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| "Magic" | ||||
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| Single by Nick Drake | ||||
| from the album Made to Love Magic | ||||
| B-side | "Northern Sky" | |||
| Released | 17 May 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Studio | Sound Techniques | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||
| Length | 6:31 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nick Drake | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Kirby and Joe Boyd | |||
| Nick Drake singles chronology | ||||
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"Magic" (also known as "I Was Made to Love Magic") is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 2004 compilation album Made to Love Magic and was remastered and released as a single in 2004. The single was released on both CD and vinyl record formats, with Bryter Layter track "Northern Sky" as a B-side.
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"Magic" was originally recorded for the Five Leaves Left sessions but did not appear on the final album. A version of the song with a different string arranger features on Time of No Reply , Drake's 1986 outtakes compilation. For Made to Love Magic the song was artificially sped up and stripped of its original string section, which was scored by Richard Hewson. A separate string arrangement written in 1969 by Robert Kirby, recorded in 2004, was used as a backing to the new faster track. Upon its 2004 issue as a single, it was placed at #32 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Drake's first ever entry on the chart.
