It was the first track on their second and final album, Subway Serenade.

The title has also been spelled "Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann".

The lyrics speak of hard-knock life in the inner city.

Jimmy and Mary-Anne fall in love and, although they are street wise, dream of running away together and escaping their dead-end life.

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" much airplay, ranked the song as the 72nd biggest hit of 1973.