Sideshow (song)

"Sideshow"
Single by Blue Magic
from the album Blue Magic
B-side"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"
Released1974 (1974)
Recorded1974
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenrePhiladelphia soul[1]
Length4:06
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett
Producer(s)Norman Harris
Blue Magic singles chronology
"Stop to Start"
(1973)
"Sideshow"
(1974)
"Three Ring Circus"
(1974)
Official audio
"Sideshow" on YouTube

"Sideshow" is a song recorded by American R&B soul vocal quintet Blue Magic, released in 1974. It was first released on the album Blue Magic and when issued as a single it sold over a million copies, going to No.1 R&B in April 1974 and No.8 pop in the United States in that summer. Billboard ranked it as the No.19 song for 1974. In the Canadian Year-end chart, it was No.77.[2]

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "The Sound of Philadelphia: Philly Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 52. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ "RPM Top 200 Singles of '74 - December 28, 1974" (PDF).