Just an Illusion

For the unrelated Netherlands hit song from 1983, see BZN.

"Just an Illusion"
Single by Imagination
from the album In the Heat of the Night
Released19 February 1982[1]
GenrePost-disco, R&B, funk
Length
  • 8:12 (12" version)
  • 6:27 (album version)
  • 3:55 (single version)
LabelR&B
Songwriter(s)
Imagination singles chronology
"Flashback"
(1981) 		"Just an Illusion"
(1982) 		"Music and Lights"
(1982)
Audio video
"Just an Illusion" on YouTube

"Just an Illusion" is a song by the British trio Imagination. Co-written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Ashley Ingram and Leee John, the song was a major European hit, peaking at number 2 in the group's native UK. In the United States, "Just an Illusion" went to number 27 on the Black chart.[2] The song also peaked at number 15 on the dance charts.[2]

  1. ^ Imagination: Scandalous World Tour 83/84, September 1983, retrieved 24 February 2021 – via Flickr
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).