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| cover = Magic by Pilot.jpg
| cover = Magic by Pilot.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = German single cover art
| caption = German single picture sleeve
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Pilot (band)|Pilot]]
| artist = [[Pilot (Scottish band)|Pilot]]
| album = [[From the Album of the Same Name]]
| album = [[From the Album of the Same Name]]
| B-side = Just Let Me Be
| B-side = Just Let Me Be
| released = {{Start date|1974|09|20|df=y}}
| released = September 1974 <small>(UK)</small><br />April 1975 <small>(US)</small>
| recorded = 1974
| recorded = 1974, [[Abbey Road Studios]], London
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = *[[Pop rock]]
| genre =
*[[soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soft-rock-am-radio-hits-mw0000806100|title=Soft Rock: AM Radio Hits - Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=AllMusic}}</ref>
* [[Soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soft-rock-am-radio-hits-mw0000806100 |title=Soft Rock: AM Radio Hits |website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref name="Breithaupt 1996">{{cite book |title=Precious and Few – Pop Music in the Early '70s |first1=Don |last1=Breithaupt |first2=Jeff |last2=Breithaupt |date=October 15, 1996 |chapter=Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock |page=32 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] |isbn=031214704X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
*[[glam rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/shiloh_noone_za/Glam_rock.htm|title=Glam Rock|access-date=2021-05-10|publisher=Ooocities.org}}</ref>
* [[glam rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oocities.org/shiloh_noone_za/Glam_rock.htm |title=Glam Rock |access-date=2021-05-10 |publisher=Ooocities.org}}</ref>
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=03}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=03}}
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| writer =
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| writer = *[[David Paton]], Billy Lyall<ref>{{cite web|title=discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pilot-Magic/release/1339141|website=discogs.com|access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref>
* [[David Paton]]
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* Billy Lyall<ref>{{cite web |title=Pilot – Magic |url=https://www.discogs.com/Pilot-Magic/release/1339141 |website=Discogs |year=1974 |access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref>
| producer = [[Alan Parsons]]
| producer = [[Alan Parsons]]
| prev_title = Just a Smile
| prev_title = Just a Smile
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"'''Magic'''" is a 1974 song by Scottish [[pop rock]] band [[Pilot (band)|Pilot]], and was the first hit single for the group. It was written by band members [[David Paton]] and [[Billy Lyall]] for their debut album, ''[[From the Album of the Same Name]]''.
"'''Magic'''" is a 1974 song by Scottish [[pop rock]] band [[Pilot (Scottish band)|Pilot]] and was the first hit single for the group. It was written by band members [[David Paton]] and [[Billy Lyall]] for their debut album, ''[[From the Album of the Same Name]]''.


==Background==
==Background==
According to Paton, the song is inspired by the sunrise on [[Blackford Hill]] in [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRaTPFxSOYs |url-status=dead|title=- YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In a 2012 interview with Hotdisc Television, Paton also stated that at the time, his wife said she'd "never seen a daybreak," which also inspired the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Z_Pxnx37s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/O1Z_Pxnx37s |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=DAVID PATON OF PILOT INTERVIEW ON RADIO BORDERS - 6 MAY 2012 - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
According to Paton, the song is inspired by the sunrise on [[Blackford Hill]] in [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Neil |title=Edinburgh songbook: 11 of the best songs by Edinburgh bands and artists from Callum Beattie to Pilot |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/edinburgh-songbook-11-of-the-best-songs-by-edinburgh-bands-and-artists-from-callum-beattie-to-pilot-4346021 |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=Edinburgh News}}</ref> In a 2012 interview with Hotdisc Television, Paton also stated that at the time, his wife said she had "never seen a daybreak", which also inspired the song.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Z_Pxnx37s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/O1Z_Pxnx37s |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live |title=DAVID PATON OF PILOT INTERVIEW ON RADIO BORDERS - 6 MAY 2012 |website=YouTube|date=10 May 2012 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

