"Carrie Anne" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks and released by British pop rock group the Hollies.
The solo (mostly a harmonized restatement of the vocal melody) was probably played by Trinidadian Ralph Richardson,[3] though others argue it may have been Mario Gibbins.
Cashbox called it "a gently driving, pulsating, soft-rock venture that is likely to stir up a lot of activity with the teens".
The story with Carrie Anne is that we wrote it – started it – as a song for Marianne Faithfull.
–Graham Nash[6] Actress Carrie-Anne Moss reportedly was named (by her mother) in honour of the song, which was released three months before her birth.