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God is Alive, Magic is Afoot – Buffy Ste. Posted by Morgen Jahnke in Entertainment | 10 Comments » 10 Responses to “11 Billboard Top 20 Hits with “Magic” in Their Titles”

Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band, 1982 (#1), from the album Abracadabra.

Magic-The Cars, 1984 (#12), from the album Heartbeat City.You Can Do Magic-America, 1982 (#8), available on the album You Can Do Magic.Every Little Thing She Does is Magic-The Police, 1981 (#3), from the album Ghost in the Machine.Magic-Olivia Newton-John, 1980 (#1), from the album Xanadu.Strange Magic-ELO (Electric Light Orchestra), 1976 (#14), from the album Ole’ ELO.Black Magic Woman-Santana, 1970 (#5), available on the album Black Magic Woman.Magic Carpet Ride-Steppenwolf, 1968 (#5), from the album Steppenwolf the Second.

Do You Believe in Magic-Lovin’ Spoonful, 1965 (#9), from the album Do You Believe in Magic.

Puff the Magic Dragon-Peter, Paul & Mary, 1963 (#2), from the album Moving.

Shuman recorded by: The Drifters, 1960 (#14), available on the album The Very Best of the Drifters

That Old Black Magic-Written by: Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer recorded by: Glen Miller, 1943 (1# on Billboard) Margaret Whiting and the Freddie Slack Orchestra, 1943 (#10) Sammy Davis Jr., 1955 (#16) Louis Prima & Keely Smith, 1958 (#18).

This word seems to have conjured up luck for these songwriters and performers all 11 songs made it into the Billboard Magazine Top 20 charts.

Keeping with this idea of a common lyrical vocabulary, I found 11 songs that all use the word “magic” in their titles. This is probably a smart tactic, introducing a new song by using a familiar sentiment rarely does a song with a very strange name or lyrics gain public attention (although “Horse with No Name” and “Muskrat Love” spring to mind). Since the pop song was invented, its’ creators have often relied on a common and limited vocabulary in both lyrics and title (e.g., “love,” “baby,” and “yeah”).