A Kind of Magic (song)
| A kind of magic | |
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| Queen | |
| publication | March 17, 1986 |
| length | 4:25 (album version) 3:37 (CD bonus track A Kind of A Kind of Magic ) 6:23 (extended version) 4:10 Highlander version |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock , rock |
| Author (s) | Roger Taylor |
| album | A kind of magic |
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A Kind of Magic is a rock song by the British band Queen . It appeared on the album of the same name and was released on March 17, 1986 as the second single after One Vision . The piece was on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks , but only reached number 42, but top positions in many other countries, such as number three in Great Britain, where it was also in the charts for 11 weeks and number six in Germany , where it Was in the charts for 22 weeks. The piece is also part of the soundtrack of the film Highlander .
history
The phrase “It's a kind of magic” is used in the Christopher Lambert film, which inspired Roger Taylor to write an entire song about it. In the text there are further allusions to the film: “One prize, one goal”, “no mortal man can win this day” or “there can be only one” (“there can only be one”, the subtitle of the film).
Freddie Mercury added the distinctive bass line to Taylor's piece and rearranged the song. Mercury then produced this new version with David Richards . Mercury's version came on the album, Taylor's version can be heard in the credits of the film, it was not released on phonograms until 2011, when it was released as a Highlander version on an extra EP to re-release the album.
The CD version of the album contains another version of the track as a bonus track called A Kind of “A Kind Of Magic” .
performance
The piece was often performed on the Magic Tour , Queen's last original line-up. On the later Rock the Cosmos tour Roger Taylor took over the vocals.
occupation
- Freddie Mercury : ( background ) vocals , synthesizer
- Brian May : electric guitar
- Roger Taylor : drums , percussion , drum machine , synthesizer, backing vocals
- John Deacon : Bass
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Chart position Billboard. billboard.com, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Chart position UK. officialcharts.com, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Chart position DE. officialcharts.de, accessed on September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ a b A Kind of Magic - information about the album. queenvault.com, accessed September 27, 2016 .