Mary Had a Little Boy

The song features vocals by Penny Ford, who also co-wrote the lyrics, and reached number-one in Zimbabwe and on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada.

In Europe, it peaked within the top 10 in Austria (9), Belgian Flanders (7), Finland (9), Germany (4), Ireland (10), the Netherlands (2), Spain (6), Sweden (7), Switzerland (4) and the United Kingdom.

AllMusic editor Andrew Hamilton constated that Penny Ford's "telling vocal and the story line" on the song make it "the most accessible cut" on the World Power album.

[4] Another Melody Maker editor, Andrew Smith, described it as "pure European house", "on the acceptable, if rather bland".

[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared it as an "irresistable, [sic] nervous dance track based on a wicked, sticking tune.