"Mary Had a Little Boy" | ||||||||
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Single by Snap! | ||||||||
from the album World Power | ||||||||
B-side | Remix | |||||||
Released | December 10, 1990 | |||||||
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CD Single CD Maxi |
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Genre | Eurodance | |||||||
Length | 3:41 (radio edit) | |||||||
Label | Logic Records | |||||||
Writer(s) | John "Virgo" Garrett III Durron Butler Penny Ford Benito Benites |
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Producer(s) | Benito Benitez John "Virgo" Garrett III |
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"Mary Had a Little Boy" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group Snap!. It was released as the fourth and final single from their debut studio album, World Power in December 1990. The song's lyrics are based on the nineteenth century Nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb. The chorus includes the line "Mary a little boy, little did she know and everywhere that Mary went, the little boy was sure to go".
The song was re-recorded and included on their in 2003, remix album, "The Cult of Snap!" featuring Milky & 2NF.
A music video was released to promote the song. Filmed at Westway Studios in London it was directed by James Hudson and produced by Nick Verden for Radar Films.
“Mary Had a Little Boy” peaked in the top 5 in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands.
List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1991
Former professional tennis player, Yannick Noah recorded a single in 1991, called Saga Africa and the song uses a sample of "Mary Had a Little Boy".