Song · Angels & Airwaves
“Everything's Magic” by Angels & Airwaves
From the album I-Empire (2007)
“Everything's Magic” by Angels & Airwaves appears on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2007 and 2008. It was first released in 2007 on the album I-Empire. Its best result is #35 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2007.
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Angels & Airwaves led off their second album, I-Empire, with "Everything's Magic" in 2007, and it's Tom DeLonge in full wide-eyed, arena-sized optimism, the chiming guitars and bright, rushing beat built to fill a stadium. DeLonge wrote it, sang it and produced it for Geffen, and it reached radio that September, climbing to number eleven on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks to become the band's second-biggest hit.
Critics heard plenty of borrowing. Punknews.org's Aubin Paul picked out a bass line that recalls the Cure's "Close to Me" and guitar in the style of U2's the Edge, but reckoned the mix added up to a memorable, fun song. NME's Scott Evil heard a Blink-182-style melody with promise but found the delivery dreary.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 53 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 41 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 35 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 46 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 44 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 68 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 88 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 51 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 71 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 94 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2008 | 88 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
Also listed as: Everything's Music.
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