Written By Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton in 1971, ‘Maggie May’ is one of the most well known Rod Stewart songs of all time, featuring on the album ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’. Stewart manages to tell an ultimately sad story of the ending of a relationship in a predominantly summery, up beat way which mostly disguises the peppering of both flat and minor chords within the main melody, but which add a sorrowful undertone to the song.
‘Maggie May’ was ultimately received well as it reached number one in the UK Singles Charts, and managed to stay there for two weeks. As well as this the song reached a respectable number 131 in the Rolling Stone’s ‘The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time’.
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