My Maria

"My Maria"

Single by B. W. Stevenson
from the album My Maria
B-side	"August Evening Lady"
Released	August 1973
Format	7" 45 RPM
Genre	Country Rock
Length	2:25
Label	RCA Records
Writer(s)	B. W. Stevenson Daniel Moore
Producer(s)	David Kershenbaum

"My Maria" is a song co-written by B. W. Stevenson and Daniel Moore. Stevenson released "My Maria" as a single in August 1973, and the song became a Top 10 hit, peaking at number 9 on the US pop chart. It remained in the Top 40 for twelve weeks. In addition, "My Maria" spent one week at number 1 on the US adult contemporary chart.^[1] The guitar portion of the track was played by Larry Carlton.^[2] A cover by Brooks & Dunn reached number 1 on the US country music chart and won the 1997 Grammy for Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Content

A gypsy woman, Maria, relieves the narrator from the problems he was struggling with.^[3]

Chart positions

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
Canada RPM Top Singles	7
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1

Brooks & Dunn version

"My Maria"

Single by Brooks & Dunn

from the album Borderline

B-side

"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"

Released

March 24, 1996^[4]

Format

CD single, Cassette Single

Recorded

1995

Genre

Country

Length

3:30

Label

Arista 12993

Writer(s)

B. W. Stevenson
Daniel Moore

Producer(s)

Kix Brooks
Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn

Brooks & Dunn singles chronology

"Whiskey Under the Bridge"
(1995)

"My Maria"
(1996)

"I Am That Man"
(1996)

When country duo Brooks & Dunn released a cover version of "My Maria" in 1996, the song reached number 1 on the US country chart. Their version of the song appears on their album Borderline, released in 1996 on Arista Records. In addition, their version was the number one country song of the year 1996 according to Billboard, and won the duo its second Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Vocal Group or Duo.^[5] The song's b-side, "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing," would later be released as the album's third single.

In addition, this song was performed as their last performance as a duo at the 2010 ACM Awards on April 18, 2010, as well at the 50th anniversary of the ACM Awards on April 19, 2015.

Chart positions

"My Maria" debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 6, 1996.

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	79
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[9]	12
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	1

Gear Daddies version

Gear Daddies released a version of the song on their 1992 album Can't Have Nothin' Nice.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 232.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
↑ Randall, Alice; Carter Little; Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 1-59555-860-8.
↑ AOL Music profile for "My Maria"
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 63. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2973." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 20, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon	Billboard Easy Listening number-one single (B.W. Stevenson version) September 22, 1973	Succeeded by "I'm Coming Home" by Johnny Mathis
Preceded by "You Win My Love" by Shania Twain	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single May 18-June 1, 1996	Succeeded by "Blue Clear Sky" by George Strait
Preceded by "It's Lonely I Can't Stand" by Charlie Major	RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 20-May 27, 1996	Succeeded by "If I Were You" by Terri Clark
Preceded by "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" by John Michael Montgomery	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single of the year 1996	Succeeded by "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s... and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography

Billboard Year-End Hot Country Songs number one single of the year

1980–1989	1980: "My Heart" – Ronnie Milsap 1981: "Fire and Smoke" – Earl Thomas Conley 1982: "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson 1983: "José Cuervo" – Shelly West 1984: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 1985: "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap 1986: "Never Be You" – Rosanne Cash 1987: "Give Me Wings" – Michael Johnson 1988: "Don't Close Your Eyes" – Keith Whitley 1989: "A Better Man" – Clint Black

1990–1999	1990: "Nobody's Home" – Clint Black 1991: "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson 1992: "I Saw the Light" – Wynonna 1993: "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson 1994: "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery 1995: "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" – John Michael Montgomery 1996: "My Maria" – Brooks & Dunn 1997: "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 1998: "Just to See You Smile" – Tim McGraw 1999: "Amazed" – Lonestar

2000–2009	2000: "How Do You Like Me Now?!" – Toby Keith 2001: "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" – Brooks & Dunn 2002: "The Good Stuff" – Kenny Chesney 2003: "My Front Porch Looking In" – Lonestar 2004: "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw 2005: "That's What I Love About Sunday" – Craig Morgan 2006: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" – Rodney Atkins 2007: "Watching You" – Rodney Atkins 2008: "Just Got Started Lovin' You" – James Otto 2009: "I Run to You" – Lady Antebellum

2010–2019	2010: "Love Like Crazy" – Lee Brice 2011: "Crazy Girl" – Eli Young Band 2012: "Time Is Love" – Josh Turner 2013: "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line 2014: "This Is How We Roll" – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan 2015: "Take Your Time" – Sam Hunt

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