===Pilot===
===Pilot===
*[[David Paton]]: [[Lead vocals]], [[bass guitar|Bass]]
* [[David Paton]] – lead vocals, bass, electric guitar
*[[Billy Lyall]]: [[Electronic Keyboards|Keyboards]], [[Synthesizers]], [[Piano]] and [[Backing vocals]]
* [[Billy Lyall]] – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
*[[Stuart Tosh]]: [[Drum kit|Drums]] and [[Backing vocals]]
* [[Stuart Tosh]] – drums, backing vocals


===Additional personnel===
===Additional personnel===
*[[Ian Bairnson]]: [[Gibson EDS-1275|Electric guitar]]
* [[Ian Bairnson]] – additional [[Gibson EDS-1275|electric guitar]] (uncredited)
*[[Nick Heath (producer)|Nick Heath]]: [[Backing vocals]]
*[[David Mason (trumpet player)|David Mason]]: [[Trumpet]]
*[[Richard Anthony Hewson|Richard Hewson]]: Orchestral Arrangements


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
"Magic" charted most successfully in Canada, where it topped the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart on 19 July 1975,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3989a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705140453/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3989a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12|archive-date=5 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and received a gold certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Magic&ica=False&sa=Pilot&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |title=Gold Platinum Database|access-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616190247/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Magic&ica=False&sa=Pilot&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |archive-date=16 June 2012 }}</ref> It climbed as far as number 11 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and reached number five during the summer of 1975 in the US on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].
"Magic" charted most successfully in Canada, where it topped the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart on 19 July 1975,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3989a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 |title=Top Singles – Volume 23, No. 21, July 19 1975 |work=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=22 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705140453/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3989a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 |archive-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and received a gold certification.<ref name="MC"/> It climbed as far as number&nbsp;11 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and reached number&nbsp;5 during the summer of 1975 in the US on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].
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===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Chart (1974–1975)
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|-
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!Chart (1974–75)
!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|UK|11|date=1974-11-24|access-date=28 July 2020}}
{{singlechart|UK|11|date=1974-11-24|access-date=28 July 2020}}
|-
|-
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>[Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]</ref>
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002.</ref>
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1975)
!align="left"|Chart (1975)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
!style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus75">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 79 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= 29 December 1975 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}</ref>
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus75">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 79 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= 29 December 1975 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}</ref>
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Pilot|title=Magic|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1974|certyear=1976|access-date=18 May 2023|refname=MC}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Pilot|title=Magic|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1974|certyear=1975|access-date=18 May 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


== Selena Gomez version ==
== Selena Gomez version ==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Magic
| name = Magic
| cover =
| cover =
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Selena Gomez]]
| artist = [[Selena Gomez]]
| album = [[Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)|Wizards of Waverly Place]]
| album = [[Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)|Wizards of Waverly Place]]
| released = {{Start date|2009|07|21|df=y}}
| released = {{Start date|2009|07|21|df=y}}
| recorded = 2009
| recorded = 2009
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop rock]]
| genre = [[Pop rock]]
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=49}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=49}}
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| writer = *[[Billy Lyall|William Lyall]]
| writer = * [[Billy Lyall|William Lyall]]
*[[David Paton]]
* [[David Paton]]
| producer = *[[Ted Bruner]]
| producer = * [[Ted Bruner]]
*Trey Vittetoe
* Trey Vittetoe
| prev_title = [[Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)]]
| prev_title = [[Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)]]
| prev_year = 2009
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)|Come & Get It]]
| next_title = [[Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)|Come & Get It]]
| next_year = 2013
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|f2Q_fO7fhJI|"Magic"}}
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|f2Q_fO7fhJI|"Magic"}}
}}
}}
}}
}}


