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"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 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 5 in Canada.

"It's a Miracle"
Single by Culture Club
from the album Colour by Numbers
B-side	"Love Twist (live)" (7-inch) "Melting Pot (live)" (12-inch)
Released	16 March 1984 (UK) May 12, 1984 (US)
Recorded	1983
Genre	New wave
Length	3:25
Label	Virgin 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.

Reception

Cash Box called the song "a perfect example of British adopted American R&B."[1]

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-inch

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)"

Chart performance

The song became the group's sixth top-five hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number four.[2] It reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] and number 16 on the Canadian RPM chart.[4] 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[5] and number two on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[6]

Appearances

The song was first called "It's America", relating to Culture Club's first trip to the United States. It was later changed.[7]

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

References

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