Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)

The video clip of this song was filmed around the Southern Highlands in New South Wales. It features a schoolgirl named Sarah living in the year 1976. One day while travelling to school by bus, Sarah notices a young man walking near the road. She decides to skip school and have her own freedom including writing her name in a local toilet, rowing a boat, drawing a picture and walking around the streets in her local town. Sarah's freedom is cut short when her mum sees her in a library. At the end, Sarah is shown in uniform waiting for a bus to get to school. ==Track listings==

• Australian CD single • "Amazing" – 3:24 • "Downtown" – 4:45 • "My Way Home" (XFM live session) – 4:20 • "What a Year" (XFM live session) – 4:00 • UK CD single • "Amazing" • "My Way Home" (XFM live session) • "What a Year" (XFM live session) ==Credits and personnel==

Credits are adapted from the Australian CD single liner notes. Studios • Recorded and mixed at the Town House (London, England) • Additional recording at Dubshack • Engineered at the Town House (London, England) Personnel • Alex Lloyd – writing (as Alexander Wasiliev), acoustic guitar, electric guitars, bass, production, additional recording, programming • Magnus Fiennes – keyboards, string arrangement, production, additional recording, programming • Shawn Lee – drums • Ged Lynch – percussion • Brian Gascoigne – string conducting • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing • Niven Garland – engineering • The Weatherman – additional Pro Tools • Rick Featherstone – additional Pro Tools • Kevin Wilkins – art direction ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certification==

In 2008, Lloyd was sued for copyright over the song's lyrics by truck driver Mark O'Keefe. O'Keefe claimed that he wrote the lyrics on the back of a coaster after both Lloyd and O'Keefe played a gig at a Sydney pub back in 1991 and demanded royalties from Lloyd. The lawsuit was dismissed by the Federal Court in October 2009. ==Other uses==

In 2004 the song was licensed for use in advertisements for the Ford Territory 4-wheel drive (SUV) vehicle. It has been used in two other TV advertisements, reportedly earning Lloyd payments of "hundreds of thousands of dollars". In 2026 Qantas used an instrumental version of the song as the background to their preflight safety video. ==References==