Along Comes Mary

"Along Comes Mary"
Single by The Bloodhound Gang
from the album Hooray for Boobies
Released	1997
Format	CD, 12"
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative hip hop, Post-punk
Length	3:20
Label	Jimmy Franks Recording Company Geffen Records
Writer(s)	Tandyn Almer (lyrics), Jimmy Pop (music)
Producer	Jimmy Pop
The Bloodhound Gang singles chronology
"Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" (1996) "Along Comes Mary" (1997) "The Bad Touch" (1999)

"Along Comes Mary" is a song composed by Tandyn Almer, originally recorded in 1966 by The Association,^[2] and released on their debut album And Then... Along Comes the Association. It was their first hit and reached number seven on the U.S. charts. It has been covered by several artists, most notably The Manhattan Transfer. Leonard Bernstein admired the song, and included a short analysis of it in the "What is a Mode?" episode of his Young People's Concerts series.

The Covers

• The Baja Marimba Band's jazzy cover/remake hit the top 100 1967^[3].
• Cal Tjader 1967^[4].
• George Benson 1968^[5].
• R. Stevie Moore 1986^[6].
• The Manhattan Transfer covered the song on their 1995 album "Tonin"^[7].
• 24-7 Spyz 1996^[8].
• The Bloodhound Gang covered In 1997 only the lyrics, but claimed that the song was about marijuana and wrote new music (in punk style) to accompany theme for the Half Baked soundtrack^[9], although it later appeared on their album Hooray for Boobies. This song was released as a single in Germany, reaching number six there in 1999.
• German Blue Flames 2001^[10].
• The Guess Who 2005^[11].
• Plainsong 2005^[12].
• The Folkswingers 2007^[13].

Uses in popular culture

The Association's version appears in the 2011 movie That's What I Am.

See also List of recordings of songs Hal Blaine has played on

References