Gomez's version was released as a single on 21 July 2009. It peaked at No. 61 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, at No. 80 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart, at No. 5 on the [[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]] and at No. 90 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It has sold 563,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7793086/ask-billboard-selena-gomezs-career-album-song-sales|title=Ask Billboard: Selena Gomez's Career Album & Song Sales|last=Trust|first=Gary|work=Billboard|date=14 May 2017}}</ref> [[Selena Gomez]] covered "Magic" for the [[Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the [[Disney Channel]] television series ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''; it was marked with an asterisk (*) as "'''Magic*'''" due to two other songs on the album having identical names (the other two performed by [[Meaghan Martin]] and [[Honor Society (band)|Honor Society]]). The song was featured in the television film ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie]]''. Her music video premiered on Disney Channel on 24 July 2009. The video was directed by Roman Perez.
A version by [[Selena Gomez]] was released as a single on 21 July 2009. It peaked at No.&nbsp;61 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, No.&nbsp;80 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart, No.&nbsp;5 on the [[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]] and at No.&nbsp;90 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It has sold 563,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7793086/ask-billboard-selena-gomezs-career-album-song-sales |title=Ask Billboard: Selena Gomez's Career Album & Song Sales |last=Trust |first=Gary |magazine=Billboard |date=14 May 2017}}</ref> Gomez covered "Magic" for the [[Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the [[Disney Channel]] television series ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''; it was marked with an asterisk (*) as "'''Magic*'''" due to two other songs on the album having identical names (the other two performed by [[Meaghan Martin]] and [[Honor Society (band)|Honor Society]]). The song was featured in the television film ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie]]''. The music video premiered on the Disney Channel on 24 July 2009, and was directed by Roman Perez.


===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! scope="col" | Chart (2009-2010)
|-
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! scope="col" | Chart (2009)
! scope="col" | Peak<br/>position
! scope="col" | Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Canada|80|artist=Selena Gomez|access-date=22 December 2009}}
{{single chart|Canada|80|artist=Selena Gomez|access-date=22 December 2009}}
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|-
|Guatemala ([[EFE]])<ref name= "Efe">{{Cite news |url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/cultura/2010/01/01/exitos-discograficos-semana-32860441.html|date=January 1, 2010 |title=Éxitos discográficos de la semana |publisher=La Opinión|access-date=January 9, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=January 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109080945/https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/cultura/2010/01/01/exitos-discograficos-semana-32860441.html}}</ref>
|align="center"| 8
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{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Magic|access-date=19 December 2009}}
{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Selena Gomez|song=Magic|access-date=19 December 2009}}
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===Certifications===
==Usage in other media==
{{Certification Table Top}}
The song was included in the films ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' (1996), ''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'' (2005), ''[[The Magic Roundabout (film)|The Magic Roundabout]]'' (also 2005), ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]'' (2011), ''[[The Incredible Burt Wonderstone]]'' (2013), and the video game ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]'' (2012). Television series include ''[[Fish Hooks]]'', ''[[Nutri Ventures]]''. It was also heard in a humorous deleted scene from the film ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''. It's also played on a regular basis at Tynecastle Park, when Heart of Midlothian win a game against their rivals. The song is used in the first episode of 2021's ''[[Tiger King]]: The Doc Antle Story'' when talking about Doc's use of tigers in his 70s magic shows.
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Selena Gomez|title=Magic|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|access-date=29 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

== Ozempic television advertisement ==

In 2018, pharmaceutical company [[Novo Nordisk]] began using the song in its ads for [[Ozempic]], an injectable drug originally intended for people with [[type&nbsp;2 diabetes]], but which became popular for its off-label use as a weight-loss drug. David Paton was asked to return to [[Abbey Road Studios]] to record a new version of the song, which from a vocal standpoint is little more than his singing the opening line, replacing the words "It's magic" with "Ozempic" and otherwise adding nonverbal singing.<ref name="Marks 2024">{{cite web |last=Marks |first=Craig |title=How Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit Into an Inescapable Jingle |website=The New York Times |date=9 April 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/arts/music/ozempic-jingle-oh-oh-oh-its-magic-pilot.html |access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ozempic.com/lifestyle-tips/story-behind-ozempic-song.html | title=The Ozempic® Song &#124; Ozempic® (Semaglutide) injection }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.elyrics.net/read/p/pilot-lyrics/magic-lyrics.html Lyrics of this song]
* [https://www.elyrics.net/read/p/pilot-lyrics/magic-lyrics.html Lyrics of this song]
* {{YouTube|PhIv5Hn0erg| Selena Gomez - Magic}}
* {{YouTube|PhIv5Hn0erg|Selena Gomez – Magic}}
* {{YouTube|h6o38MN8yqE|Pilot - Magic}}
* {{YouTube|h6o38MN8yqE|Magic (2003 Remaster)}}


