Abracadabra (song)

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"Abracadabra"
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Abracadabra
Released 1982
Genre Rock
Length 05:08
Label Capitol Records
Producer Steve Miller
Gary Mallaber

"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 according to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 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.

A cover version of the song performed by Sugar Ray appeared on their album 14:59.

Preceded by
"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 4, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
Preceded by
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
September 25, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller • Norton Buffalo • Gordy Knudtson • Kenny Lee Lewis • Billy Lee Lewis • Joseph Wooten
James "Curley" Cooke • Tim Davis • Les Dudek • Lonnie Turner • Jim Peterman • Boz Scaggs • Glyn Johns • Ben Sidran • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Winkelman • Jack King • Ross Valory • David Denny • Jesse Davis • Gerald Johnson • Gary Mallaber • Dicky Thompson • Jim Keltner • Roger Allen Clark • "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow • Byron Allred • Greg Douglass • John Massaro • Bob Malach • Billy Peterson • Ricky Peterson • Leo Sidran
Studio albums Children of the Future • Sailor • Brave New World • Your Saving Grace • Number 5 • Rock Love • Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden • The Joker • Fly Like an Eagle • Book of Dreams • Circle of Love • Abracadabra • Italian X-Rays • Living in the 20th Century • Born 2B Blue (Steve Miller solo album) • Wide River • Fly Like an Eagle: 30th Anniversary Edition
Live albums Live! • King Biscuit Flour Hour Presents the Steve Miller Band • Live in Chicago
Compilations Anthology • Living in the U.S.A. • Greatest Hits (1974-1978) • The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band • Box Set • Young Hearts
Songs "The Joker" • "Fly Like an Eagle" • "Rock'n Me • "Take the Money and Run" • "Jet Airliner" • "Abracadabra"
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