• Source: You Can Do Magic (song)

"You Can Do Magic" is a song by singer-songwriter Russ Ballard that was recorded as a 1982 single by folk rock duo America from their album View from the Ground.




Background


While the two band members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell only participated on the vocal track in the studio, Ballard played all the instruments, except for the drums recorded by longtime America touring drummer Willie Leacox.
The song was one of two Ballard compositions on View from the Ground, the other being "Jody". Ballard wrote both songs specifically for America at the behest of Rupert Perry, A&R vice president for Capitol Records. Ballard also produced the tracks marking a return to record production after a four-year hiatus; although Ballard had had earlier hits as a songwriter, "You Can Do Magic" was his first major hit credit as a producer.
"You Can Do Magic" proved a solid comeback vehicle for America whose last Top 40 hit—"Today's the Day"—had occurred in 1976; the second of two subsequent appearances on the Hot 100 was in 1979. "You Can Do Magic" returned America to the Top 40 in August 1982 with the track reaching No. 8 that October, and holding that position for five weeks. The popularity of "You Can Do Magic" was paralleled by the success of the parent View From the Ground album which rose to No. 41 on Billboard's listing of the top 200 albums, the first time an album by America as a duo (rather than the original trio) had appeared in that chart's upper half.
International chart placings for "You Can Do Magic" include No. 30 in Australia, No. 37 in Canada, No. 20 in Ireland, No. 27 in Italy, No. 12 in New Zealand, and No. 59 in the UK.
The success of "You Can Do Magic" led to America recording their 1983 album Your Move with Russ Ballard as producer. A re-recording of the song later appeared on the band's 1994 album, Hourglass.
In popular culture, it was used as an opening theme song to regionally-televised Baltimore Orioles games in 1982, a year before their World Series championship.




Chart performance






Music video


The music video opens up with a gloved hand throwing glitter, which then pixelates into the band performing the song, amidst a cloudy background. Some shots feature a set of hands flipping cards (referencing the classic magic trick). On 17 July 2019, the video was officially uploaded on YouTube.




Personnel


America
Gerry Beckley – lead vocals
Dewey Bunnell – vocals
Backing musicians
Russ Ballard – acoustic, electric and bass guitars, keyboards and backing vocals
Chuck Kirkpatrick - additional backing vocals, recording engineer
Willie Leacox - drums




See also


List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1982




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar lagu dalam My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• Song Ok-sook
• Indonesian Idol (musim 12)
• Goo Ha-ra
• Sandara Park
• Encanto (lagu tema)
• Ariana Grande
• The Ballad of John and Yoko
• The Beatles
• ChatGPT
• You Can Do Magic (song)
• You Can Do Magic
• Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
• Do You Want to Know a Secret
• Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
• Magic to Do
• A Kind of Magic
• 24K Magic (song)
• Song of the South