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"Mary of the 4th Form" is the second single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the first song taken from the band's first album The Boomtown Rats but the single is a different, re-recorded version from that on the album and 19 seconds longer. On French and Dutch releases of the single, "Do the Rat" (B-side of the UK version) was the A-side. The song's theme, of a teacher's sexual attraction to a pubescent girl, who behaves in an overtly sexual manner, was resonated in the Police song "Don't Stand So Close to Me".

"Mary of the 4th Form" peaked at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.

Personnel

• Bob Geldof – vocals
• Pete Briquette – bass, vocals
• Gerry Cott – guitar
• Johnnie Fingers – keyboards, vocals
• Simon Crowe – drums, vocals
• Garry Roberts – guitar, vocals

References

1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 56.
2. "The Boomtown Rats Discography". Boomtownrats.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
3. "(self-titled) Album Review". The Boomtown Rats. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Mary of the 4th Form performance on YouTube
• Do the Rat performance on YouTube

• 1977 singles
• The Boomtown Rats songs
• Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Songs written by Bob Geldof
• Songs written by Johnnie Fingers
• 1977 songs
• Ensign Records singles