Looking Glass - Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne (Official Audio)
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- "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass
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Lyrics:
He don't make mistakes
What he makes, he takes
Jimmy gets all the breaks
'Cause he knows how
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne
Jimmy wants to be her man
Jimmy loves Mary-Anne
She thinks it's all right
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Smooth, effortless, soulful vocal... How the hell did Elliot Lurie not become a household name? I could listen to his voice all day.
I agree
That dude could sing. No doubt about it.
Me too.
They had a special sound. Hear the B3 and the wah wah pedal
Bad luck I’d say.
What a killer song. Why was this never a number one? Fabulous piece of work.
I love this guys voice
This is a *really* good song. Definitely deserves more attention!
After 50 years still a great song
Fact check time: The song was originally recorded by the band Looking Glass and released in 1973. It was written by guitarist and lead vocalist Elliot Lurie, who also wrote and sang "Brandy," their no 1 hit the prior year. This song spent 15 weeks on Billboard (just 1 week less than "Brandy"), but only peaked at 33 (for 2 weeks). Josie Cotton covered it in 1984.
Lurie has a nice voice . yes 1973 the yr i graduated. Many good memories
Brandy and Jimmy Loves Mary Ann are my go to songs when I get down. They are both awesome story songs. Magic
I‘m 17. I feel like this song is very underrated, I still love it! I wish I was born back in the 60/70s 🥲😢!!!
It was really groovy in the 60s. The Beatles changed everything.
The 60’s music was amazing . Groups like the Beatles Beach Boys Grassroots , Supremes , Four Tops , Temps. Stones. I am thankful I grew up in that era which is the song track of me and my wife.
@@soulvaccination8679yes I remember hearing “I want to hold your Hand”
At the time it was like nothing I heard before and then the Beatles came to America already having a number one hit in the states and a backlog of music the American audience had never heard
I am a Merri Ann. Where's my Jimmy?
If I had seen, Looking Glass perform, that would have been "Jimmy" enough for me.
What a great group.
People are so busy praising "Brandy" that this great song gets lost in people's minds. "Brandy" is a classic, but this song deserves more "oldies" airplay.
Absolutely! :)
@@markmarky agree.solid pop tune
Oh my gosh I had forgotten this one!! And what a bass and drum groove 😲😲. Guitar, horns, and that Hammond organ!! And those harmonies. No auto tune there!!
@@mikewiedenkofer3546 Looking Glass was really a guitar band. The horns on these records were added by studio musicians. If you listen to most of their album cuts, you would never know it was the same group. Elliot Lurie sang only half of their songs.
Thanks youtube for proving to me this song existed, I knew I remembered hearing this decades ago but never finding it. It takes me back to a mellow place! Anyone else?
this song is a masterpiece! (although relatively unknown) It's definitely on my list of greatest songs.
Most underrated song of the 70s
On the Boston radio show The Lost 45's on 99.1 FM last weekend, this song came in around #68 in the annual Labor Day countdown of the top 100 Lost 45's. Listeners voted. I voted for this and "Sad Sweet Dreamer' and "Arizona'. ;)
Probably not the most underrated if we're still talking about it and listening to it 50 years later 👍
@@stevencurtis924 Who's 'we'? How many people as a fraction of the population, though? That's the issue when it comes to 'underrated' as a song generally. Another underrated classic was the song "T.B. Sheets" by Van Morrison, I'd say.
Another classic Lurie masterpiece, and the production is spot on.
I am from the Chicago area, this song was a huge hit there. I love the R&B and wah wah feel of the song. I still have this 45 and I play it when I pull them out.
I mentioned the wah wah and the B 3
I grew up in Southern Oregon where the closest cities were Portland (275 mi. North) and San Francisco (350 no. South) and thus got a lot of play on our local pop station when I was in Jr. High... Loved it then and still love it 50 years later. The vocals are just stellar.
Did reach higher than 33 here?
