Along Comes Mary
The Association
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Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely Someone calls on me And every now and then I spend my time in rhyme and verse And curse those faults in me And then along comes Mary And does she want to give me kicks , and be my steady chick And give me pick of memories Or maybe rather gather tales of all the fails and tribulations No one ever sees When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks Whose sickness is the games they play And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks make jokes As who is most to blame today And then along comes Mary And does she want to set them free, and let them see reality From where she got her name And will they struggle much when told that such a tender touch as hers Will make them not the same When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed And flaccid kids are flung across the stars The psychodramas and the traumas gone The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars And then along comes Mary And does she want to see the stains, the dead remains of all the pains She left the night before Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies, and make them Realize their urgent cry for sight no more When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
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Written by: TANDYN ALMER
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10 facts about this song
Song Origination"Along Comes Mary" was first recorded by the American sunshine-pop band "The Association" and it was included in their debut studio album "And Then... Along Comes the Association" in 1966.
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SongwritersThe song was not written by any members of "The Association" but by Tandyn Almer, a pop songwriter and musician who also worked with several other big names of the '60s like The Beach Boys.
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Chart Success"Along Comes Mary" reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it one of "The Association's" biggest hits.
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Controversial SpeculationThe lyrics of the song sparked some controversy at the time as due to the suggested drug references in the song. Some thought "Mary" might be a coded reference to marijuana, but songwriters and band members have always denied these assumptions.
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Cover VersionBloodhound Gang, an American rock band, covered "Along Comes Mary" in 1996, thirty years after the song’s original release.
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Album InclusionThe Bloodhound Gang's cover of "Along Comes Mary" was included in their second studio album "One Fierce Beer Coaster" released in 1996.
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Music StyleThe Bloodhound Gang's version of "Along Comes Mary" has a distinctive alternative rock and rap rock style that is significantly different from the original sunshine pop version by "The Association".
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Music VideoThe music video for "Along Comes Mary" by the "Bloodhound Gang" contains scenes of the band's members performing in a church, intercut with footage from the John Waters film "Pecker".
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Notable PerformancesOne of The Association's most notable performances of "Along Comes Mary" was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, one of the key events of the Summer of Love.
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Song Length"The Association's" version of the song runs approximately 2:52 minutes long, whereas the "Bloodhound Gang's" cover is significantly longer, running about 3:20 minutes.
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