"Taxi Mary" is a pop song written by Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri and Tony Faehse and recorded by the Australian musicians

Jo Jo Zep Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are an Australian blues and rock band that features the singer, songwriter and saxophonist Joe Camilleri (aka "Jo Jo Zep"). The band was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and had several Australian chart hits ...

(pseudonym of Camilleri) and

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(who is uncredited on the song). It was released in September 1982 as the lead single from Zep's seventh studio album, '' Cha'' (1982). Camilleri later said that the song came at a time when "we weren't looking too good on the charts. I needed a hair transplant, I needed some work on my teeth, I needed platform shoes and to put my kids through University". The song peaked at number 11 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.

Track listing

7" (Mushroom – K-8818) *Side A – "Taxi Mary" - 3:56 *Side B – "This Is Our Time" - 3:22

Charts

References

1982 songs Male–female vocal duets 1982 singles Mushroom Records singles Songs written by Joe Camilleri Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons songs {{1980s-pop-song-stub