Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band album)

Abracadabra
Studio album by
Steve Miller Band
ReleasedJune 15, 1982
Recorded1981
StudioCapitol, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length37:08
LabelCapitol
ProducerSteve Miller, Gary Mallaber
Steve Miller Band chronology
Circle of Love
(1981) 		Abracadabra
(1982) 		Steve Miller Band Live!
(1983)
Singles from Abracadabra
  1. "Abracadabra"
    Released: May 1982
  2. "Keeps Me Wondering Why"
    Released: 6 August 1982 (UK)[2]
  3. "Cool Magic"
    Released: October 1982 (US)[3]
  4. "Give It Up"
    Released: October 1982 (UK)[4]
  5. "Goodbye Love"
    Released: 11 February 1983 (Ger.)[5]

Abracadabra is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released on June 15, 1982, by Capitol Records.

Abracadabra charted in nine countries, including Germany where the record reached No. 1 for a week.[6] Four singles were released from the album in various countries: the title track, "Cool Magic" (#57 on the Billboard Hot 100),[7] "Keeps Me Wondering Why", and "Give It Up", with the title song charting the highest at #1 on the pop chart.

Unlike most of the band's previous efforts, most of the album was not composed by lead singer/guitarist Steve Miller. Drummer Gary Mallaber had brought in a handful of demos from another band he was in called Tracker (which other Steve Miller Band members John Massaro and Byron Allred were also a part of, along with ex-members Lonnie Turner and Greg Douglass) in hopes that one of them would be used for the album. Miller ultimately opted to use all of the demos, resulting in Mallaber receiving an impressive eight co-writing credits.[8] Miller, meanwhile, produced two of his own songs; the title track and the "Heart Like a Wheel"-soundalike "Give It Up".

  1. ^ "11 Classic Rockers Who Went New Wave For One Album". VH1.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Steve Miller singles".
  3. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 548.
  4. ^ "Steve Miller singles".
  5. ^ "Steve Miller singles".
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference GE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Week of November 13, 1982". billboard.com. 13 Nov 1982. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  8. ^ "When Steve Miller Found '80s Pop-Rock Success With 'Abracadabra'". ultimateclassicrock.com. Ultimate Classic Rock. 15 June 2022.