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{{Infobox song
| name       = Dans la main d'un magicien
| cover      = Pbs1r.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Celine Dion]]
| album      = [[The Peanut Butter Solution|Opération beurre de pinottes]] soundtrack
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|1985|12}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 3:20
| label      = {{hlist|TBS (French)|[[Epic Records|Epic]] (English)}}
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Lewis Furey]]|[[Eddy Marnay]]}}
| producer   = Lewis Fure
| prev_title = [[C'est pour vivre]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[La ballade de Michel]]
| next_year  = 1985
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|zHkZzi0UWiE|"Listen to the Magic Man"}}}}
}}
"'''Dans la main d'un magicien'''" ({{lit}} "In the Hand of a Magic Man") is [[Celine Dion]]'s first [[Single (music)|single]] from the movie soundtrack ''[[The Peanut Butter Solution|Opération beurre de pinottes]]''. It was released in 1985 in [[Quebec]], Canada.<ref>{{cite book| author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps| publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005| isbn=0-7407-5559-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/celinedionforkee0000glat}}</ref> Dion recorded also an English version of this song called "Listen to the Magic Man" and did her first real music video for it (1985). "Listen to the Magic Man" is also notable for being Dion's first English-language song recorded in the studio.

==Background==
''The Peanut Butter Solution / Opération beurre de pinottes'' soundtrack album includes both versions as well as two other Dion recordings: "[[La ballade de Michel]]" and its English-language counterpart "Michael's Song". Neither the French or English version of the song were included on any of Dion's albums.

The track was made officially available on a CD for the first time in September 2006. It was included on a special bonus disc bundled with Volume 1 of the ''[[Tales for All|Contes pour tous]]'' DVD box set, only available through Imavision's web site.

In November 2014, "Dans la main d'un magicien" and "Listen to the Magic Man" were released digitally around the world.{{cite needed|date=December 2023}}

==Track listings and formats==
*'''Canadian 7" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Dans la main d'un magicien|others=Celine Dion|year=1985|type=Canadian 7" single liner notes|publisher=TBS|id=TBS 5562}}</ref>
#"Dans la main d'un magicien" – 3:20
#"CUE 17 à instrumental" (Instrumental) – 2:09

*'''Canadian 7" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Listen to the Magic Man|others=Celine Dion|year=1985|type=Canadian 7" single liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=E4-7130}}</ref>
#"Listen to the Magic Man" – 3:20
#"[[La ballade de Michel|Michael's Song]]" – 3:00

==References==
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{{Celine Dion songs}}

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[[Category:Songs about wizards]]
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[[Category:Songs in French]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Eddy Marnay]]
[[Category:Songs written by Eddy Marnay]]
[[Category:Songs written by Lewis Furey]]