| "Taxi Mary" | ||||
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| Single by Jo Jo Zep | ||||
| from the album Cha | ||||
| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Studio | Richmond Recorders, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, electronic | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri, Tony Faehse | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Solley | |||
| Jo Jo Zep singles chronology | ||||
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"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).[1] 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".[2]
The song peaked at number 11 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.
- ^ "Joe Camilleri". Music Theatre Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Nichols, David (2016). Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85. Verse Chorus Press. p. 307. ISBN 9781891241611.