| 词条 | The Magic Friend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Magic Friend | cover = The_magic_friend.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = 2 Unlimited | album = Get Ready! | released = August 1992 | format =
| recorded = 1992 | studio = | venue = | genre = Eurodance | length = | label =
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| prev_title = Workaholic | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = No Limit | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|27uUwRnSh4Y|"The Magic Friend"}}}}{{Extra album cover | header = UK cover | type = single | cover = 2 Unlimited The Magic Friend Single UK Cover.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} "The Magic Friend" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.[1] MusicKat Stevens of Freaky Trigger notes the track's "tasty ingredients" of "recogniseable pop stars, colourful boshing beats, catchy chorus, silly noises [and] fervoured anticipation." Comparing parts of the track to settings on a Yamaha keyboard, she compared the track's main synth sound to the "Brass 1" setting and the "gutteral metallic swinging" to the "Slap Bass" setting.[2] Release and receptionThe Magic Friend was released in August 1992 as the fourth and final single from 2 Unlimited's debut album Get Ready!. The UK release once again omitted Ray Slijngaard's rap, which lasted for 16 bars three times through, but did include some of the vocals from Anita Doth, though her vocals are slightly chopped too, with the "mocking chorus echoes" being abandoned, thus leaving her sole vocals as "disembodied whispers" during the middle eight.[2] The release scored chart success in many European countries with its highest peak coming in Finland where it topped the charts. In Zimbabwe it peaked at number 5 in October 1992. Billboard wrote about the song: "One of the more successful techno acts in Europe continues its bid for mainstream club and radio approval along these shores with a cute and NRGetic wriggler. The music is a bit harder than previous tracks, though the rap is a little too strained and silly for its own good."[3]Music videoThe music video for "The Magic Friend" was directed by British director David Betteridge. It was shot in The Pinnacles and Wave Rock in Australia. Betteridge also directed the music videos for "Get Ready for This", "Twilight Zone" and "Workaholic". Track listings
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/2-unlimited-p36898/biography|title=Allmusic: 2 Unlimited (Biography)|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2012-05-06}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Stevens|first1=Kat|title=Blog ’92: THAT’S WHAT I AM|url=http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/11/blog-92-thats-what-i-am/|website=FreakyTrigger|accessdate=22 November 2017|date=27 November 2007}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-29.pdf|title=Billboard: Single Reviews|publisher=Billboard magazine|accessdate=2018-01-24}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 "The Magic Friend", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008) 5. ^Canada dance peak 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-09-19.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|publisher=Music & Media|accessdate=2018-03-21}} 7. ^{{cite book | first= Jake | last= Nyman |year= 2005 | title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 951-31-2503-3| language= Finnish }} 8. ^German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008) 9. ^Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008) 10. ^UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008) 11. ^* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-1992.pdf |title=Single top 100 over 1992 |publisher=Top40 |language=Dutch |format=pdf |accessdate=28 December 2013}} External links
10 : 1992 singles|2 Unlimited songs|Number-one singles in Finland|Number-one dance singles in Canada|Pete Waterman Entertainment singles|1992 songs|Songs written by Ray Slijngaard|Byte Records singles|ZYX Music singles|Music videos directed by David Betteridge |
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