It was composed by Mark Clarke and Ken Hensley.

[2] It is a gentle, semi-acoustic ballad whose lyrics deal with a wanderer meeting "the Wizard of a thousand kings".

This song is the first Uriah Heep single which had a music video.

The song was composed by keyboardist-guitarist Ken Hensley and the band's short time bassist Mark Clarke.

[3] "The Wizard" also was the only composition that includes Clarke as a member of the band.