The Wind Cries Mary

"The Wind Cries Mary"
West German single picture sleeve
Single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
A-side	"Purple Haze" (US)
B-side	"Highway Chile" (UK)
Released	May 5, 1967 (1967-05-05) (UK) June 19, 1967 (US)
Recorded	January 11, 1967
Studio	De Lane Lea, London
Length	3:21
Label	Track (UK) Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)	Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)	Chas Chandler
Experience UK singles chronology
"Purple Haze" (1967) "The Wind Cries Mary" (1967) "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (1967)
Experience US singles chronology
"Hey Joe" (1967) "The Wind Cries Mary" (1967) "Foxy Lady" (1967)

"The Wind Cries Mary" is a rock ballad^[1] written by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix wrote the song as a reconciliatory love song for his girlfriend in London, Kathy Etchingham. More recent biographical material indicated that some of the lyrics appeared in poetry written by Hendrix earlier in his career when he was in Seattle.