"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.
Pilot were a Scottish rock group, formed in 1973 in Edinburgh by David Paton and Billy Lyall. They are best known for their songs "January", "Magic", "Just A Smile" and "Call Me Round".
Both Paton and Lyall had briefly been substitute members of the Bay City Rollers before that band's breakthrough. Joined by drummer Stuart Tosh, the band recorded several demos during 1972 and 1974. They were signed to a management contract with Nick Heath and Tim Heath, sons of British bandleader Ted Heath, and John Cavanagh. In due course they signed to a worldwide recording deal with EMI Records. After the recording of their debut album, From the Album of the Same Name, guitarist Ian Bairnson (who had played on the album as a session musician) joined the band permanently.
The 1974 single "Magic" from their first album, produced by Alan Parsons and written by Lyall and Paton, was a No. 11 UK and No. 5 US success. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in August 1975.
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Broadcast date: 31 January 1975
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AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
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Released in 1974 - It's still magic in 2023 !
eh not really
Indeed.....💖💖💖
It’s now Ozempic
I know this song only thanks to my parents and it will always remind me of them many years from now. Great song, great band, very distinctive voice of David Paton. No surprise he was an Alan Parsons Project singer too!
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Danced with a girl at a new years party to this , 46 years later were still together and it’s still magic
Great songs great days great bands i want to go back and stay there
Wow, that is such a great story! Happy Anniversary all of these years later!😊
Congratulations :)
Amazing!💜
W
To be a child of the 70's. Glorious!!
message for future generations never let this song to die.
Being young in the 70's was a true blessing
I believe ya
@@Imani_AM Being 53 now in 2019 is true aging lol
5XChamps2 , we were the last generation to have a wonderful childhood I have many fond memories of my teenage years growing up at the beautiful beaches here in OC, CA
Yes it was.....Magic
Remember when pop songs could have double-necked guitars? Pop "stars" today only need a computer and choreographed dance moves and be willing to walk around in their underwear.
The most magical la la la song ever written.
Almost correct..The most magical song ever written.
@@mercian7 ?
There's other songs that have la la la la la in them.
I like your funny words magic man
@@marcoantino2920 misspelled, but I know Kennedy too
The 70's were Magic...Being young and never knowing you weren't rich but had everything..A record player, 16oz. of coke and Hershey with Almonds...The Magic is the blissfullness of Youth....
Always appreciate the simple things in life. It makes life better imo.
70s were GREAT BUT...the 80s were FANFREAKINGTASIC! I lived thru them both in my teens and 20s GREATNESS!
I was a tween in the 70’s, my favourite decade. I love this song and brings back a childhood of laughter and freedom. Best song ever, brings tears of joy and remembrance to my heart. Thank you Pilot
We didn't appreciate how free we were!
@@misharyutubbeeexactly 💯 👏 🙌 👌
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E de repente o tempo passou em um piscar de olhos e quando escutamos está música boas lembranças voltam com muitas saudades..
I long for the freshness and innocence of these songs.
Me too! Life was so much simpler in the 70's.
We all do. No one likes these times, but no one does anything to change things as I do.
never again on this plain. . .
they looked stoned to me. hahaha
That love based in humility is what you’re feeling
If you were young in the 70’s and then lived your high school and college years in the 80’s you are blessed beyond measure. Those who did just know 💯
👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
It absolutely was the best time it was to be young!
@@sgpearlman amen!
Very true my friend 👌😀
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How many of my Boomer brother's and sister's are still loving this great music in 2023?
I'm not quite a Boomer, but have good memories of this song as a kid in the 70's.
Boomer is our word but you can say Booma
Me!! 1963 Boomer! My youth listening to this on the classic rock station before it was a classic tune.
@@TraceyPruitt 1964 here.
Everytime the Ozempic commercial comes on, this song is in my head & I start singing the correct lyrics...I love it!!
64year old wishing i could go back in time.
Man I'm only 31 and have the same desire
I,m 50 old. I want to go back too!
55 here. I wanna go back to the 70's & 80's.
WOAH hello grandparents! 😊 Im 15 and i heard this song like 8 years ago
I better enjoy my life im 11 rn
A good tune never gets old. Takes me back to my childhood.
Yessir
Me too buddy. 4 years old swinging on a swing, singing it out loud! Keep it real.
