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The song was used several times in [[Star Trek]]. The tune was featured as background music in the movie, [[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]].
 
The song was used several times in [[Star Trek]]. The tune was featured as background music in the movie, [[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]].
   
It was used twice on [[Star Trek: Voyager]]. It was sung by [[Seven of Nine]] during a [[holographic]] simulation of [[World War II]] during which her mind was altered by a hostile [[alien]] [[species]], the [[Hirogen]], to believe she was a French night club singer in [[1942]] occupied [[France]]. She was nearly through the third line when the mind control was broken, at which point she no longer remembered what she had been doing or the words to the song and was forced to abruptly halt her performance. {{audio|file=It_Can't_Be_Wrong.ogg|text=Listen to the Seven sing “That Old Black Magic”}} ({{VOY|The Killing Game}}) The second time it was performed by the [[Doctor]] and [[Harry Kim]] and his [[jazz]] band called [[Harry Kim and the Kimtones]] Harry Kim and his band began by performing the song instrumentally but the audience booed them because they wished to hear the Doctor perform. He jumped on stage and instructed the band to pick up the pace and began singing the lyrics to the song, saving the face of Harry and his band. He sang the song up to the fifth line before the scene endend. {{audio|file=The_Doctor,_Harry_Kim_and_the_Kimtones_-_That_Old_Black_Magic.ogg|text=Listen :to the Doctor and Harry Kim and the Kimtones}} ({{VOY|Virtuoso}})
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It was used twice on [[Star Trek: Voyager]]. It was sung by [[Seven of Nine]] during a [[holographic]] simulation of [[World War II]] during which her mind was altered by a hostile [[alien]] [[species]], the [[Hirogen]], to believe she was a French night club singer in [[1942]] occupied [[France]]. She was nearly through the third line when the mind control was broken, at which point she no longer remembered what she had been doing or the words to the song and was forced to abruptly halt her performance. {{audio|file=It_Can't_Be_Wrong.ogg|text=Listen to the Seven sing “That Old Black Magic”}} ({{VOY|The Killing Game}}) The second time it was performed by the [[Doctor]] and [[Harry Kim]] and his [[jazz]] band called [[Kimtones|Harry Kim and the Kimtones]]. Harry Kim and his band began by performing the song instrumentally but the audience booed them because they wished to hear the Doctor perform. He jumped on stage and instructed the band to pick up the pace and began singing the lyrics to the song, saving the face of Harry and his band. He sang the song up to the fifth line before the scene endend. {{audio|file=The_Doctor,_Harry_Kim_and_the_Kimtones_-_That_Old_Black_Magic.ogg|text=Listen :to the Doctor and Harry Kim and the Kimtones}} ({{VOY|Virtuoso}})
   
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==

Revision as of 21:20, 9 September 2007

That Old Black Magic is a popular song from the mid 20th century. The music was written by Harold Arlen, with the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1942 and has become an often-recorded standard with many versions by various artists, becoming a hit many times over.

The song was used several times in Star Trek. The tune was featured as background music in the movie, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

It was used twice on Star Trek: Voyager. It was sung by Seven of Nine during a holographic simulation of World War II during which her mind was altered by a hostile alien species, the Hirogen, to believe she was a French night club singer in 1942 occupied France. She was nearly through the third line when the mind control was broken, at which point she no longer remembered what she had been doing or the words to the song and was forced to abruptly halt her performance. Listen to the Seven sing “That Old Black Magic” file info (VOY: "The Killing Game") The second time it was performed by the Doctor and Harry Kim and his jazz band called Harry Kim and the Kimtones. Harry Kim and his band began by performing the song instrumentally but the audience booed them because they wished to hear the Doctor perform. He jumped on stage and instructed the band to pick up the pace and began singing the lyrics to the song, saving the face of Harry and his band. He sang the song up to the fifth line before the scene endend. Listen :to the Doctor and Harry Kim and the Kimtones file info (VOY: "Virtuoso")

Lyrics

That old black magic has me in its spell, that old black magic that you weave so well.
Those icy fingers up and down my spine
That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.
The same old tingle that I feel inside, and then that elevator starts its ride
And down and down I go, round and round I go, like a leaf that's caught in the tide.
I should stay away, but what can I do?
I hear your name and I'm aflame
Aflame with such a burning desire that only your kiss can put out the fire.
For you're the lover I have waited for, the mate that fate had me created for.
And every time your lips meet mine, darling, down and down I go, round and round I go
In a spin, loving the spin I'm in, under that old black magic called love.