Mary Was the Marrying Kind
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| "Mary Was the Marrying Kind" | ||||
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| Single by Kip Moore | ||||
| from the album Up All Night | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| Producer(s) | Brett James | |||
| Kip Moore singles chronology | ||||
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"Mary Was the Marrying Kind" is a song recorded by American country music artist Kip Moore, co-written by Dan Couch and Scott Stepakoff, released as the lead single from his debut album Up All Night.[1] The song, which was released as Moore's debut single in March 2011, was the fourth most added country single at the time of its release and peaked at number 45 on Hot Country Songs.[2][3][1] The song did not make the final cut of Moore's debut album Up All Night, although it was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition.
The song talks about women that Moore has dated and the reasons that the women were wrong for him. He then goes on to talk about Mary, a woman that Moore hadn’t seen in about over five years since leaving high school. Moore described Mary as the tall, shy, meek, sweet, nice woman that no one paid any attention to until she grew comfortable with herself and guys took notice. Moore happened to run into her at a party, stating that she was "gorgeous, funny, charming and witty". Moore goes on to state that the song describes "[missing] out on something special because you weren’t paying attention".[4]