'We always like to do something that people wouldn't expect us to come out with. Billboard ranked the song as one of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The song was nominated for Choice Love Song at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards, and for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 2016 Brit Awards. As of 2021, the song has been certified triple platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and gold or higher in ten other countries, including diamond in Brazil. On the Billboard Hot 100, the single peaked at number 67, becoming the group's highest-charting single to date in the US. Outside of the United Kingdom, it peaked within the top ten in six other music markets and charted in 16 additional countries. It was named by the Official Charts Company, as the fifth biggest selling girl group single in the UK.

It remained at number one for three consecutive weeks, becoming the first song by a girl group to spend more than a single week at number one since ' About You Now' by Sugababes in 2007. It topped the UK Singles Chart, the first Little Mix single to do so since ' Wings' in 2012 and the first song by an all-female group to reach number one since Icona Pop released 'I Love It' in 2013. 'Black Magic' is a teen pop, and dance pop song with influences of 80s pop music. The single received acclaim from music critics upon release, who praised it for its catchy sound and upbeat tempo, and comparisons were made with the songs from their debut album, DNA (2012). ' Black Magic' is a song recorded by British girl group Little Mix, released on through Syco Music and Columbia Records as the lead single from their third studio album, Get Weird (2015).

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