"Mae" is a 1965 song written by Riz Ortolani for the MGM motion picture '' The Yellow Rolls-Royce''.

Background

The song is the theme for the section of the film in which ownership of the titular Rolls-Royce passes to a gangster and becomes the backdrop to a dangerous romance between the gangster's girlfriend Mae Jenkins (

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) and a young Italian named Stefano (

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1965 recordings

*The tune was covered as an instrumental by Herb Alpert on ''Going Places'', and released as a single, where it peaked at #26 on the US

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, also released it as an instrumental, where it peaked at #27 on US Easy Listening chart.

Other recordings

*The song with English lyrics, "She's Just a Quiet Girl", was recorded and released as a single by

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included the song on her album '' Feeling Good'' (1965).

References

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