@@steven92392 o
proud to be a baby boomer🤪🤓🤪🤪🤪🤪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I was 10 and it's pathetic how they ruined this song 🤦
I came to this song because of a commercial I've been seeing and I wanted to reminisce about the good old days. Thank you!
RIP Ian. Playing those melodic lead guitar lines on the 12-string was inspired and highly influential. You were a gifted musician and a good man. We will always love you. Rest in power, my friend.
Also to Bill Lyal who was the keyboardist, singer and flautist that sadly died on the age of 36 on 1989 on the VIH epidemic of his time, it’s sad to see that people with potential leaves us before they do all his work, RIP Ian and Bill 😢
@@El_kirby_espannol Billy Lyall was a talented musician, but he made terrible life choices that ultimately cost him his life.
@@oprahwinfrey2967 Yeah, that’s why they recommended to put a condom on your willy before you have intimacy with each other, but at least is not like Tam Paton at least tell that he did…
This song and "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO are absolute classics to lift your spirits. They never fail.
Yesss the most beautiful upbeat songs ever written and performed 🥹❤️🔥
This song does remind me of the Move to be fair. Especially in the verse.
I suspect that the people behind the movie remake of The Magic Roundabout had the same opinion!
Mr. Blue Sky!
Here come the sun también
Some songs are timeless. I can't imagine this song ever not sounding amazing.
Some song eh?
well some songs have this magic!
In medieval Europe, all the singers would have been burned for witchcraft. Magic hasn’t always been the best subject for a song.
same
Exactly! Talking right! certainly contemporary
The hair - The clothes - The music - The 70s rocked!
The '80s were much better..
Greatest song on the planet first listened to this on the radio when I was 4 in 1974, can't believe I remember this song for long
I was 14. Magical song!
I was just 5. Listened it first from Herbie movie, around 2004, time flies
me too!
hey I was also 4 in 1974 such a happy time in my childhood!!
WDRQ , in Detroit, for me....😊
70's BABY "you know it's magic" listening in 2021..
Absolutely!
Hi
@@oligod7494 It's magic you know :D
im here from 1970 still young
It's magic which I can't stop to play again and again to watch it....ooh..oo..ooo it's magic....
This song just makes me happy. It always has and still does in 2021.
right
Because it's "Magic".
The magic never ends love this song 🎵❤
as when it was 1st on radio (radio, imagine)
Yes 😅
My stepfather always called me Magic because of this song. He was and still is a Great Man. But is now fading away with parkinsons. I love you Dad.
This song gives me goosebumps. Its magic :-)
This song can really make every heart sing... oh, ho, ho, it's MAGIC!!! 🎶💖🎶
i agree with you.
The commercial Ozempic got it's tune from this song. O O O Ozempic.....
@@eyemnew2991 What kind of company is this Ozempic?
@@Tony_Baloney_69420 Every time I hear the commercial sing that jingle, it reminds me of that song
@@eyemnew2991 Ozempic = 💩
Parents when they can't be bothered to explain something to their children:
Wow, someone with the same nickname (presumably).
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Accurate
I'm not afraid of you! I'm afraid of you!
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Simi Valley sitting in the school yard after school on the black asphalt at Berylwood listening on a transistor radio this song in 1974 . It just made an such impression on me at 11 years old!
Goodness this song is so timeless 😍
CLASSIC NOSTALGIC ICONIC LEGENDARY ❤ 🔥 ❤ 🔥
The lead singers voice is magical!!
also easy on the eyes!!
oh oh oh its magic
Agreed on both counts lovely voice and adorable
Also handsome xD
@@thosg1750 The drummer Stuart Tosh gave me dreams of naughty things. LOLOLOL
Camping in the 70’s. Miss you dad... I’ll never forget
We were all a bit camp in the seventies
My dad bought a 1969 Cox pop up camper. We camped all over the north east United States. Such great memories.
It’s still magic in 2024!!!!❤❤
Such a happy priceless song!!!
1974, going to disney world with a school group, this was on the radio all day.
darkstar861 a lovely memory
the seventies pure music pure summers
Disney is a satanic business .
Great times great band great music what more could anyone wish for
In '75 you dope
The 1970’s. Best decade for music and really just life in general.
Never fails to give me a lift 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤓
I hear you brother 👍
Well said, as soon as I hear it I smile, I was a kid aged 11 when this came out and loved it then.
Yes, this song does that for me too!
I’m 20. But I grew up on music like this. In fact, this song was one of my favorites when I was a kid 😅 My mom would always play it on the stereo we had in our house and I would listen to it on repeat. Good times!
