"Magic" is a popular

Pop music

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 song

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 from 1974, and was the first hit single for the Scottish

Scotland

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 band

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 Pilot

Pilot (band)

Pilot was a pop rock musical group, formed during 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by the former Bay City Rollers members, David Paton and Billy Lyall.-Career:...

. It was written by Pilot's Dave Paton.

It charted most successfully in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, where it reached #1, topping the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

 national singles chart on July 19, 1975, and received a gold certification. It climbed as far as #11 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 and reached #5 during the summer of 1975 in the United States

United States

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 on the Billboard Hot 100

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. The song was included on Pilot's debut album.

Use in fiction

"Magic" is heard twice during Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds for Universal Studios. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a talent for golf. The screenplay was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy...

, a 1996 comedy film starring Adam Sandler

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; the first time being early in the film and the second time playing during the end credits. It is also featured in the 2005 films, Herbie: Fully Loaded

Herbie: Fully Loaded

Herbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Angela Robinson and produced by Robert Simonds for Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Lindsay Lohan as the youngest member of an automobile-racing family, Michael Keaton as her father, Matt Dillon as a competing racer, Breckin Meyer as...

and The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout (film)

The Magic Roundabout, , is a 2005 British computer-animated film based on the television series of the same name...

, the 2007 movie Magicians

Magicians (film)

Magicians is a 2007 British comedy film released on 18 May 2007. It stars comic duo Robert Webb and David Mitchell as stage magicians Karl and Harry respectively. The two magicians compete together in a magic competition, despite their personal differences...

, All's Faire In Love

All's Faire in Love

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, a 2009 comedy film starring Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

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 (opening credits) and the fourth episode of the television series Extras

Extras (TV series)

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. Additionally, an episode of Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations...

was entitled "Oh Oh Oh... It's Magic", after the song's memorable refrain. In 2009, Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...

 sang it for the Disney Channel Original Movie, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

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. It is also featured in the film adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a 2011 comedy film based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name. The film stars Zachary Gordon and Devon Bostick. Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Peyton List also have prominent roles...

, during the introduction of Peyton Lists character, Holly Hills.

Covers

Magic was covered by Sally Boyden on her 1976 album The Littlest Australian. The song was sampled by Girl Talk

Girl Talk (musician)

Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....

 on his 2006 release Night Ripper on the track "Summer Smoke". The song is also heavily sampled in a song titled "It's Magic" by rap artist J.R. Writer. It was then sampled again by rapper Flo Rida

Flo Rida

Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from...

 in 2009. The song was also covered by Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...

 in the 2009 Wizards of Waverly Place soundtrack

Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)

- Bonus content :Bonus content for the physical CD for Wizards of Waverly Place includes exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with Gomez and also the new music video for "Magic".-International Release:...

, reaching number #61 in the US. The alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...

 has been known to sometimes close live shows by playing the song as part of a medley.. It's has also been covered by Patrick Juvet

Patrick Juvet

Patrick Juvet is a former model turned singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in France...

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Use in advertising

The song featured in a Pillsbury Company commercial in 2007.
Pilot's version is heard in a 2010

2010 in television

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 TV commercial for Chase

Chase (bank)

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