Abracadabra (song)

Abracadabra (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Abracadabra


Artist = Steve Miller Band
from Album = Abracadabra
Released = 1982
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 05:08
Label = Capitol Records
Writer =
Producer = Steve Miller
Gary Mallaber
Certification =

Last single =
This single =
Next single =

"Abracadabra" is a well recognized song recorded by the Steve Miller Band.

Released as the main single from "Abracadabra" in June 1982, it became a number-one hit on the United States "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, also hitting number two on the UK charts. It followed Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" (from "Rocky III") on the charts, and preceded Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry". After Chicago's ballad ended its two-week stay at number one, "Abracadabra" re-assumed the top spot on the U.S. charts for an additional week on September 25. Then John Cougar's "Jack and Diane" dislodged the Steve Miller Band's final number one hit from the top on October 2.

This song holds the record for the biggest drop out of the Top 10/Top 40 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In the fall of 1982, as the song was moving down the chart, "Abracadabra" fell 38 spots from #10 to #48 in one week. It was rereleased in 1992.

The song is listed at #70 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-70.shtml]

A cover version of the song performed by Sugar Ray appeared on their album "".


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