This song is joyous...yet it brings a tear to my eye..i miss childhood..😭
I miss it to i just wish i could go back
@@sueblackwood6843 I'm ready when you are..😁🎈
Yes
Take me with you guys if you find a way to go back.
vivandav67 Yes I agree! Time has went too fast
I can listen to 70s tunes all day, every day.
Me too, it's real music, not like the junk they record and play nowadays.
Same here brother.. music for last 25 years has been gawd awful..
FERNADES BRUNOOOOO
Jill Lawson Im a Pisces born to like music starting with Partridge Family TV Show. Rolling Stones played in Buffalo, NY 6 times Led Zeppelin 2 times, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Aerosmith, The Who, The Clash, Doobie Brothers, the producers even got Allman Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was cool almost every band opened saying HELLO BUFFALO. To bad they couldn't get David Cassidy. This was at Buffalo Bills Stadium 75,000 fans. I wonder if Im living in the past still listening to these songs. Im 58 & still have my IRISH Freckels on my face. I didn't want to go to grade school my entire face was covered with Freckels, or as the IRISH say ANGEL KISSES.
@@sundancekidd1387 Hear Hear
This reminds me of waking up at my grandma's house ❣️ she would turn up the music when breakfest was ready....I really miss her ♥️♥️♥️
This’s such an excellent song. It’s so calm, & it rocks at the same time.
Talk about criminally underrated.
I was a 10 year old girl running around my Neighbourhood on sunny summer days when this came out. Sunny happy times!!!
I was 9. It was a good time to be alive.
i was eleven
I was too. I remember it came out during the summer . Great song!
Yeap I was 11 ohhh how time flys, miss being young with no worries🤔😁🤗
I was 10 in North East England.
I was 17 dance with my high school football player. Now he's my husband for 50 yrs now he's in heaven but beautiful 📝 I love u baby
The Oh oh oh it’s magic is what inspired the oh oh oh ozempic in the Ozempic commercials
Yes it was great being young in the 70's and listening to tunes like this.
2021? This songs legend.
Y
Yes 🙌
Yes
RIP Ian Bairnson
I'm only 16 years old but i enjoy the 60s 70s and 80s music so much...i wish i was born earlier❤🎶🔥
I can actually understand wanting to live in a different era I like the 1920s and 30s thanks to my grandmother's wind-up phonograph I often wish I was from that area but I wouldn't exist right now if I hadn't been I actually take your desire is really high compliment I hope you have a splendid day and a wonderful life
One of the best "feel good" songs of the 70's!
I was 14 in 1974...and this is the soundtrack to that wonderful summer....first time I ever kissed a girl--thank-you Barbara S--and this song seemed to always be on at the perfect moment...esp on vacation at the Jersey shore....on WABC and WNBC radio.....just the best times.
Couldn't agree more!!! I was 14 in 1974 as well and that summer was fantastic....this song really did have perfect timing, my first boyfriend and also my first kiss...thank you very much David H.!!It's amazing how music can really make you time travel and those memories are so sweet!!!
The ozempic medication commercial caught the attention of my 3 year grandson. So I played “it’s magic” for him and he’s diggin’ it.
Hope the group gets royalties for that Ozempic ad in the USA
My son takes ozempic and has seen the commercial, so of course I had to play this for him.
It is so great how they pick up on great music at such a young age; hope you record plenty of videos of him dancing; I'm sure he's adorable!
don't take this medication...just don't its dangerous.
The singing in the Ozempic commercial is not as good as that in the original song.
1967 Kid in the 70 s remember these vintage songs playing on 📻 Geez im getting old
I remember in the 70s on Saturdays I would come down for for breakfast & my wonderful mum would have the radio on & this was permanently playing . Loved those times & loved my mum
Wonderful times, it was great to be alive.
If you love your Mum like I do, then no doubt you're a decent bloke!! All the best, David.
@@barneyronnie you love his mum?🤔
@@affectionatepunch I guess you're not a Native English speaker🤷♀️... By the way, how is your Mum? I pray that she's well!
The lead singer: what a delightfully beautiful creature!
Great candidate for a trans
@@yeahsure8323 You jealous asshole, ha!
@@littlemissblackdress7587 Jealousy maybe or maybe Yeah Sure meant no insult and knows nothing is wrong with going trans if one wishes to do so.
