Mary of the 4th Form explained

Mary of the 4th Form
Type:single
Artist:The Boomtown Rats
Album:The Boomtown Rats
B-Side:"Do the Rat"
Released:11 November 1977[1]
Genre:Punk rock, new wave, glam rock
Length:3:52 (album version 3:33)
Label:Ensign Records
Producer:Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Prev Title:Lookin' After No. 1
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:She's So Modern
Next Year:1978

"Mary of the 4th Form" is the second single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the first song taken from the band's first album The Boomtown Rats but the single is a different, re-recorded version from that on the album and 19 seconds longer. On French and Dutch releases of the single, "Do the Rat" (B-side of the UK version) was the A-side.[2] The song's theme, of a teacher's sexual attraction to a pubescent girl, who behaves in an overtly sexual manner, was resonated in the Police song "Don't Stand So Close to Me".[3]

"Mary of the 4th Form" peaked at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.[4]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 56.
  2. Web site: The Boomtown Rats Discography . Boomtownrats.co.uk . 2014-04-09.
  3. Web site: (self-titled) Album Review . The Boomtown Rats . 2014-04-09.
  4. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 71.