You're Amazing

"You're Amazing"
Single by Robert Palmer
from the album Don't Explain
B-side"So Emboldened"
Released1990
Genre
Length3:50
LabelEMI (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer singles chronology
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
(1990) 		"You're Amazing"
(1990) 		"Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You"
(1991)
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

  1. "You're Amazing" – 3:50
  2. "So Emboldened" – 3:14

CD single (American promotional #1 – Remixed Version)

  1. "You're Amazing" – 3:35

CD single (American promotional #2)

  1. "You're Amazing" – 3:50

CD single (Japanese release)

  1. "You're Amazing" – 3:50
  2. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 3:26
  3. "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 performance for "You're Amazing"
Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 103
Canadian Singles Chart[8] 14
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 28
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[4] 5

References

  1. ^ "Robert Palmer Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Palmer - Don't Explain at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  3. ^ a b Billboard. "Robert Palmer You're Amazing Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  4. ^ a b Billboard. "Robert Palmer You're Amazing Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  5. ^ Billboard magazine - Single Reviews - November 10, 1990 - page 91
  6. ^ "Best of Both Worlds? Robert Palmer EMI-era combo sets miss the mark". superdeluxeedition. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  7. ^ "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 18 February 1991". Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-09.