You Made Me Believe in Magic
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"You Made Me Believe in Magic" is the title of a 1977 single by 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 the US where it was issued as the album's lead single in May 1977 to reach #10 on the Hot 100
in Billboard
magazine that August. "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' third US Top 10 hit; the followup single "The Way I Feel Tonight" (#25) would mark the group's final Hot 100 appearance.
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 (#36), Germany (#25), New Zealand (#39) and the UK (#34) where "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' twelfth and final chart hit.
"You Made Me Believe in Magic" was remade in 1995 by Bed & Breakfast.
Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at...
taken from their album It's a Game. The recording, a mid-tempo disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
-styled pop tune featuring strings and horns, had its greatest impact in the US where it was issued as the album's lead single in May 1977 to reach #10 on the Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine that August. "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' third US Top 10 hit; the followup single "The Way I Feel Tonight" (#25) would mark the group's final Hot 100 appearance.
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 (#36), Germany (#25), New Zealand (#39) and the UK (#34) where "You Made Me Believe in Magic" was the Bay City Rollers' twelfth and final chart hit.
"You Made Me Believe in Magic" was remade in 1995 by Bed & Breakfast.
Credits
- Written by Len Boone
- Photography [Coverphoto] - Arista
- Producer - Jimmy Ienner (tracks: B)
- Producer, Engineer - Harry Maslin (tracks: A)