Magic Man

The first ever hit single by the legendary band Heart, that was the opening track for their insanely good debut album, “Dreamboat Annie.” The song “Magic Man,” written by Ann and Nancy Wilson, the front-women of Heart, tells a story of the lead singer, Ann, falling in love with Mike Fisher, one of her band mates. Magic Man is about Ann falling head over heels for Mike, and moving to an entirely new country to be with him when she was 21 years old. Her mother didn’t think it was the best descision for her, since she thought she was still so young, and would constantly call her and ask how things were going, hence the lyrics: Come on home girl, Mama cried on the phone, Too soon to lose my baby, Yeah my girl should be at home!

Magic Man is truly an incredible song, not only because of the meaning behind the lyrics and how well they were put together, but also the music itself. There’s a 2-minute long instrumental section during the second half of the song that is just so perfect, it almost doesn’t seem long enough.

The entirety of Dreamboat Annie is just magnificent, I mean there’s really no other way to describe it. Every single song on there is an actual masterpiece, and I hope every single person of this planet at least gets to hear one song off that album at least one time in their life.

Riley: Hey Leah, what are you listening to?

Leah: ‘Magic Man’ by Heart! It’s an amazing song!!

Riley: Really? I wanna hear it now!

Leah: *plays Magic Man for Riley*

Riley: *falls in love with Magic Man right away because it’s just that good*

by ClassicRockLoverr June 5, 2024

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