A Kind of Magic (song)

"A Kind of Magic"
"A Kind of Magic"
Single by Queen
from the album A Kind of Magic
B-side	"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (UK); "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (US);
Released	17 March 1986 (UK); 4 June 1986 (US)
Recorded	September 1985 – January 1986
Genre	Rock
Length	4:25 (7" album version); 3:37 (A Kind of A Kind of Magic version); 6:23 (12" extended version); 4:10 (original Highlander version);
Label	EMI (UK); Capitol (US);
Songwriter(s)	Roger Taylor
Producer(s)	Queen; David Richards;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"A Kind of Magic" on YouTube

"A Kind of Magic" is a 1986 song by Queen and is the title track of the 12th studio album A Kind of Magic. It topped the single charts in Spain and Argentina and made number 3 in Ireland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, number 23 in New Zealand, number 16 in Finland, number 6 in Germany and Australia, number 5 in France and number 4 in the Netherlands. It was used in the 1986 movie Highlander.

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v t e Queen singles discography
Queen	"Keep Yourself Alive" "Liar"
Queen II	"Seven Seas of Rhye"
Sheer Heart Attack	"Killer Queen"/"Flick of the Wrist" "Now I'm Here" "Lily of the Valley" "Stone Cold Crazy"
A Night at the Opera	"Bohemian Rhapsody" "You're My Best Friend" "Love of My Life"
A Day at the Races	"Somebody to Love" "Tie Your Mother Down" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" "Long Away" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
News of the World	"We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You" "Spread Your Wings" "It's Late"
Jazz	"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Jealousy" "Mustapha"
Live Killers	"Love of My Life" (Live) "We Will Rock You" (Live)
The Game	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Save Me" "Play the Game" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Need Your Loving Tonight"
Flash Gordon	"Flash"
Hot Space	"Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) "Body Language" "Las Palabras de Amor" "Calling All Girls" "Staying Power" "Back Chat"
The Works	"Radio Ga Ga" "I Want to Break Free" "It's a Hard Life" "Hammer to Fall"
A Kind of Magic	"One Vision" "A Kind of Magic" "Princes of the Universe" "Friends Will Be Friends" "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "One Year of Love"
The Miracle	"I Want It All" "Breakthru" "The Invisible Man" "Scandal" "The Miracle"
Innuendo	"Innuendo" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Headlong" "I Can't Live With You" "The Show Must Go On" "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
Made in Heaven	"Heaven for Everyone" "A Winter's Tale" "I Was Born to Love You" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "Let Me Live" "You Don't Fool Me"
Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
Greatest Hits III	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"
Non-album singles	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" "We Will Rock You" (with Five) "We Are the Champions" (with Robbie Williams) "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" "Another One Bites the Dust (The Miami Project Remixes)" "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with The Muppets)
Other songs	"See What a Fool I've Been" "Death on Two Legs" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous" "The Prophet's Song" "Good Company" "Sheer Heart Attack" "Is This the World We Created...?" "Ride the Wild Wind" "Delilah" "Made In Heaven" "Mother Love" "Let Me in Your Heart Again" "Love Kills" "There Must Be More to Life Than This"
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v t e Highlander
Films	Highlander Highlander II: The Quickening Highlander III: The Sorcerer Highlander: Endgame Highlander: The Search for Vengeance Highlander: The Source
Television	Highlander: The Series episodes season 1 2 3 4 5 6 Highlander: The Animated Series Highlander: The Raven
Comics	Highlander Highlander: Way of the Sword
Video games	Highlander Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods The Game
Cast and characters	Connor MacLeod Duncan MacLeod Amanda Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez Tessa Noël Methos Darius Hugh Fitzcairn Charlie DeSalvo Maurice Lalonde Anne Lindsey Richie Ryan Joe Dawson Nick Wolfe The Kurgan James Horton
Concepts	The Immortals The Quickening The Watchers Seacouver
Music	A Kind of Magic "Princes of the Universe" "One Year of Love" "A Kind of Magic" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "Hammer to Fall"
Related	Clan MacLeod Laura l'immortelle
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