Magic (Pilot song)

"Magic"
"Magic"
Promotional single by Selena Gomez
from the album Wizards of Waverly Place
Released	July 21, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:49
Label	Walt Disney
Songwriter(s)	William Lyall; David Paton;
Producer(s)	Ted Bruner; Trey Vittetoe;
Music video
	"Magic" on YouTube

"Magic"
"Magic"
	German single picture sleeve
Single by Pilot
from the album From the Album of the Same Name
B-side	"Just Let Me Be"
Released	September 1974 (UK); April 1975 (US)
Recorded	1974, Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Soft rock; glam rock;
Length	3:03
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	David Paton; Billy Lyall;
Producer(s)	Alan Parsons
Pilot singles chronology

"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

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

Pilot

David Paton – lead vocals, bass, electric guitar
Billy Lyall – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
Stuart Tosh – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Ian Bairnson – additional electric guitar (uncredited)

Chart performance

"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.

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[9]	12
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[10]	1
Germany^[11]	39
Ireland (IRMA)^[12]	6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[13]	8
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[14]	11
UK Singles (OCC)^[15]	11
US Billboard Hot 100^[16]	5
US Cash Box Top 100^[17]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[18]	61
Canada^[19]	16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[20]	89
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[21]	32

Certifications


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

The cover version by Selena Gomez was released on July 22, 2009 as part of the Radio Disney iTunes Pass, serving as a promotional single for the soundtrack of the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place.^[23] It debuted and peaked at no. 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with 42,000 downloads.^[24] It also peaked at 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.^[25] The song was featured in the television film Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. The music video premiered on the Disney Channel on July 24, 2009, and was directed by Roman Perez.

Charts

Chart (2009-2010)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[26]	80
Guatemala (EFE)^[27]	8
Norway (VG-lista)^[28]	5
Scotland (OCC)^[29]	72
UK Singles (OCC)^[30]	90
US Billboard Hot 100^[31]	61

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[32]	Gold	500,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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 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.^[33]^[34]

References

^ "Soft Rock: AM Radio Hits". AllMusic.
^ 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.
^ "Glam Rock". Ooocities.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Pilot – Magic". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ 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.
^ "DAVID PATON OF PILOT INTERVIEW ON RADIO BORDERS - 6 MAY 2012". YouTube. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Canadian single certifications – Pilot – Magic". Music Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Magic". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Pilot - Magic". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002.
^ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1975". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
^ "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.
^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". musicoutfitters.com.
^ "American single certifications – Pilot – Magic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ "Radio Disney iTunes Pass". Apple (iTunes Store). Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
^ Ben-Yehuda, Ayala & Trust, Gary (13 August 2009). "Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz Tie Records on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ Trust, Gary (14 May 2017). "Ask Billboard: Selena Gomez's Career Album & Song Sales". Billboard.
^ "Selena Gomez Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
^ "Éxitos discográficos de la semana". La Opinión. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Selena Gomez – Magic". VG-lista. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Selena Gomez Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "American single certifications – Selena Gomez – Magic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ Marks, Craig (9 April 2024). "How Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit Into an Inescapable Jingle". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
^ "The Ozempic® Song | Ozempic® (Semaglutide) injection".

External links

[1] "Soft Rock: AM Radio Hits". AllMusic.

[Breithaupt_1996-2] 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.

[MC-8] "Canadian single certifications – Pilot – Magic". Music Canada. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[australian-charts1-9] 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.

[sc_Ireland2_-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.

[sc_UK_-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.

[aus75-18] "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.

[United_StatesPilotMagicsingleCertRef-22] "American single certifications – Pilot – Magic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[RDiP-23] "Radio Disney iTunes Pass". Apple (iTunes Store). Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.

[24] Ben-Yehuda, Ayala & Trust, Gary (13 August 2009). "Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz Tie Records on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[25] Trust, Gary (14 May 2017). "Ask Billboard: Selena Gomez's Career Album & Song Sales". Billboard.

[sc_Canada_Selena_Gomez-26] "Selena Gomez Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2009.

[Efe-27] "Éxitos discográficos de la semana". La Opinión. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[sc_Norway_Selena_Gomez-28] "Selena Gomez – Magic". VG-lista. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[sc_Scotland_-29] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[xyzzy-30] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Selena_Gomez-31] "Selena Gomez Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[United_StatesSelena_GomezMagicsingleCertRef-32] "American single certifications – Selena Gomez – Magic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[Marks_2024-33] Marks, Craig (9 April 2024). "How Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit Into an Inescapable Jingle". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[34] "The Ozempic® Song | Ozempic® (Semaglutide) injection".

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v t e Pilot
David Paton Billy Lyall Ian Bairnson Stuart Tosh
Studio albums	From the Album of the Same Name
Singles	"Magic" "January" "Just a Smile"
Related articles	Bay City Rollers Alan Parsons

v t e Selena Gomez
Awards and nominations Discography Live performances Songs Videography
Studio albums	Stars Dance Revival Rare I Said I Love You First
Compilation albums	For You
EPs	Another Cinderella Story EP Revelación
Singles	"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" "Come & Get It" "Slow Down" "The Heart Wants What It Wants" "Good for You" "Same Old Love" "Hands to Myself" "Kill Em with Kindness" "It Ain't Me" "Bad Liar" "Fetish" "Wolves" "Back to You" "I Can't Get Enough" "Lose You to Love Me" "Rare" "Boyfriend" "Past Life" (remix) "Ice Cream" "Baila Conmigo" "Selfish Love" "999" "Let Somebody Go" "Calm Down" (remix) "My Mind & Me" "Single Soon" "Love On" "Call Me When You Break Up" "Ojos Tristes" "Sunset Blvd"
Featured singles	"I Want You to Know" "We Don't Talk Anymore" "Trust Nobody" "Taki Taki" "Anxiety"
Promotional singles	"Whoa Oh!" (remix) "Magic" "Shake It Up" "Me & the Rhythm" "Look at Her Now" "Feel Me" "De Una Vez" "Scared of Loving You" "Younger and Hotter Than Me"
Charity singles	"Send It On" "Hands"
Other songs	"Birthday" "Sober" "Only You" "Dance Again" "Vulnerable" "People You Know" "Dámelo To'"
Concert tours	Stars Dance Tour Revival Tour
Related	July Moon Productions Rare Beauty Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me Selena + Chef
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"Magic"
Promotional single by Selena Gomez
from the album Wizards of Waverly Place
Released	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:49
Label	Walt Disney
Songwriter(s)	William Lyall David Paton
Producer(s)	Ted Bruner Trey Vittetoe

Music video
"Magic" on YouTube