"Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" is a 1973 song written and composed by

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and recorded by Lurie's band, Looking Glass. It was the first track on their second and final album, ''

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.'' The title has also been spelled "Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann".

Background

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 life.

Chart performance

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 1 hit, "

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." On the U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100, it peaked at number 31. It was a bigger hit in Canada, reaching number 21.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" much airplay, ranked the song as the 72nd biggest hit of 1973. It peaked at number 2 on their survey of October 13, 1973.WLS Forty-fives, October 13, 1973: Vol. 14, No. 1
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Cover versions

* Mark Williams covered "Jimmy Loves Marianne" (note spelling) in 1975. It was used as the B-side to his song, "

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", a number 1 hit single in New Zealand. *

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covered "Jimmy Loves Maryann" in 1984, again with a variant spelling. It was her second chart single in the U.S.; it reached number 82 on the

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