"A Kind Of Magic" is a song by the British rock band Queen for the 1986 film Highlander. While not originally villainous, the song was later used in Queen's jukebox stage musical We Will Rock You being sung by Killer Queen and her second-in-command, Commander Khashoggi, as they imagine how the world would be without the bohemian rebels.
Performers[]
| Character | 2002 West End | 2009 UK Tour | 2010 UK Tour | 2013 10th Anniversary Tour | 2019 North America Tour | 2019 UK Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killer Queen | Sharon D. Clarke | Mazz Murray | Lucy Tapp | Brenda Edwards | Krystle Chance | Jenny O'Leary |
| Commander Khashoggi | Alexander Hanson | Alex Bourne | Rhydian Roberts | Alasdair Harvey | Kyle Gruninger | Adam Strong |
Lyrics[]
It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
A kind of magic
One dream, one soul
One prize, one goal
One golden glance of what should be
(It's a kind of magic)
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win this day
(It's a kind of magic)
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
(It's a kind of magic)
The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Is this a kind of magic?
(It's a kind of magic)
There can be only one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done
This flame that burns inside of me
I'm hearing secret harmonies
(It's a kind of magic)
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
(It's a kind of magic)
(It's a kind of magic)
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be, will soon be
Will soon be done!
This is (this is) a kind (a kind)
Of magic (yeah)
There can be only one, one, one, one
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be done (done!)
(Magic), it's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
Magic, magic, magic, magic!
(Magic), ha-ha-ha-ha, it's magic
Ha-ha
Yeah, yeah
Whoo
It's a kind of magic!
One dream, one soul
One prize, one goal
One golden glance of what should be
(It's a kind of magic)
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win the day
(It's a kind of magic)
The bell that rings inside your mind
Is challenging the doors of time
The waiting seems eternity
The day has dawned of sanity
Is this a kind of magic?
(It's a kind of magic)
There can't be only one
This reign will last a thousand years
We will live on
This flame that burns inside of me
I'm hearing secret harmonies
(It's a kind of magic)
There rings a bell inside your mind
We're challenging the doors of time
(It's a kind of magic)
(It's a kind of magic)
This is
(This is)
A kind
(A kind)
Of magic
(Yeah)
There can't be only one
This
That
A thousand years
Will soon be done
Now we are one!
Other Appearances[]
- The original version of the song was also released in the album of the same name and as a single, and later included in many other albums over the years.
- The musical's version was included in the musical's soundtrack.
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Killer Queen • Play The Game • A Kind Of Magic • Ogre Battle • Flash • Seven Seas of Rhye • Fat Bottomed Girls • Don't Stop Me Now • Another One Bites the Dust • Bohemian Rhapsody | ||