Three Is a Magic Number

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“Three is A Magic Number”
“Three is A Magic Number” cover
Single by Blind Melon
from the album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
Released September 22, 1992
Format CD, cassette, vinyl
Recorded March 7, 1995
Genre Rock
Length 3:17
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Bob Dorough
Producer Blind Melon
Blind Melon singles chronology
"Toes Across the Floor"
(1995)		 "Three is A Magic Number
(1996)		 "Soul One"
(1996)

Three is A Magic Number is one of the original 46 songs from the Schoolhouse Rock! series. It is featured on the 30th Anniversary DVD and the Multiplication Rock video compilations. The inaugural song created for the series [1], the track was composed and performed in 1973 by Bob Dorough, musical director of the series. In 1996, alternative group Blind Melon released a cover version of the song on the Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Three is a Magic Number" 3:17
  2. "Schoolhouse Rocky"

[edit] Pop culture

The music video for "Three is A Magic Number" features clips from the original show. The song is featured in the films Slackers and You, Me, and Dupree. The song is also parodied by Jack Black in the movie School of Rock, when Black accidentally refers to the number 9 as "a magic number".

Jeff Buckley did a cover of this song in a live concert.


[edit] References

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