Waiting for Magic

"Waiting for Magic"
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation/The Sign
Released May 1993
Format CD single
Recorded 1992
Genre Dance-pop
Length 5:14
Label Mega
Writer(s) Buddha; Joker
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Happy Nation"
(1993)
"Waiting for Magic"
(1993)
"The Sign"
(1993)

"Waiting for Magic" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group Ace of Base from their debut album, Happy Nation. Released as the fourth single from the album in a Scandinavia, the song reached the top 10 in Sweden and Denmark. The original version of the song appears only on the original release of Happy Nation. The song is replaced with its remix on the album's re-release and on The Sign. "Waiting For Magic" was promoted through a number of live performances, including one at the Miss Universe Denmark pageant.[1]

Lyrics

Snow White is used as an allegory in this song for waiting for "the prince" to come ("Kiss me baby, I am Snow White sleeping in my coffin waiting for you").

Track listing

Sweden Maxi-CD

  1. Waiting For Magic [Radio Version] 3:31
  2. Waiting For Magic [Total Remix 12"] 6:34
  3. Waiting For Magic [Total Remix 7"] 3:51
  4. Waiting For Magic [Album Version] 5:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Denmark (IFPI) 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 19

References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4M89dr7ZMI
  2. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  3. "Swedishcharts.com – Ace of Base – Waiting for Magic". Singles Top 100.


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