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(Redirected from She's a Bad Mama Jama) 1981 single by Carl Carlton
"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)"
side-A labelSide A of the US single
Single by Carl Carlton
from the album Carl Carlton
B-side"This Feeling's Rated X-tra"
ReleasedAugust 1981
GenrePost-disco
Length5:52 (album version)
3:56 (single version)
Label20th Century
Songwriter(s)Leon Haywood
Carl Carlton singles chronology
"This Feeling's Rated X-Tra"
(1980) 		"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)"
(1981) 		"I Think It's Gonna Be Alright"
(1982)

"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit, earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1982. Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks.

The track peaked at number 22 in the U.S. It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, "Everlasting Love." "She's a Bad Mama Jama" also spent eight weeks at number two on the R&B/Soul chart. And on popular Top 40 radio station WABC in New York City, it hit No. 3 at the end of September 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was certified a Gold record. Outside the US, it reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
New Zealand 27
UK 34
US Billboard Hot 100 22
US Billboard Soul Singles 2
US Cash Box Top 100 23

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
US Billboard Hot 100 136

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 1,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Sampling

  • The song has been often sampled in rap music, including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's "Big Bad Mama".
  • In May 27, 1999, Chinese American singer Coco Lee sampled "She's a Bad Mama Jama" into her track in Mandarin produced by Korean-American Asian music producer Jae Chong called “We Can Dance” featured on her album From Today Until Forever (今天到永遠).

References

  1. Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. L.A. Times "The Envelope" awards database, (Accessed August 15, 2006)
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 139.
  4. Musicradio77.com "Weekly Music Surveys" Sept. 29, 1981. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 94. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, February 14, 1982
  7. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  8. "1981 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  9. "American single certifications – Carl Carlton – She's a Bad Mama Jama". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  10. "Samples of She's a Bad Mama Jama". whosampled.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016.

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