"Hazard" was released as the second single from Marx's third studio album, Rush Street (1991), on January 28, 1992, in the United States.

Mary disappears in suspicious circumstances, and the narrator, already shunned by many in the small village where he has lived since the age of seven ("That boy's not right"), is immediately considered the main suspect.

However, the narrator maintains his innocence throughout the song, and the matter of culpability is left open to the listener's interpretation.

Locals invited Marx to be Grand Marshal at Sherman County's Fourth of July parade in 1993, which he accepted.

[4] The music video for "Hazard", directed by Michael Haussman,[5] reveals additional video cues and other details that led viewers to speculate about the question of the protagonist's innocence while still following the song's lyrics and ultimately leaving the outcome open to interpretation.

The protagonist goes to see Mary but catches her making love to an unidentified person as the police car arrives.

While in the interrogation room, the protagonist is shown a white cloth, which the sheriff identifies as the item used to strangle Mary.

Locals are shown vandalizing the male character's home, breaking its windows and setting fire.