▁with ▁the ▁band ' s ▁logo ▁featured ▁above ▁the ▁band ▁in ▁a ▁yellow ▁colour ▁and ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁below ▁in ▁white . ▁" Black ▁Magic " ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁premi ere ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁May , ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁moved ▁forward ▁to ▁ 2 1 ▁May , ▁after ▁the ▁single ▁le aked ▁online ▁the ▁day ▁before . ▁The ▁single ▁was ▁released ▁digit ally ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁May . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁CD ▁single ▁in ▁Europe ▁and ▁Japan ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁July . ▁ ▁Com position ▁ ▁" Black ▁Magic " ▁is ▁a ▁dance - pop ▁song ▁that ▁runs ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁length ▁of ▁three ▁minutes ▁and ▁thirty - one ▁seconds . ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Ed vard ▁F ør re ▁Er f j ord , ▁Hen rik ▁Mich elsen , ▁Ed ▁D rew ett ▁and ▁Camil le ▁Pur cell , ▁and ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁production ▁du o ▁Electric , ▁who ▁previously ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁group ' s ▁second ▁studio ▁album , ▁along ▁with ▁Matt ▁Rad ▁( add .). ▁The ▁song ' s ▁rh ythm ▁is ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁sounds ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁dance ▁music . ▁The ▁song ▁has ▁a ▁quick ▁tempo ▁of ▁ 1 1 2 ▁be ats ▁per ▁minute ▁and ▁is ▁composed ▁in ▁the ▁key ▁of ▁E ▁major . ▁The ▁band ' s ▁vocal ▁range ▁in ▁the ▁song ▁runs ▁from ▁G # 3 ▁to ▁E 5 . ▁ ▁T alk ing ▁about ▁the ▁song ' s