Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)

"Mary Pickford"
Single by Katie Melua
from the album Pictures
Released	26 November 2007
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Pop/Jazz/Blues
Length	3:12
Label	Dramatico
Writer(s)	Mike Batt
Producer	Mike Batt
Katie Melua singles chronology
"If You Were a Sailboat" (2007) "Mary Pickford" (2007) "If the Lights Go Out" (2008)

"Mary Pickford" is a song written and produced by Mike Batt for the Georgian-born, British singer Katie Melua. It is Melua's tenth single and the second from her third album, Pictures. It was originally inspired by a daily facts calendar owned by Batt that one day featured the fact that Mary Pickford used to eat roses.^{[citation needed]}

The lyrics talk about the 1910s film actress Mary Pickford and other founders of United Artists. Mentioned in the song are Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, United Artists and Pickfair.^[1]

The song can be seen as a pastiche of the classic silent era Joseph H. Santly song At the Moving Picture Ball since they have a similar rhythm, similar subject matter and indeed they list the same silent-era movie stars.

References

1. ^ Mary Pickford Lyrics

External links

• Katie Melua website
• Katie Melua - 'Mary Pickford' interview YouTube