I agree. He had a mesmerising smile. ❤
This is the band I should have listened to all my life! 🤗 ❤️ 🙏 😇
Great song always….
These 70s bands always have such a great sound!
It was a great time for music.
@Griffith Williams love to return to 1975, a be a 20 yr old United States Marine again.
USMC 73-77 It sure was. I like 1977-85 a lot
@@mv9787 my 4 yrs in the Marine Corps 73-77 was a great time. I listened to a lot of music then, mainly to stay out of trouble, and stay away from the bars.
It's called singing with real emotion.
I always think of the 70s when I hear this song. It just captures the feeling we had then. Riding our bikes bikes with banana seats with this sing playing out of our transistor radios while we rode. Classic 70s song.
We were truly fortunate
totally !
Schwinn apple crate or lemon crate. Stick shift and springy shocks on the front handlebars and slick rear "drag slicks."
The 70's had to have been the most eclectic period in music. So many styles of music were played or created during this decade. We were blessed to be young and free to enjoy the music.
You just described my then 10 year old life during summer vacation biking to the beach. My yellow Phillip's transitory radio was taped to my handlebars and went everywhere I did!
Loved this song when it came out in the 70s. Still love it in 2023! 😊❤
Memories 😊.. where did the time go!!
Every time this song came on the radio my dad called me into the room or outside to listen, he knew it would bring a smile to my face and I’d start singing and dancing. I was like 5 or 6 it was one of my favorites when I was younger
what a sweet memory ❤
When ever you are down listen to this song. Life is magic. Never forget that.
True story
Nice comment and very true
Thany you.....🤙🤙🤙🤙😊😁😊👍👍👍💛 God bless
Thank you Rob.
Yes indeed...Corona Schmorona...how could life not be magic when there's Ozempic!
70's is the best decade in the rock music.
and the 80's ahhhh
David Kepesi Buffalo, NY in 70s early 80s had 10 years of concerts 4 every summer at Bills Stadium. Rolling Stones played here 6 times. Big Bummer Led Zeppelin cancelled 2 times 1977 & 1981 Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Bad Company, Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd came to Buffalo. They even had Country singer LeAnn Rimes. The crowd loved it when Alice Cooper said HELLO BUFFALO. Hate to say this about the City I live in. Buffalo is jinxed never had Championship in sports, we still get 10 feet of snow every winter from Lake Erie. Bars are open till 4am. Buffalo has a lot of IRISH Familys here. Always WHITE CHRISTMAS IN BUFFALO
In my opinion it’s the 60s
The '60s were better, but, certain '70s'' song are very good.
And it's not even close.
R.I.P., Ian Bairnson 🙏
One of the Best Songs Ever l think 👏❤️
One of the best pop tunes ever. David Paton so underrated
Take me back to the 70's... 2020 SUCKS!!!
Yeah we always want the 70s back so the band can be young again
What if we bring the 70s to 2020 (that is if the pandemic is over)
@@manuelmedina7594 oh yeah that would sound amazing
Covid-19 & Trump 🤮🤧😷
Yeah...most all contemporary music sucks so hard I can't believe it has come to this...and then Covid like a cherry on top. Oh my.
God, I miss the 70s
I was a teen in the 1970s. The best of times.
Time flies by very quickly..... Oh, ho, ho, it's magic, you know Never believe it's not so It's magic, you know Never believe it's not so Never been awake Never seen a day break Leaning on my pillow in the morning Lazy day in bed Music in my head Crazy music playing in the morning light Oh, ho, ho, it's magic, you know Never believe it's not so It's magic, you know Never believe it's not so I love a sunny day Dream of far away Dreaming on my pillow in the morning Never been awake Never seen a day break Leaning on my pillow in the…
Thank for text
Life goes by in the blink of a eye.
💖
Ok
Its Majic Was just on a tv commerical on sept 2022
That lead singer is just adorable. He has the sweetest smile!
Singer and the guy playing the keyboards or two of the original Bay City rollers, not the classic lineup
He would make a really beautiful woman
Hey!.....Totally disagree, looks very CREEPY....
@@hankpaul844 Hey!.....Agree, looks like a transsexual.....CREEPY...
@@johnvance3011 I totally did not know that, thanks for the trivia!
La neta, lo mejor de la música de todos los tiempos. Nací en el 61. Nada será igual que en esos años maravillosos.
True, Verdad.
I was 16 when this song came out and I really liked it a lot.