In Colorado too!
I'm listening to this song for the first time in Dec 2024. I had only known this band for their Brandy song. I love their music even more now.
underrated banger tbh
I have dug this Band for decades!
This should have been a bigger hit than Brandy. The entire album is phenomenal.
I was making my own charts out back then, and on September 15, 1973, "Jimmy Loves Mary Anne" hit number one on my list. It stayed there for two weeks. Great record.
Ha ha, I love it!
Can you tell me who knocked them out of first?
@@SThompsonRAMM_1203 Sure. It was a local (New Orleans) kiddie soul record called "It's Time for Love" by the Soul Emotions. It was played on local soul station WYLD. You can hear it on You Tube.
@@Swaggletail You've kept all those charts? How long did you do that for?
@@zyrrhos I charted from mid-1971 till the end of '78. I charted about 1,000 songs, nearly 200 of which hit #1. I kept every one of those records till a house fire destroyed them all two years ago. Fortunately I had tansferred all my charts to my computer, so I still have them.
@@Swaggletail That's incredible. You were a regular Casey Kasem. I work in film and have written several screenplays that have done well in screenwriting competitions and you paint a very vivid character. One of the scripts I wrote that won a major competition is based on events from my childhood in the 70s. I wrote it while listening to a playlist with songs like Dust (Fleetwood Mac), Alone Again Or (Love), Willow Weep For Me (Chad & Jeremy), Dolphin's Smile (The Byrds), Special Joy (Bryan Maclean) and Migration (James Taylor).
Showing my age here, but, I bought the 45 of this song, still have it, and have just about worn the grooves off. GREAT singalong song just like that other one about the sailor and the barmaid!
Other one, not ringing a bell at the moment? Nothing comes to mind, I'll have to thumb through my 45s. 😁
A song for when you’re down and out, but remembering what you have.
Very nice. What a soulful voice Elliot Lurie had. Love it.
Such a cool song,they should’ve been huge😘
True, this was another hit by Looking Glass. They had a sound!
Damn, is this a fine recording. I love the smoky vocals, fantastic guitar work, wonder organ and Rogers drums! 💜
I'm from Scotland and thought I knew A lot about music,but had never heard looking glass before...love them!!😁🎶❤
Thank you Mr. Lurie. Your writing of this tune truly shows the layers necessary to keep a listener engaged. I enjoyed it then, on an elementary school bus (we had a cool bus driver playing 8 tracks), and am enjoying it now. Again, thanks!
I had a very nice collection of 8-tracks which I hated to give up.
Timeless
these guys have a soulful sound and the harmonies were good
This September 1973 should have been a hit
...sounds like a hit to me!...signature vocals, nice instrumentation, classy arrangement and production...need to hear it again etc...
I loved this song when I was 12. Rarely heard it much.
I loved this song when I was 12. I remember going to the record shop and buying the 45 soon after it was released.
It got some radio play on Chicago radio, but it seemed to slip away fast. It didn't linger long. It's a great song by LG that captured the sound of early 70s top fourty pop rock although it only peaked at #82 on Billboard Hot 100 in "73.
It was overshadowed by the success of the #1 smash hit, "Brandy" 1972.
Just digging into some Looking Glass for the first time. I like it!
My favorite song by this group.
Thanks to Wikipedia I looked for this top 40 hit on TH-cam and I love it. I never heard it in '73 when I lived in the Twin Cities. Very well produced and trademark voice of Elliot Lurie. Wil love to hear it over and over. I'm 77, by the way.
It never made the Top 40
When you love good music you love looking glass !
God,I love this guys voice❤
I recently heard this on an oldies station that has a 'beach and oldies' show on Saturday afternoons. They play more of your "southern beach" music and not your "mainstream" oldies. I had not heard it in probably 40 years...
This actually peaked as high as No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1973, technically making Looking Glass a two hit wonder.
