The Magic Friend

"The Magic Friend"
"The Magic Friend"
	Widely distributed variant of the standard artwork
Single by 2 Unlimited
from the album Get Ready!
Released	3 August 1992
Genre	Eurodance
Length	4:32; 3:43 (single version);
Label	Byte; Zyx; PWL;
Songwriter(s)	P. Neefs; Ray Slijngaard;
Producer(s)	Phil Wilde; Jean-Paul De Coster;
2 Unlimited singles chronology
Music video
	"The Magic Friend" on YouTube

"The Magic Friend" is a song by Belgian/Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.^[2] It was released in August 1992 as the fourth and final single from their debut album, Get Ready! (1992). 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, with the "mocking chorus echoes" being abandoned as only Ray's part remains, thus leaving Anita's sole vocals as "disembodied whispers" during the middle eight.^[3] The single experienced chart success in many European countries, including Finland, where it topped the chart. The Dutch leading afternoon radio program on national pop outlet Radio 3 FM/Hilversum renamed itself "The Magic Friend", after the single.^[4]

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 1 August 1992. p. 19.
^ "AllMusic: 2 Unlimited (Biography)". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Stevens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tilli, Robbert (9 March 1996). "2 Unlimited: Common-Market Chartbusters" (PDF). Billboard. p. 29. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[1] "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 1 August 1992. p. 19.

[2] "AllMusic: 2 Unlimited (Biography)". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

[Stevens-3] Cite error: The named reference Stevens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Tilli, Robbert (9 March 1996). "2 Unlimited: Common-Market Chartbusters" (PDF). Billboard. p. 29. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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