Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

"Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" is a 1973 pop song written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by Lurie's band, Looking Glass. It was the first track on their second and final album, Subway Serenade.

The single reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, remaining in that position for two weeks. It spent a total of 15 weeks on the chart, just one week less than their number-one hit, Brandy. On the U.S. Cash Box chart, it peaked at number 31. It was a bigger hit in Canada, reaching number 21.

The lyrics speak of hard-knock life in the inner city. Jimmy and Mary-Anne fall in love and, although they are street wise, dream of running away together and escaping their dead-end city life.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 ^[2]	31
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	16
Canadian RPM ^[3]	21
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[4]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Position
Canada ^[5]	156
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[6]	204
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[7]	72

Josie Cotton cover

Josie Cotton covered "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" in 1984. It was her second chart single in the U.S. Her version reached number 82 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

References

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics