Queen A Kind Of Magic

A kind of magic was written by the band s drummer roger taylor for the film highlander.

Queen a kind of magic. Queen performing it s a kind of magic live at wembley stadium in london uk on july 11 1986. A kind of magic engineer david richards producer david richards queen written by taylor 4 25. The phrase a kind of magic is used in highlander by connor macleod christopher lambert as a. The song is the opening track on the band s compilation albums greatest hits ii and classic queen.

The single reached number three in the uk singles chart top ten in a number of european countries and 42 on the us billboard hot 100. It was their first studio album to be recorded digitally and is based on the soundtrack to the film highlander the first in a series directed by russell mulcahy. A kind of magic is the title track of the 1986 album of the same name by the british rock band queen. A kind of magic album.

Queen s 1986 album a kind of magic was more a compilation than album combining some newly recorded material some tracks recorded for the soundtrack of the film highlander though a kind of magic was re recorded for this album and is a vast improvement over the actual soundtrack version and there s also some rummaging through the vaults for a couple of outtakes recorded with producer mack that likely date to the sessions for hot space invariably when songs produced by mack. Engineer mack 2 producer mack 2 queen written by queen.