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[[Category:2009 singles]]
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Latest revision as of 08:55, 22 November 2024

"Magic"
German single picture sleeve
Single by Pilot
from the album From the Album of the Same Name
B-side"Just Let Me Be"
ReleasedSeptember 1974 (UK)
April 1975 (US)
Recorded1974, Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Length3:03
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alan Parsons
Pilot singles chronology
"Just a Smile"
(1974) 		"Magic"
(1974) 		"January"
(1975)

"Magic" is a 1974 song by Scottish pop rock band Pilot and was the first hit single for the group. It was written by band members David Paton and Billy Lyall for their debut album, From the Album of the Same Name.

Background

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According to Paton, the song is inspired by the sunrise on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh.[5] In a 2012 interview with Hotdisc Television, Paton also stated that at the time, his wife said she had "never seen a daybreak", which also inspired the song.[6]

Personnel

[edit]

Pilot

[edit]

Additional personnel

[edit]

Chart performance

[edit]

"Magic" charted most successfully in Canada, where it topped the RPM national singles chart on 19 July 1975,[7] and received a gold certification.[8] It climbed as far as number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 5 during the summer of 1975 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100.

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Selena Gomez version

[edit]
"Magic"
Single by Selena Gomez
from the album Wizards of Waverly Place
Released21 July 2009 (2009-07-21)
Recorded2009
GenrePop rock
Length2:49
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Selena Gomez singles chronology
"Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)"
(2009) 		"Magic"
(2009) 		"Come & Get It"
(2013)
Music video
"Magic" on YouTube

A version by Selena Gomez was released as a single on 21 July 2009. It peaked at No. 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, No. 80 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, No. 5 on the Norwegian Singles Chart and at No. 90 on the UK Singles Chart. It has sold 563,000 copies in the United States.[23] Gomez covered "Magic" for the soundtrack of the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place; it was marked with an asterisk (*) as "Magic*" due to two other songs on the album having identical names (the other two performed by Meaghan Martin and Honor Society). The song was featured in the television film Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. The music video premiered on the Disney Channel on 24 July 2009, and was directed by Roman Perez.

Charts

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Chart (2009-2010) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24] 80
Guatemala (EFE)[25] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[26] 5
Scotland (OCC)[27] 72
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 90
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 61

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[30] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Ozempic television advertisement

[edit]

In 2018, pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk began using the song in its ads for Ozempic, an injectable drug originally intended for people with type 2 diabetes, but which became popular for its off-label use as a weight-loss drug. David Paton was asked to return to Abbey Road Studios to record a new version of the song, which from a vocal standpoint is little more than his singing the opening line, replacing the words "It's magic" with "Ozempic" and otherwise adding nonverbal singing.[31][32]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Soft Rock: AM Radio Hits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). "Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock". Precious and Few – Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 32. ISBN 031214704X.
  3. ^ "Glam Rock". Ooocities.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Pilot – Magic". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ Johnstone, Neil. "Edinburgh songbook: 11 of the best songs by Edinburgh bands and artists from Callum Beattie to Pilot". Edinburgh News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. ^ "DAVID PATON OF PILOT INTERVIEW ON RADIO BORDERS - 6 MAY 2012". YouTube. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Singles – Volume 23, No. 21, July 19 1975". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Canadian single certifications – Pilot – Magic". Music Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  10. ^ "RPM - Library and Archives Canada - RPM - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de.
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Magic". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  13. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Pilot - Magic". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  16. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002.
  17. ^ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1975". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  18. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  19. ^ "Top Singles – Volume 24, No. 14, December 27, 1975". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  20. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". musicoutfitters.com.
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