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"Me Wise Magic" is a song by Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
 that first appeared on the compilation album Best of Volume I
Best of Volume I

Best of Volume I is the first compilation of studio tracks by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1996 in music.In addition to material from nine of the band's first ten studio albums , Best of Volume I also features the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack and two newly recorded songs with original vo...
. It was recorded in 1996 during the band's brief reunion with original vocalist David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
 along with another new track, "Can't Get This Stuff No More
Can't Get This Stuff No More

"Can't Get This Stuff No More" is a song on United States hard rock band Van Halen's 1996 compilation Best of Volume I. The song was one of two new songs recorded exclusively for the album probably to extend the appeal to fans who already owned all of the other songs on the disc....
". A promo CD of "Me Wise Magic" distributed to radio stations prior to the release of Best of Volume I features a Buddha
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 on the artwork; the line "A Buddhist riff for your inner ear" is a lyric in the song.






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"Me Wise Magic" is a song by Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
 that first appeared on the compilation album Best of Volume I
Best of Volume I

Best of Volume I is the first compilation of studio tracks by United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1996 in music.In addition to material from nine of the band's first ten studio albums , Best of Volume I also features the band's contribution to the Twister soundtrack and two newly recorded songs with original vo...
. It was recorded in 1996 during the band's brief reunion with original vocalist David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
 along with another new track, "Can't Get This Stuff No More
Can't Get This Stuff No More

"Can't Get This Stuff No More" is a song on United States hard rock band Van Halen's 1996 compilation Best of Volume I. The song was one of two new songs recorded exclusively for the album probably to extend the appeal to fans who already owned all of the other songs on the disc....
". A promo CD of "Me Wise Magic" distributed to radio stations prior to the release of Best of Volume I features a Buddha
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 on the artwork; the line "A Buddhist riff for your inner ear" is a lyric in the song. Roth left the band following a tumultuous appearance at the 1996 MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 Video Music Awards, before a planned video for "Me Wise Magic" could be filmed.

Eddie Van Halen's playing on the song and technique of using his whammy bar to raise and lower chords while still keeping them in tune is a result of recording with either his Steinberger
Steinberger

Steinberger refers to a series of distinctive electric guitars and bass guitars, designed and originally manufactured by Ned Steinberger. The word Steinberger can be used to refer to either the instruments themselves or the company that produced them....
 guitar or modified Peavey
Peavey

Peavey may refer to:*Peavey , a logging tool used to move timber*Peavey Electronics, an American audio equipment manufacturer**Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics...
 Wolfgang signature model with a Trans-Trem
Trans-Trem

TransTrem is a guitar tremolo arm system developed by Steinberger in 1984. Its main feature is that it keeps the pitches of the strings in proper relative intervals with each other when the tremolo is used....
 tremolo system.