Simply Amazing

Album: Chapter V (2012)
Charted: 8
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Songfacts®:

  • This ballad was released in Europe on August 3, 2012 as the second international single (third overall) from Trey Songz's fifth studio album, Chapter V. It finds Songz using the phrase 'simply amazing' to describe how his woman makes him feel. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #8, becoming Songz's first top 10 hit there.
  • Songz co-penned the song with Troy Taylor who has served as the R&B singer's mentor and helped write and produce much of his material. The other writers are Songz's background singer Najja McDowell and Christopher "c4" Umana, whose other credits include Kelly Rowland's "Keep it Between Us."

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