Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Abracadabra\" is a song by American rock group Steve Miller Band, written by Steve Miller. The song was released as the first single from the 1982 album of the same name the same year (see 1982 in music). The song is said to have been inspired by the American singer Diana Ross with whom Miller had met while performing together on Hullabaloo in the 1960s and is listed at #70 on Billboard 's Greatest Songs of all time.The song became a worldwide hit, charting in ten countries and topping the charts in six countries, and has become one of the band's biggest hits, along with \"The Joker\" and \"Rock'n Me\".In the United States, the song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks. It knocked Chicago's \"Hard to Say I'm Sorry\" out of the #1 spot, just as Chicago had done to the Steve Miller Band in 1976 when \"If You Leave Me Now\" knocked \"Rock'n Me\" out of the #1 spot.The UK single version has never yet appeared on CD. It is 3:33 and is an exclusive edit where the chorus is edited back in at 3:06 and repeats to fade. The non-UK single version of the song appears in several Steve Miller Band compilation albums such as Young Hearts as well as on the Time-Life compilation Sounds of the Eighties: 1980–1982 and on a CD of songs hand-picked by Guy Fieri titled Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Road Songs That Rock. Capitol issued an alternative version on a promotional 12\" single (Capitol Records #SPRO 9797) for radio airplay; it featured a slightly slower tempo, removal of the second verse and first chorus, and a slightly earlier fade than the LP version. A live version of the song was released on Steve Miller Band Live! in 1983."@en }
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- Abracadabra_(Steve_Miller_Band_song) abstract "\"Abracadabra\" is a song by American rock group Steve Miller Band, written by Steve Miller. The song was released as the first single from the 1982 album of the same name the same year (see 1982 in music). The song is said to have been inspired by the American singer Diana Ross with whom Miller had met while performing together on Hullabaloo in the 1960s and is listed at #70 on Billboard 's Greatest Songs of all time.The song became a worldwide hit, charting in ten countries and topping the charts in six countries, and has become one of the band's biggest hits, along with \"The Joker\" and \"Rock'n Me\".In the United States, the song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks. It knocked Chicago's \"Hard to Say I'm Sorry\" out of the #1 spot, just as Chicago had done to the Steve Miller Band in 1976 when \"If You Leave Me Now\" knocked \"Rock'n Me\" out of the #1 spot.The UK single version has never yet appeared on CD. It is 3:33 and is an exclusive edit where the chorus is edited back in at 3:06 and repeats to fade. The non-UK single version of the song appears in several Steve Miller Band compilation albums such as Young Hearts as well as on the Time-Life compilation Sounds of the Eighties: 1980–1982 and on a CD of songs hand-picked by Guy Fieri titled Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Road Songs That Rock. Capitol issued an alternative version on a promotional 12\" single (Capitol Records #SPRO 9797) for radio airplay; it featured a slightly slower tempo, removal of the second verse and first chorus, and a slightly earlier fade than the LP version. A live version of the song was released on Steve Miller Band Live! in 1983.".