Abracadabra (song)

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"Abracadabra"
"Abracadabra" cover
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Abracadabra
Released 1982
Genre Rock
Length 05:47
Label Capitol Records
Producer(s) Steve Miller
Gary Mallaber
Chart positions

"Abracadabra" is a well recognized song recorded by the Steve Miller Band.

Released as the main single from Abracadabra in June 1982, it became a number-one hit on the United States according to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It followed Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" (from Rocky III) on the charts, and preceded Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry". After Chicago's ballad ended its two-week stay at number one, "Abracadabra" re-assumed the top spot on the U.S. charts for an additional week on September 25. Then John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" dislodged the Steve Miller Band's final number one hit from the top on October 2.

A cover version of the song performed by Sugar Ray appeared on the 1998 soundtrack to the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Preceded by
"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 4, 1982
Succeeded by
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
Preceded by
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 25, 1982
Succeeded by
"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar