Miracles (Jefferson Starship song)

"Miracles"
Cover of the Spanish single (FB-10367)
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Red Octopus
B-side"Ai Garimasu (There Is Love)"
ReleasedMarch 1975 (1975-03)
RecordedFebruary 1975[1]
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length6:52 (Album version)
3:25 (Single version)
LabelGrunt/RCA Records
Songwriter(s)Marty Balin
Producer(s)Jefferson Starship and Larry Cox
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
"Ride the Tiger"
(1974)
"Miracles"
(1975)
"Play on Love"
(1976)

"Miracles" is a song written by Marty Balin and originally recorded by Jefferson Starship, appearing on its 1975 album Red Octopus.[3]

"Miracles" peaked at number 3 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest-charting single the band ever recorded under the name Jefferson Starship or its previous incarnation Jefferson Airplane.[4]

  1. ^ "Miracles" 45-RPM single label
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (July 16, 2021). "Tramps Like Us Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Fireside. p. 427. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. pp. 332–33. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2011-01-01.