Magic

Name: Magic
Duration: 3 min 57 s

~ Recording by The Cars

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (made in Switzerland)	1984-03-13 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (target label, made in West Germany)	1984-03-13 US 1984 XE 1984 DE 1984 GB
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984-03-13 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (made in Japan)	1984-06-19 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984-07-01 GB
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (Manufactured by Warner Music Australasia)	1984 AU
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984 CA
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984 XE
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	1984 DE
1.1	Magic	3:58	The Cars	Magic / I Refuse	1984 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (BMG club release)	1985-10-01 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985-10-25 DE
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985-12-17 XE
1.11	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 DE
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (off-center made in USA)	1985 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.11	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 GB
1.11	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 FR
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (Manufactured by CTP)	1985 ZA
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (Manufactured by CDT)	1985 ZA
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1985 US
2.2	Magic	3:56	The Cars	Elvira’s Hallowen Party (Elvira's Haunted Halloween)	1987 US
2.11	Magic	4:01	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995-11-07 CA
2.11	Magic	4:01	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995-11-07 US
2.11	Magic	4:01	The Cars	Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology	1995 XE
1.6	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Rock On: 1984	1996-05-21 US
1.10	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Only Rock ’n’ Roll 1980-1984 #1 Radio Hits	1996-07-09 US
1.2	Magic	3:57	The Cars	I Love Rock & Roll, Volume Four: Hits of the 80’s	1996-10-24 US
1.5	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Rock the Planet: 80's Lite Rock	1997-08-05 US
1.2	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Sounds of the Eighties: 1984-1985	1997 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1998 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	1998 US
1.3	Magic	3:58	The Cars	Shake It Up and Other Hits	2001-06-19 US
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Generation ’80s	2001 US
1.16	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 US
1.16	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 US
1.16	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 XW
1.16	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002-02-19 XW
1.9	Magic	3:59	The Cars	The Definitive	2002-04-26 XE
1.16	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)	2002 US
1.16	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2002 CA
1.9	Magic	3:59	The Cars	The Definitive	2002 TH
1.16	Magic	4:00	The Cars	The Very Best of The Cars	2002 US
1.4	Magic	3:59	The Cars	TM Century: GoldDisc 126	2002 US
1.16	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Complete Greatest Hits	2004-01-13 XW
1.6	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Essentials	2005-10-04 CA
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2006-11-22 JP
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2006-11-22 JP
1.16	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Very Best of The Cars (international)	2006-12-18 AF 2006-12-18 AL (show 196 more) 2006-12-18 ZW
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2008-08-01 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2008-12-16 XW
1.6	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Classic Tracks	2008 US
3.3	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Greatest Hits & More	2008 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City / The Cars	2008 ZA
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City / The Cars	2008 XE 2008 GB
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2009-01-15 AM 2009-01-15 AU (show 165 more) 2020-04-21 ZM
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2009-02-10 US
5.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Original Album Series	2010-03-01 XE
1.3	Magic = マジック	3:57	The Cars = カーズ	Heartbeat City = ハートビート・シティ	2012-03-07 JP
5.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Studio Album Collection: 1978–1987	2014 US
5.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Elektra Years: 1978–1987	2016-03-11 US
5.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Elektra Years: 1978–1987	2016-03-11 DZ 2016-03-11 AO (show 145 more) 2016-03-11 ZW
5.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Elektra Years: 1978–1987	2016-03-11 AL 2016-03-11 DZ (show 136 more) 2020-07-14 XK
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (Remastered on 180g "High Definition" vinyl)	2016-06-27 US
2.3	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2016 US
1.3	Magic	3:59	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2016 US
1.5	Magic	3:58	The Cars	80s Arena Rock Classics	2017-04-01 CA 2017-04-01 MX 2017-04-01 US
1.15	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Smash Hits Strange 80s	2017-10-20 GB
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (reissue)	2017-11-30 JP
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (expanded edition)	2018-03-30 XW
1.3	Magic (remastered)	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (expanded)	2018-03-30 XW
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (expanded edition)	2018-03-30 US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2018-03-30 XE
1.4	Magic	3:58	The Cars	80s Rock	2018-08-07 AF 2018-08-07 AL (show 201 more) 2018-08-07 ZW
1.2	Magic	3:57	The Cars	I Wanna Rock: 1984 Rock	2018-08-07 AF 2018-08-07 AL (show 194 more) 2018-08-07 ZW
1.12	Magic	4:00	The Cars	Rock Mix 80s	2020-03-13 AF 2020-03-13 AL (show 206 more) 2020-03-13 ZW
1.14	Magic	4:00	The Cars	US Rock Hits of the 1980s	2020-03-13 AU 2020-03-13 CA (show 3 more) 2020-03-13 US
1.23	Magic	4:00	The Cars	80’s Rock Anthems	2020-12-04 US
1.28	Magic	3:58	The Cars	Middle of the Road – Rock Classics	2021-03-26 XW
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2025-10-31 -
5.3	Magic	?:??	The Cars	Heartbeat City	2025-10-31 -
1.12	Magic	3:58	The Cars	Greatest Hits
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (Manufactured by Columbia House)	- US
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City	- CA
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits (Manufactured by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf)	- XE
1.12	Magic	3:57	The Cars	The Cars Greatest Hits	- CA
Promotion
1.3	Magic	3:57	The Cars	Heartbeat City (Allied Pressing)	1984 US

Relationships

recording engineer:	Nigel Green
producer:	The Cars Robert John “Mutt” Lange
mixer:	Mike Shipley
bass:	Benjamin Orr
drums (drum set):	David Robinson
guitar:	Elliot Easton Ric Ocasek
keyboard:	Greg Hawkes
vocals:	Elliot Easton Greg Hawkes Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr
performer:	Robert John “Mutt” Lange

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Elektra/Asylum Records (in 1984) WEA International Inc. (in 1984)

recorded at:	Battery Studios in London, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:	Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States

recording of:	Magic

Magic

publisher:	Ric Ocasek (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:	Ric Ocasek

publisher:	Lido Music, Inc.

referred to in medleys:	My Best Friend's Magic Girlfriend

Magic

Genres: rock, new wave, pop, pop rock, classic rock

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Magic

Magic

Genres: rock, new wave, pop, pop rock, classic rock

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