Taxi Mary

"Taxi Mary"
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
"Gimme Little Sign" (1981) "Taxi Mary" (1982) "Walk On By" (1982)

"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.

Track listing

7" (Mushroom – K-8818)

• Side A – "Taxi Mary" - 3:56
• Side B – "This Is Our Time" - 3:22

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report[3]	11

References

1. "Joe Camilleri". Music Theatre Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
2. Nichols, David (2016). Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85. Verse Chorus Press. p. 307. ISBN 9781891241611.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.