Single:
Don’t You Know It’s Magic entered the Australian singles chart* on 18 December 1972 and peaked at #12. The song was #75 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Album:
The song is on John’s 1973 album Hits, Magic & Rock ‘N Roll.
Songwriter:
Brian Cadd
Producer:
Peter Dawkins
Record label of Australian release:
HMV
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Australian rock historian Ian McFarlane described Johnny as “the most successful solo artist in the history of Australian rock and pop. Farnham has retained an affable sense of humour and a simple, unpretentious ‘everyman’ charm which also makes him one of the most respected celebrities in Australian entertainment history.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farnham
Wikiwand:
Hits Magic & Rock ‘N Roll is a studio album of cover music by Australian pop singer John Farnham (known then as Johnny Farnham). The album was released in June 1973. Singles include Brian Cadd’s Don’t You Know it’s Magic.
Read more: www.wikiwand.com/en/Hits_Magic_&_Rock_N_Roll
Lyrics:
See her at the market place
Where she comes from nobody knows
Now that you ask me
I guess I like the way she wears her clothes
The way she smiles at him
His heart just swells, it grows and grows
You think I′m telling you fairytales
I suppose, yeah
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