# Songs about magic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 16, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914 "2024-03-16T14:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/41 "2024-03-16T19:09:57Z")
This could almost be a thread by itself. > [@MrDibble](#): > > I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone (or Annie Lennox or Screamin’ Jay Hawkins) This is my favorite version [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2WyJhtM7T0s/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgRShFMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCnkjgDjhScTiLRYuRa_HF6cEIwZQ "Natacha Atlas - I Put A Spell On You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WyJhtM7T0s) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/42 "2024-03-16T20:13:57Z")
“I’m Your Witchdoctor” - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/43 "2024-03-16T21:50:20Z")
[My Baby Must Be A Magician.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0xKnFGCSY) Not one of the greatest Motown efforts, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/44 "2024-03-16T22:29:21Z")
_Witch Doctor_ by David Seville, aka Ross Bagdasarian. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RB__JZhexVw/maxresdefault.jpg "Witch Doctor , David Seville , 1958") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB__JZhexVw) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/45 "2024-03-16T22:33:07Z")
The current Ozempic commercial had the “Oh, oh, oh” sung by one David Paton, who also sang the original tune. AFAIK, he does not take it himself. > **[The Ozempic® Song | Ozempic® (semaglutide) injection](https://www.ozempic.com/lifestyle-tips/story-behind-ozempic-song.html)** > > Discover the story behind the Ozempic® commercial theme song and watch a behind-the-scenes video with David Paton to learn about the making of the song. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/46 "2024-03-16T22:46:22Z")
Is it cheating to include [Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - “Fortune Teller”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5DeIcYD6xE) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/47 "2024-03-16T23:56:17Z")
I’m Under your Spell, from Buffy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K2gDLA3fWAI/hqdefault.jpg "Buffy - Once More, with Feeling - Under Your Spell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2gDLA3fWAI) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/48 "2024-03-17T01:20:57Z")
11 Mustachioed Daughters - Bonzo Dog Band ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/49 "2024-03-17T03:36:55Z")
Brujería (Witchcraft) - El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/50 "2024-03-17T07:45:35Z")
The music of Disney is a rich source of magic songs. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (_Cinderella_) Higitus Figitus (_The Sword in the Stone_) Healing Incantation (_Tangled_) What Else Can I Do? (_Encanto_) Substitutiary Locomotion (_Bedknobs and Broomsticks_) Friend Like Me (_Aladdin_) Friends on the Other Side (_The Princess and the Frog_) And some showtunes while we’re at it. Defying Gravity (_Wicked_) Impossible; It’s Possible (R&H’s TV _Cinderella_) Magic To Do (_Pippin_) Giants in the Sky (_Into the Woods_) We’re Off To See the Wizard (_The Wizard of Oz_) Some random other ideas. That Old Black Magic (Louis Prima, etc.) Something from Mozart’s _The Magic Flute_ Love Potion No. 9 (The Clovers) Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/51 "2024-03-17T13:04:07Z")
Here’s the playlist that I chose from what my wife likes and what I can stand to listen to: > **[It's Magic!](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hdpF1HzUZVaZXuGONkU4P?si=6e768151e0d447b8)** > > It's Magic! · Playlist · 35 songs ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/52 "2024-03-17T17:16:42Z")
Devil Woman, Cliff Richard Several songs from Alan Parsons’s album “The Secret” are directly or indirectly about magic. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/53 "2024-03-17T17:59:17Z")
The Magic Room - Dino Lenny & Doorly [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MqkeB4xvXwA/maxresdefault.jpg "Dino Lenny & Doorly - The Magic Room (Dino Lenny & Seth Troxler Re-Edit)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqkeB4xvXwA) Alien Sex Magick - Govinda [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mef0vPia53U/maxresdefault.jpg "Govinda - Alien Sex Magick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mef0vPia53U) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/54 "2024-03-17T18:58:44Z")
It doesn’t mention “Magic” explicitly but I nominate “White Rabbit” by the Jefferson Airplane. [quote=“Jefferson Airplane”]One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don’t do anything at all Go ask Alice When she’s ten feet tall[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/55 "2024-03-17T19:52:44Z")
That’s LSD hallucinagenics, not magic. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/56 "2024-03-17T20:01:10Z")
Many folks back in the days of “White Rabbit” thought that was one and the same. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/57 "2024-03-17T23:53:16Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > The music of Disney is a rich source of magic songs. I like “Elephant Fly”, about the magic feather that lifts Dumbo. Dan ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/58 "2024-03-18T02:30:46Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > You can do Magic - Limmie and Family Cookin’ Also _You Can Do Magic_ by America. A completely different song. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/59 "2024-03-18T11:20:02Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Also _You Can Do Magic_ by America. Mentioned, but not by its full name, in the first reply, and included on @RitterSport’s playlist. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914/60 "2024-03-18T11:24:11Z")
Missed it. I think I looked for it by the full title and not by the artist. Mayuh kulpuh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914.md?page=4)