Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | Heartbeat City (made in Switzerland) | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60296-2 |
| 1.3 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 960 296‐4 |
| 1.3 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60296-2 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits (BMG club release) | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 60464-2, D 153702 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.) | E2-60464 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 9 60464-2 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits (off-center made in USA) | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | E2-60464 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | 60464-4-E, 9 60464-4-E |
| 2.11 | Magic | 4:01 | The Cars | Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73506 |
| 1.6 | Magic | 3:59 | The Cars | Rock On: 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ROK-2-1984, S21-17894 | |
| 1.5 | Magic | 4:00 | The Cars | Rock the Planet: 80's Lite Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Coyote Sound Cuisine, Inc., CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | RPD-4035, S21-18800 |
| 1.12 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | The Cars Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| DCC Compact Classics | GZS-1123 |
| 1.3 | Magic | 3:58 | The Cars | Shake It Up and Other Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company) | 74320 |
| 1.16 | Magic | 4:00 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present) | R2 78288 |
| 1.16 | Magic | 3:59 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R4 78288 |
| 1.16 | Magic | 4:00 | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits (BMG Direct) | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78288 |
| 5.3 | Magic | 3:57 | The Cars | Original Album Series | The Cars | Album + Compilation |
| Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 79828 1, 8122798281 |
| 2.3 | Magic | 3:59 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2163 |
| 1.3 | Magic | 3:59 | The Cars | Heartbeat City | The Cars | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2163 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Nigel Green (engineer) |
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| producer: | The Cars Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) |
| mixer: | Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer) |
| bass: | Benjamin Orr (co-lead singer for The Cars) |
| drums (drum set): | David Robinson (US rock drummer) |
| guitar: | Elliot Easton Ric Ocasek |
| keyboard: | Greg Hawkes |
| vocals: | Elliot Easton Greg Hawkes Ric Ocasek Benjamin Orr (co-lead singer for The Cars) |
| performer: | Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1984) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1984) |
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| recorded at: | Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London) |
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| mixed at: | Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village |
| recording of: | Magic |
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Related works
Magic
| publisher: | Ric Ocasek (in 1983) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Ric Ocasek |
| publisher: | Lido Music, Inc. |
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| referred to in medleys: | My Best Friend's Magic Girlfriend |
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