| "Sideshow" | ||||
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| Single by Blue Magic | ||||
| from the album Blue Magic | ||||
| B-side | "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" | |||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Genre | Philadelphia soul[1] | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett | |||
| Producer(s) | Norman Harris | |||
| Blue Magic singles chronology | ||||
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| 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "RPM Top 200 Singles of '74 - December 28, 1974" (PDF).