![]() ![]() I figured it was best to listen to the guys who knew better. The song re-entered the UK chart in December 1976, but only reached number 31.Īt first, I didn't think much of "Maggie May." I guess that's because the record company didn't believe in the song. 2 record for 1971 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles charts. In October 1971, the song went to number one on the UK Singles Chart (for five weeks), and simultaneously topped the charts in Australia (four weeks), Canada (one week), and the United States (six weeks). A live version recorded in 1993 by Stewart joined by Wood for a session of MTV Unplugged is included on the album Unplugged.and Seated. A version by the Faces recorded for BBC Radio appeared on the four-disc box set Five Guys Walk into a Bar. The original recording has appeared on almost all of Rod Stewart's compilations, and even appeared on the Ronnie Wood retrospective Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion. The album version of "Maggie May" incorporates a 30-second solo guitar intro, "Henry", composed by Martin Quittenton. The mandolin player on the actual recording was Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne. A 1971 performance of the song on Top of the Pops saw the Faces joined onstage by DJ John Peel, who pretended to play the mandolin. The song was Stewart's first substantial hit as a solo performer and launched his solo career. The song was released as the B-side of the single " Reason to Believe", but soon radio stations began playing the B-side and "Maggie May" became the more popular side. The cymbal crashes had to be overdubbed separately some days later. Drummer Micky Waller often arrived at recording sessions with the expectation that a drum kit would be provided and, for "Maggie May", it was – except that no cymbals could be found. The song was recorded in just two takes in one session. In the January 2007 issue of Q magazine, Stewart recalled: "Maggie May was more or less a true story, about the first woman I had sex with, at the 1961 Beaulieu Jazz Festival." The woman's name was not "Maggie May" Stewart has stated that the name was taken from " an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute." "Maggie May" expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions of a boy involved in a relationship with an older woman and was written from Stewart's own experience. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 130 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Writer(s): STEWART RODERICK DAVID, QUITTENTON MLyrics powered by Maggie May" is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971. Maggie I wished I'd never seen your face I'll get on back home, one of these days You made a first-class fool out of me But I'm as blind as a fool can be You stole my heart but I love you anyway. ![]() ![]() Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face. Or find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helpin' hand. Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool. I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school. You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried. You led me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone. All you did was wreck my bed And in the morning kick me in the head Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore. All I needed was a friend, to lend, a guiding hand But you turned into a lover And Mother what a lover You wore me out. You stole my soul That's a pain I can do without. You led me away from home Just to save you from being alone. I laughed at all of your jokes My love you didn't need to coax Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore. The morning sun When it's in your face Really shows your age But that don't worry me none In my eyes you're everything. You stole my heart and that's what really hurts. I know I keep you amused But I feel I'm being used Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore. Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you It's late September and I really should be back at school. ![]()
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