" (1994)
* "Kiss from a Rose" (1994)
* "Newborn Friend" (1994)
* "I'm Alive" (1995)
* "Don't Cry" (1995)
* "Fly Like an Eagle" (1997)
* "Human Beings" (1998)
* "This Could Be Heaven" (2001)
* "Les Mots" (2001)
* "My Vision" (2002)
* "Get It Together" (2002)
* "Love's Divine" (2003)
* "Waiting for You" (2003)
* "Walk On By" (2004)
* "Killer 2005" (2005)
* "Amazing" (2007)
* "The Right Life" (2008)
* "A Change Is Gonna Come" (2008)
* "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (2008)
* "I Can't Stand the Rain" (2009)
* "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (2009)
* "Secret" (2010)

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