Taxi Mary
{{Infobox song
| name = Taxi Mary
| cover = Taxi_Mary_by_Jo_Jo_Zep.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jo Jo Zep
| album = Cha
| released = September 1982
| recorded =
| studio = Richmond Recorders, Melbourne
| venue =
| genre = Synthpop, electronic
| length = 3:56
| label = Mushroom Records
| writer = Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri, Tony Faehse
| producer = Peter Solley
| prev_title = Gimme Little Sign
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Walk On By
| next_year = 1982
}}
"Taxi Mary" is a pop song written by Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri and Tony Faehse and recorded by the Australian musicians Jo Jo Zep (pseudonym of Camilleri) and Jane Clifton (who is uncredited on the song).{{cite web|url=http://www.musictheatreaustralia.com.au/component/entertainers/joe_camilleri/3531|title=Joe Camilleri|publisher=Music Theatre Australia|accessdate=24 October 2017}} It was released in September 1982 as the lead single from Zep's seventh studio album, Cha (1982).
Camilleri later said that the song came at a time when "we weren't looking too good on the charts. I needed a hair transplant, I needed some work on my teeth, I needed platform shoes and to put my kids through University".{{cite book|title=Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85 |last=Nichols |first=David |publisher=Verse Chorus Press|year=2016|page=307|isbn=9781891241611}}
The song peaked at number 11 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.
Track listing
7" (Mushroom – K-8818)
- Side A – "Taxi Mary" - 3:56
- Side B – "This Is Our Time" - 3:22
Charts
References
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{{Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons}}
Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Mushroom Records singles
Category:Songs written by Joe Camilleri
Category:Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons songs
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