The song was also in the top 20 in several countries charts including Australia, Belgium, Croatia and Ireland, while peaked at number 1 on Euro Digital Songs and Scotland Official Charts Company. This song made ‘Little Mix’ the first girl group in the UK to have a number 1 song for longer than a week, the fourth highest debut of the year in the UK, and the biggest preorder sales of 2015.
‘Black Magic’ reached 1.97 million streams, entered at number 1 in the UK Official Charts Company and remained at the top for three consecutive weeks. But their success was in the UK and Europe. In the US Billboard Hot 100, the song reached number 67 in its third week and became their highest charting US single. Release dateĮdvard Forre Erfjord – Henrik Michelsen – Ed Drewett – Camille Purcell Label In an interview with, Little Mix revealed the message in Black magic: “The message of Black Magic is basically that we are the girls with the secret potion and we’re going to give it to all the other girls that want to get the man they want to get.” Jesy Nelson then adds:”It makes them fall in love,”, then Leigh-Anne said:”But I think the potion is a little metaphor for confidence, just have a little bit of confidence and get your man”.Ī “whole new sound” is what the band described the album “Get Weird” at the 2015 Brit Awards, confirming that it was completed. Black Magic is a metaphor for empowering women to have confidence to get the man that they want.