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"My Marge" is a song performed by English group
The Move The Move were a British Rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1965. They scored nine Top 40, top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of ...
for their final album ''
Message from the Country ''Message from the Country'' is the fourth and final studio album by the Move, as well as the group's only album for EMI's Harvest Records, Harvest label. It was recorded simultaneously with the first Electric Light Orchestra album, ''The Electri ...
,'' where it was the 10th and final track. The song was written and produced by both Roy Wood and
Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and, latterly, sole member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) which was formed in 1970. He has written all of ...
, and recorded at Phillips Studios in 1971. In the U.S., it was released as a
B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph record, vinyl records and Compact cassette, cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a Single (music), single usually ...
to the band's non-album single "
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", which was later released as a bonus track to the 1998 reissue of the album, alongside an "alternative session version", which appeared as a hidden track to end the reissue. The song is known for its McCartney-esque influence, and its megaphonic sound.


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