Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band album)

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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. Four singles were released from the album in various countries: the title track, "Cool Magic" (#57 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Keeps Me Wondering Why", and "Give It Up", with the title song charting the highest at #1 on the pop chart. Unusually for the band, lead singer/guitarist Steve Miller did not write most of the songs. Drummer Gary Mallaber had brought in a handful of demos from his other band Tracker, which featured several Miller associates. Mallaber hoped one of the songs would be used for the album, but Miller used all of them and Mallaber received eight co-writing credits. Miller, meanwhile, produced two of his own songs; the title track and the "Heart Like a Wheel"-soundalike "Give It Up".

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