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1 Chord progression and lead guitar breaks  




2 Track listing  




3 Album Artwork  




4 Music video  




5 References  













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"Mary"
SinglebySupergrass
from the album Supergrass
B-side"Mary (Live at Lamacq)"
Released22 November 1999 (1999-11-22)[1]
StudioSawmills, Ridge Farm
GenreBritpop, rock, pop
Length4:02
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Supergrass, Rob Coombes
Producer(s)Supergrass, John Cornfield
Supergrass singles chronology
"Moving"
(1999) 		"Mary"
(1999) 		"Never Done Nothing Like That Before"
(2002)
Alternative Cover
CD 2 single cover

"Mary" was the third and final single from the Britpop band Supergrass' eponymous third album. Released in November 1999, it reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3] This was the last Supergrass single to be released on cassette.

Chord progression and lead guitar breaks[edit]

Mary is written in the key of Cm. The verses and chorus both employ the same chord progression of G♯-F-Cm, with guitarist Gaz Coombes utilising single string lead breaks on the 5th (A) string with an E-bow. It is worth noting that the opening chord progression of the song bears some similarities to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

Track listing[edit]

CD1 CDRS6531 / TC TCR6531

  1. "Mary" (4:02)
  2. "Pumping on Your Stereo (Live at Peel Acres)" (3:12)
  3. "Strange Ones (Live at Peel Acres)" (3:57)

CD2 CDR6531

  1. "Mary (Live at Lamacq)" (4:12)
  2. "Richard III (Live at Peel Acres)" (3:29)
  3. "Sun Hits the Sky (Live at Peel Acres)" (4:44)

LTD. ED. Silver 7" R6531

  1. "Mary" (4:02)
  2. "Mary (Live at Lamacq)" (4:12)

Album Artwork[edit]

The single features a photo of a stone angel statue at night, whilst the 2nd CD of the CD release shows a similarly crafted stone statue of a man in daylight.

Music video[edit]

Conceived as an homage to the Hammer Horror films from the 1950s, the accompanying music video features three moderately scary scenes, always corresponding to the song's "falsetto screaming" chorus: a room with books flying off the shelves and objects exploding because of poltergeist, a housewife vomiting blood in front of her family (including two children) and a girl drowning in a bathtub while blood spouts from the sink. The video was banned from television due to being "too frightening".[4][5] An edited version was released, replacing the aforementioned scary scenes with pictures of onions.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 22 November, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 20 November 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  • ^ The Strange Ones Supergrass Site
  • ^ Supergrass biography : beginnings, career, success Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ "Supergrass' Video Nasty". Melody Maker 9 November 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  • ^ "The Gaz Coombes Project". NME 6 November 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2008.


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