Maggie May

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Written by: Stewart, Martin Quittenton
Produced by: Stewart
Released: June '71 on Mercury
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Stewart plays a schoolboy in love with an older temptress in "Maggie May," trying desperately to subdue his hormones with common sense. The song was a last-minute addition to the LP Every Picture Tells a Story and was initially the B side of "Reason to Believe." Stewart has joked that if a DJ hadn't flipped the single over, he'd have gone back to his old job: digging graves. But the song's rustic country mandolin and acoustic guitars -- and Mickey Waller's simple but relentless drum-bashing -- were undeniable.

Appears on: Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury/Universal)

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