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“Maybe I'm Amazed” by Paul McCartney

From the album McCartney (1970)

“Maybe I'm Amazed” by Paul McCartney appears on 56 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album McCartney. Its best result is #12 on the KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #494 indie & aaa song of all time and #86 of the '70s.

56countdowns
19stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2026years charted

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"Maybe I'm Amazed" comes off McCartney, Paul McCartney's 1970 debut solo album, and it's where the record goes for broke. McCartney did practically everything himself: he produced it and played piano, organ, bass, electric guitar and drums, with Linda McCartney adding backing vocals and Phil McDonald engineering and mixing at Abbey Road Studios. The piano rolls in like a hymn, the guitar lines sting, and his voice climbs until it's shredding at the edges, the sound of a man floored by his own good fortune.

The original recording was never released as a single, which hasn't hurt its standing one bit. Rolling Stone placed it at number 347 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2011, and in 2024 ranked it the best solo song by any former Beatle.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 124 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1996 270 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 66 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 290 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 36 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 129 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2007 869 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 801 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 383 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2011 295 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 398 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 297 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 75 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 216 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 171 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 275 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 79 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 242 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 252 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 366 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 274 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 342 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 58 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 80 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 285 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 246 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 271 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 62 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 83 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 221 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 88 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 357 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 186 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 227 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 76 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 148 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 206 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 229 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 255 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 263 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 119 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 39 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 86 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 1048 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 254 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 165 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 297 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 123 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 140 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 752 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 143 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 130 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2025 316 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 552 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 12 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 237 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

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