Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show

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Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show
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Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2009
Genre Pop
Length41:08
Label ZYX
Michael Jackson chronology
The Collection
(2009)
Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show
(2009)
The Stripped Mixes
(2009)
Singles from Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show
  1. "Mind Is the Magic"
    Released: February 26, 2010

Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show is a compilation album by Siegfried & Roy that includes a Michael Jackson song titled "Mind Is the Magic". The album was released on July 10, 2009 by German record label ZYX Music in Europe. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mind Is the Magic" (by Michael Jackson)Michael Jackson, Bryan Loren 6:16
2."Magical" 4:09
3."Kiato" 3:12
4."The Power of the Magic" 4:45
5."The Secret Gallery" 3:31
6."Saltimbanco" 4:02
7."Sarmoti" 5:22
8."Magicians of the Century" 3:45
9."Vision" 3:28
10."Magic" 2:55
11."The Theatre Trailer" 0:19

Single

The leading track of this album was released as a single in Europe on February 26, 2010, [3] reaching #80 in France on April 3, 2010. [4]

This song was not a new release; it was written by Jackson with Bryan Loren in 1989 for Siegfried & Roy's 'Beyond Belief Show' in Las Vegas. [5] Jackson gave his permission for Siegfried & Roy to release this song in their German album Dreams & Illusions [6] in 1995. The introduction from the song formed part of "The Drill" segment planned for Jackson's This Is It concerts.

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