"Waiting for Magic"
Single cover
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation/The Sign
Released12 April 1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length
  • 5:14 (Album version)
  • 3:31 (Radio edit)
LabelMega
Songwriter(s)Buddha; Joker
Producer(s)Buddha; Joker
Ace of Base singles chronology
"Happy Nation"
(1992)		 "Waiting for Magic"
(1993)		 "The Sign"
(1993)
Audio
"Waiting for Magic" on YouTube

"Waiting for Magic" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group Ace of Base from their debut album, Happy Nation (1992). It was released in Scandinavia in April 1993 as the fourth single from the album. The song reached number one in Israel, and the top-10 in both Denmark and Finland. The original version of the song appears only on the original release of Happy Nation. On the album's re-release and The Sign (1993), it was replaced with its remix. No music video was produced for "Waiting for Magic", but it was promoted through a number of live performances, including one at the Miss Universe Denmark pageant.[1]

Lyrics

Snow White is used as an allegory in this song for waiting for "the prince" to come ("Kiss me baby, I am Snow White sleeping in my coffin waiting for you").

Critical reception

Chuck Eddy from LA Weekly said that the song "is sung by a sleeping beauty waiting "in a coffin" to be kissed and awakened".[2] Kim Såtvedt from Norwegian newspaper Laagendalsposten stated that it "has something of the magic" that "All That She Wants" "holds".[3] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that here, "the Swedish chartbusters drop the conventional reggae beat in favour of a more modern dance cadence. The sing-along factor has remained intact though."[4] Wendi Cermak from The Network Forty described the song as "dance-oriented and radio-friendly".[5] Scandipop called it a "gem" in their retrospective review of Happy Nation.[6] A reviewer from Sputnikmusic noted "an upbeat piano identifying the chord progression that then moves to follow a catchy ascending vocal melody", and concluded that Ace of Base "clearly chose to put some effort into this one."[7]

Track listing

  • Sweden Maxi-CD
  1. "Waiting for Magic" (Radio Version) – 3:31
  2. "Waiting for Magic" (Total Remix 12") – 6:34
  3. "Waiting for Magic" (Total Remix 7") – 3:51
  4. "Waiting for Magic" (Album Version) – 5:14

Personnel

  • Vocals by Linn Berggren, Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, and Ulf Ekberg
  • Written by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
  • Produced by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
  • Total Remix by Ulf Ekberg and Stonestream
  • Recorded at Tuff Studios

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Denmark (IFPI) 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 84
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 5
Israel (IBA)[10] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 19

References

  1. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ace of Base - Waiting for the Magic , Live at Miss Universe Denmark 1993 , 720p. YouTube.
  2. ↑ Eddy, Chuck (1994-04-21). "Music Reviews: Ace of Base – The Sign". p. 83. LA Weekly.
  3. ↑ Såtvedt, Kim (1993-03-18). "Plater". Laagendalsposten (in Norwegian). No. 54. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  4. ↑ "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media. 1993-06-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  5. ↑ Cermak, Wendi (1994-01-14). "Crossover: Music Meeting" (PDF). The Network Forty. p. 32. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Ace of Base: 25 years of 'Happy Nation'". Scandipop. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Ace of Base - The Sign". Sputnikmusic. 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  8. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 1993-05-08. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  9. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ↑ 18 May 1993
  11. ↑ "Ace of Base – Waiting for Magic". Singles Top 100.
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