A Kind of Magic (singl)

"A Kind of Magic"
"A Kind of Magic"
Singl Queena
s albuma A Kind of Magic
B-strana	"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling"; "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (SAD)
Objavljen	17. mart 1986 (UK); 4. juni 1986. (SAD)
Format	7"/12
Snimljen	septembar 1985. – januar 1986.
Žanr	Rock
Trajanje	4:25 (albumska verzija); 3:37 (CD bonus track: A Kind of 'A Kind of Magic); 6:23 (12" proširena verzija); 4:10 (original Highlander verzija)
Izdavač	EMI; Capitol
Pisac/-ci	Roger Taylor
Producent(i)	Queen; David Richards
Hronologija singlova Queena

"A Kind of Magic / A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" je singl britanske rok grupe Queen, koji je objavila izdavačka kuća EMI. Obje pjesme komponirao je bubnjar ovog rok sastava Roger Taylor. Naslovna pjesma "A Kinf of Magic" korištena je kao soundtrack za igrani film Gorštak, a objavljena je i na njihovom 12. istoimenom albumu iz 1986. godine. Ne B strani je instrumentalna pjesma "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" komponirana u plesnom disco ritmu. Singl je objavljen 17. marta 1986. za tržište Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva i 4. juna iste godine, za tržište SAD-a.^[1]

Singl je dostigao 3. mjesto na britanskoj top-listi singlova UK Singles Chart, 42. mjesto na američkoj listi US Billboard Hot 100 a našao u top 10 mnogih evropskih top-lista.

Pjesma je uvrštena kao početna numera na kompilacijskim albumima grupe: Greatest Hits II i Classic Queen.

Snimanje pjesme[uredi | uredi izvor]

Naziv[uredi | uredi izvor]

Frazu A Kind of Magic koristio je Connor MacLeod, kao opis svoje besmrtnosti u filmu Gorštak, koju je odglumio Christopher Lambert. Bubnjaru grupe Queen Rogeru Tayloru fraza se svidjela tako da mu je postala inspiracija za pjesmu. Sama pjesma se referira na film kroz nekoliko fraza kao što su: one prize, one goal, no mortal man i there can be only one.

Kompozicija[uredi | uredi izvor]

Taylor je komponirao muziku za pjesmu koja se pojavljuje u filmu.

Članovi[uredi | uredi izvor]

Freddie Mercury – vodeći i bek vokali, sintisajzer
Brian May – električna gitara
Roger Taylor – bubanj, električne udaraljke, sintisajzer
John Deacon – bas-gitara

Reference[uredi | uredi izvor]

^ "Queen - A Kind Of Magic". discogs.com. Pristupljeno 30. 12. 2022.

Vanjski linkovi[uredi | uredi izvor]

Oficijelni YouTube video spot: originalni video spot
Tekstovi pjesama na službenoj stranici Queena

[1] "Queen - A Kind Of Magic". discogs.com. Pristupljeno 30. 12. 2022.

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p r u Singlovi Queena
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"
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 (s Davidom Bowiejem)" "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	"Made in Heaven" "Let Me Live" "Mother Love" "I Was Born to Love You" "A Winter's Tale" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "You Don't Fool Me" "Heaven for Everyone"
Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
Greatest Hits III	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"
Singlovi bez albuma	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" "We Will Rock You" (s Five) "We Are the Champions" (s Robbiejem Williamsom) "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" "Another One Bites the Dust (The Miami Project Remixes)" "Bohemian Rhapsody" (sa The Muppets)
Ostale pjesme	"Doing All Right" "Father to Son" "White Queen (As It Began)" "Ogre Battle" "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" "Nevermore" "The March of the Black Queen" "See What a Fool I've Been" "Brighton Rock" "Stone Cold Crazy" "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" "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"
Queen Diskografija