"Maria" is a song by Blondie from their 1999 album No Exit. This song was Blondie's comeback single; it was the first release from the band since "War Child" in July 1982. It was also the first U.K. number 1 for the band since "The Tide Is High" in November 1980, and coincidentally, topped the charts exactly twenty years after their first UK chart-topper, "Heart of Glass" in 1979. The song was written by Jimmy Destri, who had also penned some of their earlier hits, such as "Atomic".

In the UK the single was released as a 2 CD set, the first containing remixes of "Maria", and the second live versions of "No Exit" album track "Screaming Skin" and their very first hit single "In the Flesh".

When the song reached No. 1 in the UK on February 1999, Debbie Harry, who was then 53, became the oldest female singer to achieve that feat.

The line "...like a Millionaire/walking on imported air" was used in a previous Blondie song, "Walk Like Me" (also written by Destri), from the album Autoamerican (1980).

The song is rumored to be at least partially written about Regina Russell, who was involved with Blondie drummer Clem Burke at the time.

The song has been associated with tennis player Maria Sharapova after her 2004 Wimbledon win, and has been used in various montages.

This song was covered by Kim Ah Joong in the South Korean film 200 Pounds Beauty and also by a Korean band, Loveholic.

"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir (1995). In 1996 (see 1996 in music), Martin released the song as a CD single, his first in the United States. The song had great success on the Hot Latin Tracks airplay chart, peaking at #6, which coincided with the CD single sales to place him at #88 on The Billboard Hot 100. Martin later revamped fans' familiarity with the song by including it on the 1999 release of the self-titled album, Ricky Martin. The song became the main theme of the Brazilian telenovela Salsa e Merengue in 1996 and was very well received from the Brazilian Airplay. The song was written for a Puerto Rican love-interest Ricky Martin met on one of his tours, a "Maria" Santiago.

"Maria" is a song from the Broadway musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song was published in 1956.

In the musical, the song is sung by the male lead, Tony, when he learns that the name of the girl he's fallen in love with is "Maria". The name "Maria" is spoken or sung in the song approximately 23 times. It begins in B major and then modulates to E-flat major.

The song is widely known for its use of the melodic interval of a tritone.

Maria is the first track on the International Superhits! compilation. Two versions of the song exist. The first was released on the Adeline Records vinyl single for "Waiting" and does not include the "interview" sound clip at the beginning. The music is almost identical.

The second version was recorded for the Superhits! compilation and at the beginning, a woman's voice can be heard saying: "Billie Joe, it certainly is exciting to meet you here at the recording studio right after you've just made your very first record. How does it feel?" followed by a response from 5-year-old Billie Joe : "Mmm... wonderful!" According to Marc Spitz's 2006 book Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life and Times of Green Day, this voiceover is taken from Billie Joe Armstrong's first single, "Look for Love," the B-side of which features an interview in which the above exchange occurred.

The lyrics of the song are about a rebellious and politically opinionated woman named Maria.

"Maria" is a song by German/American boy band US5. It went to number 1 in Germany and charted within the top 10 in many surrounding countries. It was the first single released from their debut album Here We Go, and so far is the only single to be released in the UK and the U.S. It reached number 6 in the U.S. singles chart but never appeared on the Billboard 100 and charted just inside the UK top 40 at 38.