Looks like Mark Zuckerberg is having fun with that guitar.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bruh 🤣🤣🤣
Shhhhh🤫🤫🤫
Is this evidence he’s a vampire? Finally.
😂😂😂😂😂
When pop stars actually were happy smiling people.
I remember hearing this great song over the radio at my parents house at the Jersey shore back in 1975! I was just 8 years old(born January 1967)so I was around during all these great tunes in the 70s and 80s!🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
I started liking solo from Wuthering Heights and Eye in the Sky. For a long time I though the guitarist was a sessionist. So good! RIP Ian Bairnson. Much love and respec from PH.
Masterpiece. I say this totally unironically. Pop genius.
Zayne Azam ur age should never define the type of music you listen to
Zayne Azam diary of wimpy kid. It was playing in the roller skating rink in one of the movies. That was the first time I heard the song. It’s in more, but that’s the only one I can think of right now.
Zayne Azam I remeber this song in a movie with a car and it began with a h or something I watched it when I was really young and I’m looking for it and I managed to find this song in the process lol
Lan again, age doesn’t affect taste.
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This song was always playing on the radio when I was in High School. Class of '79. Brings some fun memories back.
I was 9 when this came out. It pretty much defined my Summer memories of 74. Remember when school ended and it was just Summertime and whatever you wanted to do. Great memories
The 'Ozempic Commercial' 💊 brought me here. My granddaughter was singing to it so I showed her the 🎶original song🎶. We both enjoyed the video. She then said she did not know they made songs back then.😳 She is 10.
There's a video on the Ozempic website where they show David Paton, who is now in his 70s, going back to Abbey Road Studios to re-record the "Oh, oh, oh" part of a newer Ozempic commercial. He didn't say if he takes it.
The seventies were Magical......👍🇬🇧🤓
I don't know why but this beautiful song reminds me of christmas!!! 🎄🎁🎄
Simply magical
What a song magic it last forever the best times
Man as a 57 year old dude I dont want to go back to the old days, I like that I can sit here and watch stuff like this. Thank you technology
Hi Rick Smith,what a different post you are a very different kind of dude by not wanting to go back to the old days you are indeed going against most of humanity!!!!! You are a "unique & very brave soul"!!!!! I am a 56 year old dude.
Skip ahead a few decades if you like tech.
I am 57 yrs.old and still am looking for The Time Machine so I can definitely go back and STAY!Love and Miss those 70s!
George Ortiz If you find a time machine I’m coming along!! I’m 56 and missing the 70s badly
Truthfully I do miss the 70's in some key ways. However, if I were to go back, I'd want to be able to take my wisdom and knowledge from today, and enough money to enjoy myself.
I was only three years old in 74 but I love all the music from that era. Its Magic. 👌👍
I was 15, those days were wonderful, WHAT HAPPENED????????
@@andymatthews7617 Most teenagers like to listen to people sing about chicks and cars at an abnormal pace now
@@BuddyMGS I suppose new era's bring different perspectives, still we had the best music that will ever be.
Life is great when it sounds like this :)
One of the songs that takes me right back to my childhood! Man O’ Man! Song🕊🎶
The struggles of life....this song makes it magic.
I was 5 years old when this came out. It’s the very first “favorite” song I ever had! I sang it all the time and got excited when it came on the radio. It’s special to me!
There are two songs which I hold dear to my heart. January and its Magic. Totally awesome.
Students at my job are singing this soon in their Spring Concert ❤❤
Bring back the seventies, awesome childhood and early adulthood 👍😁
Graeme Sim take me back Graeme 😊
8 years old .. 56 now and still love this music
me too
same :)
Ditto😊
@@mhayes22167 Beth?? ;)
@@LaWendeltreppe ?? No, Marty😎
This song is magic and you know, and all know it
This is an amazing song by an amazing group!
Still magic in December 2019 😜
Yup
For real...👏🏼
No, it was magic 20 years ago, you too. get a fucking life
Although this song was a huge part of my childhood, this is the FIRST time I have ever seen the band themselves. Never saw so much as a photo before today.
People dont realize when we were kids we didnt know what people looked like who sang. Probably why we stared at album covers while listening to music imagining what was happening when they recorded.
They are so young eh?
Same here I'm 40 and 1st time seeing them. Looks fun! 🎸🎶
i gave you thumbs up only because of your name
@@phillywhateverguy Same here. First time
The good old days. The 70’s were grand!
It will always be Magic ❤