Australian singles chart:
Magic Bus entered the Kent charts on 24 August 1968 and peaked at #20.
Albums:
The song was included on the 1968 album Magic Bus: The Who on Tour.
A live version is also on The Who Live at Leeds which entered the Kent album charts on 21 September 1970 and peaked at #6 (see Spotify below).
Songwriter:
Pete Townshend
Producer:
Kit Lambert
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor Int.
Wikipedia:
Magic Bus was written by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend during the time that their debut album My Generation was being recorded in 1965. However, it was not recorded until 1968. It has become one of the band’s most popular songs and has been a concert staple.
The arrangement for Magic Bus uses a Latin percussion instrument known as claves, which are pairs of small wooden sticks that make a distinctive high pitched clicking noise when struck together.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Bus_(song)
Songfacts:
This song is about a man who wants to buy the bus that he takes to get to his girlfriend every day, but the driver does not want to sell it.
This song is a staple of Who concerts and has been sung in many different versions.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-who/magic-bus
Lyrics:
Every day, I get in the queue
(Too much, Magic Bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you
(Too much, Magic Bus)
I’m so nervous, I just sit and smile
(Too much, Magic Bus)
Your house is only another mile
(Too much, Magic Bus)
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Spotify:
The single version of this song is on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
The Live at Leeds version is on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – rockin’ the 60s & 70s
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