"Could It Be Magic" is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20.

The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musicians featuring Barry Manilow), produced and co-written by Tony Orlando.

20, and the source of the inspiration is made explicit in Manilow's own recording, which quotes directly eight bars of Prelude No.

"[5] Manilow sent a cassette tape of his tune to his collaborator Adrienne Anderson, who responded enthusiastically to the song, as did Tony Orlando,[2] vice-president of Columbia/CBS Music, who also contributed lyrics to the version of the song he then produced for the Featherbed, which is significantly different from the solo version Manilow himself had envisioned.

[9][10] Manilow hated the Orlando arrangement in Featherbed's version so severely that, as he has said in numerous subsequent interviews, he was appreciative of the fact that the song went nowhere on the charts.

[15] Cash Box said that "a glowing arrangement by Manilow and Ron Dante grace the familiar melody which is augmented with a strong, vocal interpretation by Manilow"[16] Record World said that "Chopin's Prelude in C Minor gave Barry the original inspiration for this one" and that they expected it to go to the Top 10.

The song was again reworked in 1993 using the earlier orchestration of brass and strings, combining it with new drums, bass and synthesizers.

Produced by Billy Griffin and Ian Levine and remixed by the Rapino Brothers, English boy band Take That released their cover version, based on Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder's up-tempo arrangement of the track, on November 30, 1992 by RCA Records, as the final single from their debut album, Take That & Party (1992).

It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and was featured in that year's Only Fools and Horses Christmas special "Mother Nature's Son" in the background of one of the scenes.

[49][50] During The Ultimate Tour in 2006, former member Robbie Williams appeared on a hologram with a pre-recorded section of his vocals.

In his review of the Take That & Party album, Peter Fawthrop from AllMusic wrote, "Hearing Robbie Williams on the tracks here, especially his lead on the cover of Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic", brings back a feeling of lost innocence and a perspective on the changing of times.

[56] Wayne Garcia from St. Petersburg Times named it the "low point" of the album, describing the song as "a synth-disco remake".

[58][unreliable source] It shows a young woman leaving a garage before the lights are turned back on and Take That perform the song with many other dancers.