(Is This the Way to) Amarillo media appearances to "Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay". However, Kay does not appear on the record, since it is a re-issue of the original version and not a re-recording. Having sold 1.2 million copies by the end of 2009, "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" was the third best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK, behind "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" by Will Young and "Unchained Melody" by Gareth Gates. As of March 2017, it has sold 1.28 million copies. The Dutch singer Albert West covered the song in 1988. After the successful re-release of the song in the UK, Tony
(Is This the Way to) Amarillo 2006, the song was played at the World Cup Final in Berlin and was also played by the Central Band of the Royal British Legion on Centre Court at Wimbledon before the start of the Men's Singles final. On some recorded live performances, in the final chorus, Christie intentionally sings the wrong lyrics. Instead of the standard "I've been weeping like a willow", Christie changes it to "weeping like a Winslow" as a homage to one of his favourite high school teachers . In the United States, Neil Sedaka, the writer of the song and a man who had recently