Could It Be Magic

"Could It Be Magic"
A-side label of 1975 US vinyl single
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Barry Manilow
A-side	"Cloudburst" (1973 solo version)
B-side	"Morning" (Featherbed) "I Am Your Child" (1975 solo version)
Released	1971 (Featherbed version) 1973 (Barry Manilow version) June 1975 (Barry Manilow re-release)
Recorded	1970, 1973, 1975
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	2:12 (Featherbed version) 7:17 (1973 solo version) 6:50 (1975 solo version) 4:14 (1975 solo edit)
Label	Bell (1973) Arista (1975)
Songwriter(s)	Barry Manilow Frédéric Chopin (music) Adrienne Anderson (1973 version) Tony Orlando (1971 version) (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Tony Orlando (1971 version) Barry Manilow Ron Dante (1973 and 1975 versions)
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Sweet Water Jones" (1973) "Could It Be Magic" (1973) "Let's Take Some Time to Say Goodbye" (1974)
Audio
"Could It Be Magic" (1975 album version) by Barry Manilow on YouTube
"Could It Be Magic" (1975 single edit) by Barry Manilow on YouTube
Live video
"Could It Be Magic" (2008, live from Ft. Lauderdale) by Barry Manilow on YouTube
"It's a Miracle" (1975) "Could It Be Magic" (1975) "I Write the Songs" (1975)

"Could It Be Magic" is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20.

The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written by Tony Orlando. It was later re-recorded as a Manilow solo track on his first album released in 1973 on Bell Records. It was then reworked in 1975 and released as a single from his eponymous album re-issued by Arista Records. The 1975 release became Manilow's third hit after "Mandy" and "It's A Miracle".

The song has been recorded by a number of other artists over the years, most successfully by Donna Summer in 1976 and by Take That in 1992. The version by Take That won the Brit Award for British Single in 1993.