2017Released
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Written entirely by Steve Miller, this catchy pop song with mild sexual innuendo contains lyrics of the simplistic "June moon spoon" variety: I see magic in your eyes I hear the magic in your sighs Just when I think I'm gonna get away I hear those words that you always say Yes, the man who once spoke of the pompatus of love was now rhyming "abracadabra" with "reach out and grab ya." It's certainly not the song that got Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, but "Abracadabra" was a huge hit, spending two weeks at #1 in the US in September 1982.

Rock bands like ZZ Top, Van Halen, and Yes added synthesizers to their mix in the '80s and scored huge hits by adapting to the sound of the decade. The Steve Miller Band started out as a blues band in the '60s, evolving into a rock outfit in the '70s. They often sprinkled electronic effects into their songs, so the keyboards and synth stabs in this song weren't out of character.

The lyrics were inspired by Diana Ross and the Supremes, whom Miller had met while performing together on NBC's Hullabaloo in 1966. "'Abracadabra' started off as a great piece of music with really atrocious lyrics," Miller explained to The Dallas Morning News. "One day I was out skiing in Sun Valley and, lo and behold, who did I see on the mountain but Diana Ross. I skied down off the mountain to go have lunch. I had played with Diana Ross and the Supremes on Hullabaloo in the '60s, and I started thinking about the Supremes and I wrote the lyrics to 'Abracadabra' in 15 minutes."

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Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Abracadabra - Remastered 2017.
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MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
125BPM

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© 2017 UMG Recordings, Inc.
A Capitol Records release;; This Compilation ℗ 2017 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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