Me Wise Magic

"Me Wise Magic"
Single by Van Halen
from the album Best of Volume I
Released	October 22, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	6:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen
Producer	Glen Ballard
Van Halen singles chronology
"Humans Being" (1996) "Me Wise Magic" (1996) "Can't Get This Stuff No More" (1997)

"Me Wise Magic" is a song by Van Halen that first appeared on the compilation album Best of Volume I. It was recorded in 1996 during the band's brief reunion with original vocalist David Lee Roth along with another new track, "Can't Get This Stuff No More". The song reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for six weeks. It was the group's third #1 hit with Roth, and twelfth overall. A promo CD of "Me Wise Magic" distributed to radio stations prior to the release of Best of Volume I features a Buddha 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 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 guitar or modified Peavey Wolfgang signature model with a TransTrem tremolo system.

Preceded by "Test for Echo" by Rush

Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single October 26, 1996 – November 30, 1996

Succeeded by "Hero of the Day" by Metallica