"Maggie May" | ||||
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Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
from the album Every Picture Tells a Story | ||||
A-side | "Reason to Believe" | |||
Released | July 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:50 (Album version W/ Henry Intro) 5:14 (Single version) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | |||
Producer(s) | Rod Stewart | |||
Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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"Maggie May" is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 130 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3]
In 2017, the 1971 release of "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart on Mercury Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[4]