Maybe I’m Amazed

So Paul McCartney is preforming a concert in the city I live in on Monday. Because of that, I decided to do a Paul double header on my blog this weekend. If it all works out, I'll do one post today, and one tomorrow.

Today's post features Maybe I'm Amazed. Paul released it on his 1970 album McCartney, and it's dedicated to his wife Linda. That version of the song wasn't released as a single, but still received a great deal of air time on the radio. In 1976 a live version of the song from the album Wings Over America was released as a single. It charted at number 10 in the US and number 26 in the UK. Rolling Stone ranked it number 338 out of the top 500 songs of all time. It's Paul's only solo song to make the list.

In 1971 the Faces covered it on their album Long Player. They used a live version on the album, but a studio version was released as a single shortly before the album came out. I can't find any information on whether or not their version charted. I have a feeling that means it did not.

Maybe I'm Amazed has been covered several times by other artists as well. In 2011 the Paul McCartney YouTube channel even held a Maybe I'm Amazed cover contest. The winner was decided by most number of likes. A user named Troubleclef won.

Paul McCartney:

The Faces:

I just want to note that I was planning on putting the two studio versions up against each other, but I couldn't find the studio single of the Faces' version on YouTube so instead I'm putting both the live versions up against each other. I guess in the end, that's kind of fitting. You know, because Paul is playing a live concert on Monday. Anyway, here's a link to Paul’s Studio version. In case you wanted to hear it.

So I like both versions of this song. I say that like every time. I'm way too easy going for this. Anyway, Paul's is better. It just is. I love the Faces, and their version is really good. But Paul brought it on Wings Over America. Maybe he had heard the Faces' version and knew he needed to. I don't know. I also think Paul is a better singer than Rod Stewart. And I like Rod Stewart, probably more than the average person. I admit the Faces' version is little bit more lighthearted, but doing kind of a lighthearted "we're just having some fun and some drinks while we preform" was sort of their thing.

Edit: I also should probably point out that Ronnie Lane sings the opening lines of Maybe I'm Amazed in the Faces version. Sorry for overlooking you Ronnie. You're still my favorite Face. Ronnie's Ghost is all mad at me.