Marie Laveau (song)

"Marie Laveau"
Single by Bobby Bare
from the album Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies
B-side	"Mermaid"
Released	April 1974
Genre	Country
Length	3:09
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Shel Silverstein
Producer	Bobby Bare Bill Rice
Bobby Bare singles chronology
"Daddy, What If" (1974) "Marie Laveau" (1974) "Where'd I Come From" (1974)

"Marie Laveau" is a 1974 live recording by Bobby Bare. "Marie Laveau" was Bobby Bare's thirty-fourth single to hit the country charts, which became his only number one. It was written by Shel Silverstein. "Marie Laveau" went to number one for a single week and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the country charts.^[1]

The song is about a fictitious witch who lived in a Louisiana bayou swamp, having the same name as the famous New Orleans voodoo priestess who is approached by a scoundrel, "Handsome Jack". Jack asks Marie to conjure up $1,000,000; in exchange, Jack will then marry Marie. Marie conjures up the money, but Jack backs out on his end of the deal, resulting in Marie casting a spell on Jack in revenge.

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 40. 

Preceded by "He Thinks I Still Care" by Anne Murray	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 20, 1974	Succeeded by "You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine" by Donna Fargo
Preceded by "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" by Loretta Lynn	RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 3, 1974	Succeeded by "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn