This piece explores the origins of Paul McCartney's 1970 solo track "Maybe I'm Amazed," widely regarded as the high point of his early post-Beatles songwriting. Written on the piano he received as a wedding gift, the song emerged from a mix of personal turmoil and newfound love, as McCartney processed the breakup of The Beatles while celebrating his marriage to Linda McCartney. The article argues that the track captures the full range of McCartney's talent, combining strong melody, lyrics and emotional honesty into what it calls his solo masterpiece.

McCartney has described writing the song at his new Steinway piano, with its lyrics reflecting both love and underlying fear and loneliness following the band's split. Despite being written as a solo piece just after The Beatles ended, the song was credited to Lennon-McCartney due to a publishing arrangement still in place, something McCartney has said frustrated him over the years, describing it as being unfairly "caught in the publishing net."