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The Steve Miller Band
Abracadabra
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“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, and also hit number two on the UK charts. It followed Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” (from Rocky III) on the Hot 100, 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. John Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane” dislodged the Steve Miller Band’s final number-one hit from the top on October 2.
The song is said to have been inspired by the American singer Diana Ross with whom the band met filming TV shows in...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Abra-abra-cadabra ... I heat up, I can't cool down ... My situation goes 'round and 'round ♫
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