Irony make the truth of past situations obvious to all. Other prominent examples of outcomes now seen as poignantly contrary to expectation include: Irony is often used in literature to produce a comic effect. This may also be combined with satire. For instance, an author may facetiously state something as a well-known fact and then demonstrate through the narrative that the fact is untrue. Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" begins with the proposition "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." In fact, it soon becomes
My Baby Must Be a Magician be their final R&B Top Ten hit. "My Baby Must Be a Magician" has never had a high-profile remake; Stiff Records act Sylvia and the Sapphires had a 1983 UK single release produced by Peter Collins. On the title track of Teena Marie's 1981 album "It Must Be Magic" - her last for Motown - Teena Marie repeats the hookline from "My Baby Must Be a Magician": "My baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch", as her song's outro. (Melvin Franklin's original intro is also included in this song.) My Baby Must Be a Magician