You Made Me Believe in Magic

"You Made Me Believe in Magic" is the title of a 1977 international hit single by the Bay City Rollers, taken from their album It's a Game. The recording, a mid-tempo disco-styled pop tune featuring strings and horns, had its greatest impact in North America, where it was issued as the album's lead single in May 1977 to reach number 10 on the US Hot 100 in Billboard magazine that August. "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' third US Top 10 hit; the follow-up single "The Way I Feel Tonight" (#25) would mark the group's final Hot 100 appearance.

Outside the US, "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was typically issued as its parent album's second single, serving as a less successful followup to the "It's a Game" single: this was true in Australia (No. 36), Germany (No. 25), New Zealand (No. 39) and the UK (No. 34), where "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' twelfth and final chart hit. In Canada, however, the song enjoyed its greatest international popularity, where it peaked at number five, and ranks as the 68th greatest hit of 1977.^[1]

Track listing

1. "You Made Me Believe in Magic" – 2:41
2. "Dance Dance Dance" – 3:29 (US/Canada) | "Are You Cuckoo" – 4:02 (UK)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Canada^[2]	5
Germany	25
UK^[3]	34
Australia	36
New Zealand	39
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	10
US Cash Box Top 100^[5]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
Canada^[6]	68
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	76
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	59

Cover versions

"You Made Me Believe in Magic" was remade in 1995 by Bed & Breakfast. "You Made Me Believe In Magic" was also performed on the hit comedy "American Pie."

Credits

Written by Len Boone
Cover photo photography by Arista
Production by Jimmy Ienner (track B)
Production and engineering by Harry Maslin (track A)

Notes

(P) 1977 Arista Records.

Made in Germany. EMI Electrola GmbH, Köln. Printed by Druckhaus Maack KG, 5880 Lüdenscheid.

GEMA LC 3484

References

↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19770827.html
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1977YESP.html

External links

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Albums	Rollin' Once Upon a Star Bay City Rollers Wouldn't You Like It? Rock n' Roll Love Letter Dedication It's a Game Strangers in the Wind Elevator Voxx Ricochet
Singles	"Keep on Dancing" "Shang-a-Lang" "Bye Bye Baby" "Give a Little Love" "Saturday Night" "Money Honey" "Rock and Roll Love Letter" "I Only Want to Be with You" "Yesterday's Hero" "You're a Woman" "Don't Worry Baby" "It's a Game" "You Made Me Believe in Magic" "The Way I Feel Tonight" "Don't Let the Music Die" "Where Will I Be Now" "Another Rainy Day in New York City" "All of the World Is Falling in Love"
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