Mary Had a Little Boy

"Mary Had a Little Boy"
Single by Snap!
from the album World Power
B-side"Remix"
Released10 December 1990
GenreEurodance, hip-house
Length3:41 (Radio Edit)
LabelLogic Records
Songwriter(s)
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
  • Durron Butler
  • Penny Ford
  • Benito Benites
Producer(s)
  • Benito Benitez
  • John "Virgo" Garrett III
Snap! singles chronology
"Cult of Snap"
(1990)
"Mary Had a Little Boy"
(1990)
"Megamix"
(1991)
Music video
"Mary Had a Little Boy" on YouTube

"Mary Had a Little Boy" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group Snap!, released in December 1990 by Logic Records as the fourth and final single from their debut studio album, World Power (1990). The song features vocals by Penny Ford, who also co-wrote the lyrics, and reached number-one in Zimbabwe and on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada. Its lyrics are based on the nineteenth century nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb. The chorus includes the line "Mary had a little boy, little did she know; and everywhere that Mary went, the little boy was sure to go". The music video for the song was directed by James Hudson and filmed in London. The song was re-recorded and included on their 2003 remix album The Cult of Snap! featuring Milky & 2NF.