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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
34-Rod Stewart-Maggie May.
1971-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 5.02. After painstakingly studying the lyrics, I suggest that Maggie May was a ‘cougar.’
Rod Stewart (see also best songs 965-565-206-179 and 70) has given details of the event that inspired him to write ‘Maggie May.’ At sixteen I went to the Beaulieu Jazz Festival in the New Forrest. I’d snuck in with some mates and there on a secluded patch of grass I lost my not remotely prized virginity with an older woman who’d come on to me very strongly in the beer tent, how much older I can’t tell you, but old enough to be disappointed by the brevity of the experience.’
‘Maggie May’ was co-written by Stewart and Martin Quittenton (1945-2015,) other songs co-written by Stewart and Quittenton include, ‘You Wear It Well’ and ‘Farewell.’ At the very beginning of the song there is 32 seconds of music played on a mandolin, this was written by Quittenton and added on to ‘Maggie May’ and it’s parent Album, ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ in order that Quitenton would receive extra royalties, the piece is called ‘Henry,’ and was played by Ray Jackson, the mandolin player in Lindisfarne.’
Another song called ‘Maggie Mae’ is a traditional Liverpool folk song dating back to around 1757 about a prostitute who robbed a sailor, this was where Stewart got the inspiration for the name Maggie May from.
The song originally started out life as the ‘B’ side to Stewart’s 1971 Number 19 hit ‘Reason to Believe,’ but radio stations began playing Maggie May instead forcing the record label to give the song it’s own ‘A’ side release.
‘The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age.’
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This is the highest placed Rod Stewart song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMMaggie MayProvided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Maggie May · Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story ℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.…