Olivia Newton-John "Magic"
About "Magic"
"Magic" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for the soundtrack to the 1980 musical fantasy film, Xanadu. Written and produced by John Farrar, the song was released as the lead single from the album in May 1980. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks beginning on August 2, 1980. On August 30, it was displaced from the top by Christopher Cross's "Sailing".
Billboard magazine ranked "Magic" as the third most popular single of 1980, behind only "Call Me" by Blondie and "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" by Pink Floyd. In Canada, the single spent two weeks at number one on the RPM Top Singles chart. It also reached number four in Australia and number 32 in the United Kingdom. The single also became Newton-John's biggest Billboard Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the chart, and also topped the RPM Adult Contemporary chart for a week.John Lennon named "Magic" and "All Over the World" as two recent songs he liked in a Newsweek interview in September 1980, shortly before his death.
In a lawsuit involving the use of the song in a high school musical performance, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals described the song as follows:"Magic" was an original song in the 1980 musical movie fantasy "Xanadu." Olivia Newton-John played Kira, a muse descended from Mount Olympus, who encourages and inspires the male protagonist, Sonny, to pursue his dream of opening a fantastical nightclub, Xanadu. "Magic" plays during their first encounter, reprises first when Kira must return to Olympus, and then again when Kira seemingly reappears as a Xanadu waitress. It is thus used as a vehicle of inspiration for pursuit of one’s dreams and love.
Record World called it an "infectious pop ballad [that] has a big beat production treatment."Both US and UK B-sides also appear in Xanadu:
US: "Fool Country" is one of three single B-sides to appear in the film but not on the soundtrack album. This is featured in the nightclub grand opening segment following the movie title track and before its reprise.
UK: "Whenever You're Away From Me" (with Gene Kelly), also appears as the B-side of the US "Xanadu" single.
Top songs by Olivia Newton-John
- Hopelessly Devoted To You
- Xanadu
- Physical
- Let Me Be There
- Candle In The Wind
- Don't Stop Believin'
- Sad Songs
- Take Me Home Country Roads
- Sam
- Country Girl
- If Not For You
- I Honestly Love You
- Magic
- Ave Maria
- Please Mr Please
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina
- Rest Your Love On Me
- We Go Together
- Help Me Make It Through The Night
- Christmas Never Felt Like This
- Suddenly
- Soul Kiss
- Clearly Love
- You're The One That I Want
- Take A Chance
- No Other Love
- Physical (funny Version)
- Summer Nights
- Back With A Heart
- Culture Shock
- Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
- The Air That I Breathe
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