Strange Magic

"Strange Magic"
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Face the Music
B-side	"Showdown (live)" (UK), "New World Rising" (US)
Released	February 1976 (US) June 1976 (UK)
Format	7"
Recorded	1975 Musicland Studios , Munich
Genre	Art rock, pop rock
Length	4:29, (Album cut): 4:06, (UK single) 3:20, (US single edit)
Label	Jet Records
Writer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Nightrider" (1976) "Strange Magic" (1976) "Livin' Thing" (1976)

For the greatest hits collection of the same name, see Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra.

"Strange Magic" is a song written and performed by the Electric Light Orchestra. It can be found on the 1975 Face the Music LP.

Released as a single in 1976. The single was edited in the USA, whereas in the UK the song appeared as the album cut minus the orchestral intro. The US single edit can be found on the remastered Face the Music released in September 2006 . The song was also included on the band's 1978 ELO EP. A remastered version was included on the box set Flashback in 2000. The 'weeping' guitar lick was provided by Richard Tandy.

Chart positions

Chart (1976)	Peak Position
Austrailian ARIA Singles Chart	85
Canadian RPM Top Singles	20
French SNEP Singles Chart	10
UK Singles Chart	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles	15
U.S. Record World Singles	20

Other uses

The song appears in the film The Virgin Suicides featuring the song in the homecoming dance scene but is not on the soundtrack album.

Part of this song, sung by Darren Hayes, was featured on the film Ella Enchanted, but only the chorus that sings "Strange Magic" is heard when dealing with the lyrics.

The song was performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu.

Steve Rushton covered the song for Wizards of Waverly Place.