You Made Me Believe in Magic

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"You Made Me Believe in Magic"
You made me believe in magic by bay city rollers UK single.png
British single picture sleeve
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album It's a Game
B-side "Dance Dance Dance"
ReleasedMay 1977
Recorded1976
Genre Pop, disco
Length2:42
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Len Boone
Producer(s) Harry Maslin
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"It's a Game"
(1977)
"You Made Me Believe in Magic"
(1977)
"The Way I Feel Tonight"
(1977)

"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.

Contents

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]

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "You Made Me Believe in Magic" as the 27th most popular hit of 1977. [2] It reached as high as number 2 on their survey of July 30, 1977. [3]

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

Bed & Breakfast version

"You Made Me Believe In Magic"
Single by Bed & Breakfast
from the album Stay Together
Released10 March 1995
Genre Pop
Length3:37
Songwriter(s) Len Boone
Producer(s) Harry Maslin
Bed & Breakfast singles chronology
"You Made Me Believe In Magic"
(1995)
"If You Were Mine"
(1995)

"You Made Me Believe In Magic" is the debut single by German boy band Bed & Breakfast. It was released in 1995.

Music Video

The music videos shows that they were in a cultural city and dancing at the desert.

Charts

The song reached 68 in the GfK Entertainment charts.



Cover versions

"You Made Me Believe In Magic" was also performed on the hit comedy American Pie.

"You Made Me Believe In Magic" was covered by Hong Kong legendary pop singer, Leslie Cheung, in one of his earliest album, "Day Dreamin'", in 1978. The album failed commercially and making this LP super rare. The resale price of the original album "Day Dreamin'" could reach over USD1,500.

Credits

Notes

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

GEMA LC 3484

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