in 2016, "Magic Dance" was the 19th highest selling Bowie song digitally downloaded in the United Kingdom. BBC America called "Magic Dance" "one of Bowie's most playful and underrated songs", while Vice'''s Kamila Rymajdo considered it to be "perhaps the most joyous song about magic, ever". David Brusie of The A.V. Club called the song "infectiously silly", and wrote that it has a "manic energy". Writing for Gizmodo, Cheryl Eddy referred to the song as an "eternal tear-the-club-up fantasy jam". Ranking "Magic Dance" at number 3 on the list "The 10 Best Uses Of David Bowie Songs In Movies", Screen Rants Ben Sherlock considered it the best song from Labyrinth and wrote that it "still has the ability to reinvigorate a dying party more than 30 years later." Empire listed the song among the "catchiest earworms" from cinema. Some critics have observed similarities between "Magic Dance" and Bowie's earlier song "The Laughing Gnome", as both are constructed around traditional nursery rhymes and feature comic goblin/gnome voices. Sasha Frere-Jones of the Los Angeles Times described the song as Bowie "essentially performing “The Laughing Gnome” again, except this time he and his gnomes come perilously close to rapping." Track listing 12": EMI America / V-19217 (US) "Magic Dance" (A Dance Mix) – 7:06 "Magic Dance" (Dub) – 5:22 "Within You" – 3:28 Download: EMI / i19217 (US) "Magic Dance" (Single Version/Edit of 7" Remix) – 4:00 "Magic Dance" (12" Remix/Dance Mix) – 7:16 "Magic Dance" (Dub) – 5:31 "Magic Dance" (7" Remix) – 4:39 Personnel David Bowie – vocals, backing vocals, producer Arif Mardin – producer Dann Huff – guitar Will Lee – additional bass, background vocals Steve Ferrone – drums Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizer, arrangement Diva Gray – background vocals Fonzi Thornton – background vocals References Bibliography''' Labyrinth (1986 film) 1986 songs David Bowie songs Song recordings produced by David Bowie Songs written by David Bowie EMI America Records singles Songs about dancing Songs written for films