Although the song did not have a promotional music video, "Amanda" became the band's highest-charting single in the United States and Canada.

Guitarist Tom Scholz recorded the demos in 1980, including the guitar solo that would later be featured in "Amanda".

"Amanda" is a relatively rare example of a song that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in or after the 1980s without having a performance music video made for it.

[9] An interview for British television, made while the band was promoting the Third Stage album, does show a couple of minutes of a music video near the end.

[11] Cash Box called it a "romantic ballad that features...Tom Scholz' trademark guitar" and a "pretty and memorable song.