It's Magic

This article is about the song. For other uses, see It's Magic (disambiguation). See also: Magic (disambiguation) § Songs
"It's Magic"
Single by Doris Day
B-side"Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em With a Ribbon"
Released1947 (1947)
GenreTraditional pop
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Jule Styne
Lyricist(s)Sammy Cahn

"It's Magic" is a popular song written by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1947. They wrote the song for Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut, Romance on the High Seas[1] (retitled It's Magic in the United Kingdom, after the song). In the autumn of 1948 Vic Damone, Tony Martin, Dick Haymes, Gordon MacRae and Sarah Vaughan all charted on Billboard magazine charts with versions of the song, but none as successfully as Day's recording. "It's Magic" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, but in March 1949 lost to "Buttons and Bows" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

In 1952, Day made the song the theme of her Hollywood radio series, The Doris Day Show.[2]

  1. ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #21 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-08.