"Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" is a 1973 pop song written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by Lurie's band, Looking Glass. It was the first track on their second and final album, Subway Serenade.

The single reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, remaining in that position for two weeks. It spent a total of 15 weeks on the chart, just one week less than their number-one hit, "Brandy." On the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, it peaked at number 31. It was a bigger hit in Canada, reaching number 21.

The lyrics speak of hard-knock life in the inner city. Jimmy and Mary-Anne fall in love and, although they are street wise, dream of running away together and escaping their dead-end city life.

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" much airplay, ranked the song as the 72nd biggest hit of 1973. It peaked at number two on their survey of October 13, 1973.

Josie Cotton covered "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" in 1984. It was her second chart single in the U.S. Her version reached number 82 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

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