God! Show Me Magic

"God! Show Me Magic" is the second single by Super Furry Animals. It reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in April 1996, the first single by the band to reach the Top 40.^[1]

The packaging of the single features a quote in Welsh, 'Gorau chwarae, cyd chwarae', which roughly translates into English as 'It is better to play together', the motto of the Football Association of Wales.

The first version of "God! Show Me Magic" appears on the Moog Droog E.P., released on the Ankst label.

Critical response

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Iguana Music	Spain	Singles of '96^[2]	1996	38
John Peel show, BBC Radio 1	United Kingdom	John Peel's Festive 50^[3]	1996	49
Vox	United Kingdom	1996 Singles^[4]	1996	15

Track listing

All songs by Super Furry Animals.

"God! Show Me Magic" – 1:49
"Death by Melody" – 2:32
"Dim Bendith" – 4:56

Personnel

Gruff Rhys – vocals, guitar
Huw Bunford – guitar
Guto Pryce – bass guitar
Cian Ciaran – keyboards
Dafydd Ieuan – drums
Jez Francis- piano

Singles chart positions

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	33^[1]

References

1 2 "Search Results -- Singles". everyHit.com. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ "Iguana Music lists from Spain: Singles of '96". RockListMusic. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "John Peel's Festive 50 Lists". RockListMusic. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "Vox End Of Year Lists". RockListMusic. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Super Furry Animals

Gruff Rhys Huw Bunford Guto Pryce Cian Ciaran Dafydd Ieuan Rhys Ifans Dic Ben

Studio albums	Fuzzy Logic Radiator Guerrilla Mwng Rings Around the World Phantom Power Love Kraft Hey Venus! Dark Days/Light Years

Compilations and remix albums	Out Spaced Phantom Phorce Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1

EPs	Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space) Moog Droog Ice Hockey Hair Slow Life

Singles	"Hometown Unicorn" "God! Show Me Magic" "Something 4 the Weekend" "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" (first release) "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" "The International Language of Screaming" "Play It Cool" "Demons" "Northern Lites" "Fire in My Heart" "Do or Die" "Ysbeidiau Heulog" "Juxtapozed with U" "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" "It's Not the End of the World?" "Golden Retriever" "Hello Sunshine" "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" (second release) "Lazer Beam" "Show Your Hand" "Run-Away" "The Gift That Keeps Giving" "Mt."

DVDs	Rings Around the World Phantom Power Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1

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