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| "Cross-Eyed Mary" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jethro Tull | |
| from the album Aqualung | |
| Released | 19 March 1971 |
| Recorded | December 1970 – February 1971 |
| Studio | Island, London |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:06 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Anderson |
| Producer(s) |
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"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971).[2]
The song is about "Cross-Eyed Mary", a schoolgirl prostitute[3] who prefers the company of "leching greys" over her schoolmates. It was intended as a companion piece to "Aqualung", the opening album track about a homeless man.[citation needed] The Aqualung character is given a cameo in "Cross-Eyed Mary".[citation needed]
"Cross-Eyed Mary" was ranked the 12th best Jethro Tull song in the book Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check.[4]
- ^ Schick, Elizabeth A. (1998). Current Biography Yearbook, 1998. H.W. Wilson. p. 26. ISBN 9780824209575.
Two other songs on Aqualung, 'Cross-Eyed Mary' and 'Locomotive Breath,' have also become hard-rock classics.
- ^ "Aqualung - Jethro Tull | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Ian Anderson interview, Disc and Music Echo, 20 March 1971". Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ Rehe, Christoph (2013). Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch (in German). Sysyphus Sysyphus Verlags GmbH. ISBN 978-3868526462.