AccuRadio Song Of The Day-MAGIC!

Artist:MAGIC!

Song:Rude

Album:Don't Kill the Magic

Nasri Atweh was one half of the successful songwriting and production team of The Messengers when he decided to start his own band. That band MAGIC! topped the charts with the 2013 single Rude. That has been their only chart hit to date though Atweh is still a successful producer. He was born Jan. 10, 1981 in Toronto. His parents are Palestinian immigrants. He signed a record deal with Universal Canada in 2000 and he won the 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. After releasing a couple of singles, Fateh decided to concentrate on songwriting and production with partner Adam Messinger. They call themselves The Messengers and they have produced hits for Justin Bieber, Shakira, Pitbull and plenty more. A successful production career would be enough for most people. But Fateh met guitarist Mark Pellizzer in the recording studio and decided to start a band with him. Pellizzer had been in Justin Nozuka's band. They brought in drummer Alex Tanas who also was in the Nozuka band and bassist Ben Spivak of the Julian Taylor Band. They decided to call themselves MAGIC! and they signed with RCA. After the 2013 single Rude was a top five hit in Canada, RCA released it in the US and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and charted worldwide. Rude has been described as "reggae fusion". Why was it a hit? It started in Canada and then spread out from there. I doubt listeners knew who the band was. The problem was subsequent singles didn't chart. And then the album Don't Kill the Magic wasn't released until June 30, 2014. So most fans probably forgot about MAGIC! by then. Messinger produced the album and the band wrote the songs. The album is available as a budget CD. MAGIC! released two more albums on RCA. After they didn't sell, they lost their record deal. MAGIC! now live in Los Angeles. They have self released a few singles. Tanas left the band last year. And The Messengers continue to produce other artists. MAGIC! looks like a pretty good candidate as a one hit wonder. Here's the video for Rude by MAGIC!.