Magic (Pilot song)

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"Magic"
Single by Pilot
from the album From the Album of the Same Name
B-side "Just Let Me Be"
Released 2nd November 1974
Genre Pop rock, soft rock, funk rock
Length 3:06
Label EMI
Writer(s) David Paton
Producer(s) Alan Parsons

"Magic" is a popular 1974 song by Scottish pop rock band Pilot, and was the first hit single for the group. It was written by Pilot's David Paton for their debut album, From the Album of the Same Name.

It charted most successfully in Canada, where it reached No. 1, topping the RPM national singles chart on 19 July 1975,[1] and received a gold certification.[2] It climbed as far as #11 on the UK Singles Chart and reached No. 5 during the summer of 1975 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100.

Selena Gomez version

"Magic"

"Magic" cover
Promotional single by Selena Gomez from the album Wizards of Waverly Place
Released 14 February 2009
Format Download
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:49
Label Walt Disney
Writer Dave Paton
Producer Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman

"Magic" was performed by American pop recording artist Selena Gomez for the soundtrack to the Disney Channel TV series Wizards of Waverly Place. It was released as a single on 14 February 2009 through Walt Disney Records.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Elsewhere, the song peaked at number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and at number five on the Norwegian Singles Chart. It has sold 541,000 copies. [3]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 81
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 90
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 61

Other versions

"Magic" was covered by Sally Boyden on her 1976 album The Littlest Australian.[7] The song was sampled by Girl Talk on his 2006 release Night Ripper on the track "Summer Smoke". The song is also heavily sampled in a song titled "It's Magic" by rap artist J.R. Writer. It was then sampled again by rapper Flo Rida in 2009. The alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies has been known to sometimes close live shows by playing the song as part of a medley.[8] It has also been covered by Patrick Juvet.[9]

Use in advertising/other

The song featured in a long-running series of advertisements for Magic Kingdom in Lansvale, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, during the 1980s.

Commercials for AT&T used a re-sung verse sung as "Oh, Oh...It's Magic" at the end of its commercials for the 00 number.

It was also used in a Pillsbury Company commercial in 2007.

Pilot's version is heard in a 2010 TV commercial for Chase.

The song is also used in Indonesian Yamaha Mio J commercial in 2012.[10]

The song is featured as the Free Games bonus song in the slot machine Cash Wizard made by Bally Technologies.

The song featured in the 2005 film The Magic Roundabout.

The song used in the 1996 film Happy Gilmore.

The song is used in 2011 film Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film).

References

Preceded by
"Listen to What the Man Said" by Wings
Canadian RPM number-one single
19 July 1975 (1 week)
Succeeded by
"The Hustle" by Van McCoy
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