It's a Miracle (Culture Club song)

"It's a Miracle" is the fifth and final single from new wave band Culture Club's 1983 Colour by Numbers album. The song became the group's sixth top-five hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number four.[1] It reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] and hit the top five in Canada.[3] It was the band's first US release to miss the Top 10; however, the song still received considerable airplay there during the summer of 1984. Also, the song reached number eight on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart[4] and number two on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[5]

"It's a Miracle"
Single by Culture Club
from the album Colour by Numbers
B-side
  • "Love Twist (live)",
  • "Melting Pot (live) (on 12" only)"
Released16 March 1984 in UK/May 12, 1984 (US)
Recorded1983
GenreNew wave
Length3:25
LabelVirgin Records
Epic Records (US)
Songwriter(s)Roy Hay, Boy George, Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and Phil Pickett
Producer(s)Steve Levine
Culture Club singles chronology
"Miss Me Blind"
(1984)		 "It's a Miracle"
(1984)		 "The War Song"
(1984)

The B-side of the 7-inch single is a live rendition of "Love Twist", a track from their first album. It was recorded in December 1983. An additional live track, "Melting Pot" (a cover of the song by the group Blue Mink), from the same show was available on the 12-inch single.

The original song was known as "It's America".

Music video

The music video features the band playing around on a circular board with various Monopoly spaces placed around the edges. Interspersed with these are clips from previous Culture Club music videos.

Track listing
Released at least in UK, Canada, USA, Australia, France, Germany, Spain

A. "It's a Miracle"
B. "Love Twist (Live)"

Released in Peru and Ecuador

A. "It's a Miracle"
B. "Miss Me Blind"

12"
Released at least in UK, Australia, Japan, Germany, Portugal, Spain, El Salvador

A1. "It's a Miracle/Miss Me Blind (Multimix)"
B1. "Love Twist (Live)"
B2. "Melting Pot (Live)"

Appearances

The song was first called "It's America", relating to Culture Club's first trip to the United States. It was later changed.[6]

The song appears as a cover in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme as "Miracle."

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References
  1. Official Charts Company
  2. http://www.billboard.com/artist/299840/Culture+Club/chart?f=379
  3. "www.1050chum.com". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 62.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 14 July 1984. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. "It's America" (Early 1983 Live performance) on YouTube


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