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• Marlene from Montreal, QcI always used to think that mine was the only name that didn't appear in a song. Thanks Todd!!
• David from Liverpool, United KingdomMarlene, Marlene - I'm depending on your love - Marlene....................... The fade out is appropriately Toddlike. :)
• Landi from Westhills, Camarlene is not homless . marlene is doing good at this time , marlene did go through some rough times . i speak with my sis very often . and for bebe , she is so full of her self she looks like ahas been , funny how she wanted to hear from her . i wrote to her and no response , bebe you are classles, and to say you marlene was nothing to todd . thats why she got the song and you did not . merry christmas to all god bless ;;;
• Landi from Westhills, Camarlene is my sister. todd dated my sister when she was 17 . wrote the song marlene. great song ;;
• Budd from Rutland, VtOne of my all time favorites from the Something/Anything lp.I love the Burt Bacharach like arrangement. This should have been a big hit for Rundgren.
• Mustang Sally from Texas Riviera, TxAgreed. NOT his high school sweetheart, but jailbait. Unfortunately, Marlene's last known whereabouts is a sad tale. A search using or "Marlene Morrow" and "Persephone" should come up with the eloquent tale told by a photographer who found her homeless on the streets of Hollywood in '06.
• John from Philadelphia, PaMarlene Pinkard, aka Marlene Morrow, went on to become Playboy's Miss April in 1974, at the age of 19.
• Kleingeld from Philadelphia, PaThat Marlene was Todd's high school sweetheart is a popular misconception. In fact, she was a high school-aged girl who was Todd's girlfriend while he was recording the album Something/Anything, from which this song comes. That's the purpose of the line:
  "who'd believe that you're only seventeen
  I'm in trouble if your folks get mean
  And if they do
  Then I don't care if they bust me"
  
• Weavil from Wisconsin Rapids, WiTodd is Godd!

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