- Strange Magic
Infobox Single
Name = Strange Magic
Artist =Electric Light Orchestra
from Album = Face the Music
B-side = "Showdown (live)" (UK),
"New World Rising" (US)
Released = 1976
Format =7"
Recorded = 1975 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre =Art rock ,pop rock
Length = 4:29, (Album cut):
4:02, (UK single)
3:20, (US single edit)
Label =Jet Records
Writer =Jeff Lynne
Producer =Jeff Lynne
Certification =
Chart position = * #14
* #38Last single = "Evil Woman"
(1976)
This single = "Strange Magic"
(1976)
Next single = "Nightrider"
(1976)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Flashback
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Illusions in G Major "
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Strange Magic"
track_no = 9
next_track = "Eldorado Overture "
next_no = 10"For the
greatest hits collection of the same name, see .""Strange Magic" is a song written and performed by the
Electric Light Orchestra . It can be found on the1975 "Face the Music" LP. It was then released as a single in1976 . The single was edited in the USA, whereas in the UK the song appeared as the album cut minus the orchestral intro. The US single edit can be found on the remastered "Face the Music" released in September 2006 . The song was also included on the band's 1978ELO EP . A remastered version was included on the box set Flashback in2000 . The 'weeping' guitar lick was provided byRichard Tandy .The song appears in the film The Virgin Suicides featuring the song in the homecoming dance scene but is not on the soundtrack album.
Part of this song, sung by
Darren Hayes , was featured on the FilmElla Enchanted , but only the chorus that sings "Strange Magic" is heard when dealing with the lyrics.The song is being performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical "Xanadu".
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