Hmmm
I think most critics say that a 'hit' is anything in the Top 20.
“They’re no one-hit wonder. They also had [song that twelve people have heard].” -fans of one-hit wonders
But this is still a very good song. :-) I wish I could have seen them live. I can imagine dancing to Looking Glass jamming for hours.
Hands down 1973 was the best year. Jimmy loves Mary Ann fits perfectly.
Underated band!
awesumb--should have been a huge hit!!!!!!!!!!
this sounds like a beautiful day in Monaco
I had forgotten about this song! So glad I saw it on my side bar while listening to Brandy.
This is the kind of music that belongs in one of those weekend countdown shows bonus hits
Love the Looking Glass
Always have loved this song.such an underrated song.can listen to this masterpiece all day
This is the first time I've ever seen the "This is underrated" comment when it really does apply. What a terrific record.
1973/74 school year, hell of a lot of memories of junior year in HS...my best year.
Good year. North Mecklenburg High School
THE BEST!!
Man, you mean life went downhill from there? Those were your glory days?
I remember this song as a child. Never found my Jimmy. 😔
omg i rember this from 1973!! never hear this any where. thank you for posting this. many good memories from my yr i graduated high school. love the synth bass.
I heard a LOT of great music as a little tyke. But this one slipped under the radar. I was only 5 when it was released, and it barely hit the top 40. After appreciating Brandy my whole life, I dug more into Looking Glass about 10 years ago. It was great to finally learn about this one. I’ve been enjoying it ever since! It should’ve gotten more attention on the charts and I’d have older and fonder memories.
Around #68 this year in the top 100 Lost 45's on the radio countdown, on 99.1 FM Boston, 2024.
never heard this one until a DJ put on lately-very impressive and still great to hear
My green VW Beetle had an AM radio. Remember listening to this on Fred Winston's WLS radio show.
It really annoys me when people, and even DJ’s, refer to Looking Glass as a one hit wonder. This terrific song from their underrated “Subway Serenade” album peaked at #33 in 1973. Nowhere near as big a hit as “Brandy” but still needs to be recognized. It’s strange that everyone remembers “Brandy” but very few people remember this lost, great tune.
As good as Brandy was, this is just as good. A great wah wah pedal and B3
I was just having this conversation on Facebook when someone said "One Hit Wonder". I think this song is so good, so smooth, and has a great hook as well.
Without success or money you can't keep producing albums and if your only 'hit' barely breaks the top 40's you aren't going far. In the end they only produced 2 albums and Brandy was their one hit that keeps them being known 50s years later hence "one hit wonder".
Airplay. That's All Folks! 💖 Cheers, Eh 🙃
I never heard this song until now while Brandy was part of the pop landscape that formed the soundtrack to my childhood. They're a one hit wonder. I don't know why it has such a negative connotation because to even have one #1 song is still quite a feat.
Great voice,band. Sound😊
1973 great song and great year
Great music stands the test of time!
Love his voice!!!
awesome - 1973 - my last year at school - and this song was right up there. I was right into Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, but on me commercial side of music - this was great & Brandy of course.
A Masterpiece!
Brian,you're sadly mistaken,this is right up there with Brandy! Enough said! :)
This is a really chill song
1:06 Great brass hook. The one worth rewinding to hear over and over and over ...
This is a great song 👍🏼👍🏼
A fantastic song!
Got to say for this song being top ten favorites of my passed grandmother this song
What a great singer...love this song, I can't understand why they didn't make It bigger.But hey I can have him anytime I want him. I am not sure where I would be without my music Peace & love 👮♀✌😁😄
it was a hit top 40
The song just makes me feel good great voice I can't describe the feeling
Hi I am Mari-Anne and this is my song and Jimmy was my Boyfriend in 1973.
That is a cute story, thanks for sharing ❤👍
This song and Brandy take me back to the summer of 1970 on the beach on Lake Michigan with my girlfriend on a perfect moonlit night. The best of times!
