Let Your Hair Down (Magic! song)

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"Let Your Hair Down"
Magic Let Your Hair Down Single.jpg
Single by Magic!
from the album Don't Kill the Magic
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
Genre Reggae fusion
Length4:25
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Messinger
  • Atweh
  • Mark Pellizzer
  • Tanas
Magic! singles chronology
"Don't Kill the Magic"
(2014)
"Let Your Hair Down"
(2014)
"No Way No"
(2015)
Music video
"Let Your Hair Down" on YouTube

"Let Your Hair Down" is a song recorded by Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! for their debut studio album, Don't Kill the Magic (2014). It was written by Adam Messinger with group members Nasri Atweh and Alex Tanas, and was produced by Messinger, Atweh, Tanas and Magic! guitarist Mark Pellizzer. On October 7, 2014 the song was issued to contemporary hit radio by RCA Records as the third single from the album, and second to be released in the US. [1]

Contents

Music video

A lyric video for "Let Your Hair Down" was uploaded to the band's official Vevo channel on August 20, 2014. [2] The official music video, directed by David Rousseau, features the band on a beach at sunset and premiered October 31, 2014. [3] [4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 20
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [6] 6
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [7] 11
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [8] 6
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [9] 35

Year-end chart

Chart (2015)Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [10] 91

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United States [1] [11] October 7, 2014 Contemporary hit radio RCA Records
October 27, 2014 Hot adult contemporary
Canada [12] November 17, 2014

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