Sounds beautiful, wish I was born in a generation to experience something like that
Brandy came out in '72 and this song came out in '73. I think you're getting your summers and girlfriends mixed up.
I don't remember 1970 with Brandy and Jimmy Loves Mary Ann I'll take things that never happened for 1000 Alex
@@zyrrhos You're probably right about that. I recall working my first real job that summer, and definitely remember the girl and that night! LOL
I had no idea this song exsisted until fairly recently. Now I can't go long without giving it a listen.
"They can see each other through - if they hold on" :)
Very nice...and real smooth.
Tough song. Last heard it at 10 years old,then again when Josie Cotton covered it at 19. I own all Looking Glass music.
Great sound/ beats Brandy by a country mile!
Thanks for the LP version, much better.
Actually our local Adult Contemporary station had this in rotation for a few months. Brandy is great but this is fantastic! It's the harmonies!
incredible story telling song. background vocals are top notch. Bands just can't make a sound like that anymore.
Very true. No sound like that anymore
Great music composition.
Great song.
LOVE this one!!
I'm here cuz local h covered brandy, and it made me realize that this band is not to be overlooked as far as 70s bands go.
Always wondered about the line somewhere around the 1:28 mark that says, "She's not alone when she picks up the phone and she hears Jimmy say..." In other words, Jimmy loves Mary-Anne, but Mary-Anne? She just thinks it's alright, and she has another dude on the side... the one that was at her house when Jimmy called. I like thinking that's what the lyric means by "she's not alone..."
Wow, I never caught that “she’s not alone” back in the day, lol. But it _does_ make sense, and is consistent with Jimmy loving Mary-Anne, but Mary-Anne only “thinks it’s alright.”
Maryanne thinks it’s fine for her and Jimmy to be sweethearts. That’s how I interpret it
I was into all the dinosaur bands at the time, but I just loved this!
Pretty good song!
Both this version and Josie Cotton's cover are equally awesome!
Waw so beutifull song❤
Great song
These guys performed in Paris, Illinois at Eveland Gym in 1974 when I was a JR in highschool.. GREAT SOUND AND CONCERT
Weekend countdown shows belongs here
Great song. More a 1960s pop song than from 1973, especially with that chorus, but still very lively.
I’ve always considered 73 the true end of the 60s in terms of music.
This song 🎵 is totally amazing listening in 2024....i really love it
❤ yes it does
I was 12 when "Brandy" came out and have listened to it umpteen times. I have a pretty good Top 40 collection of the 60's-80's and not only do I not have this song I don't remember it. And while certainly not all encompassing, I have a pretty good mind for trivia from that time. Anyway, it doesn't suck but I don't think it gives "Brandy" a run for its money and so it faded into relative obscurity. Many times when a song like this pops up on my radar I'll listen to it and think, "Man! I forgot all about this song! I love this song! I must go to Amazon Music immediately and buy it!" Not so much here.
This was a good follow-up to Brandy. The melody is not quite at the Brandy level, but the vocals are nice and the song has a good hook. I somehow reached him on line a couple years ago and he was just a prince. Gotta like that!
Love this
Fabulous music. Makes you just wanna dance like no one is watching
Nice 👍
Extra couple bars before the "wa-wa" organ solo and non-faded ending... cool.
I worked at a Top-Forty radio station from 1976 to 1980. We were AM, and we (or at least I) ALWAYS played this version, the one on Subway Serenade. It was an oldie by then, but our listeners always responded.
@@stevensmith8666 Cool. What city did you work in? I was a studio intern at 560 WFIL (Philly) in the early 80's.
@@JP5466 it was WKIN in Kingsport TN. 1320, 5,000 watts by day.
I was only 9 when this came out. I do remember hearing Brandy a lot over the decades, never hear of their name however.
Holy c what a song🎃
Been hearing Brandy so #&%(ing often I had to look up some of their other songs. Nice!