"Mama" was the fourth single off the Spice Girls' debut album, Spice. It was released as a double-A side along with the Comic Relief music video for "Who Do You Think You Are". The single sold in excess of 600,000 copies in the UK.

"Mama" did not receive as much airplay as "Who Do You Think You Are", since it was on the double-A side (which does not often get fully played on television or on the radio) of the track, but was still highly recognized.

"Mama" is a popular song.

The English language lyrics were written by John Turner and Geoffrey Claremont Parsons.

The song was recorded by Connie Francis, and was a hit on the charts in 1960.

"Mama" was the first single from Genesis' 1983 self-titled album (often referred to as the "shapes album" or simply "Mama", after the first track). Instantly recognizable from its harsh drum machine introduction, which leads into minimalist synthesizer lines in minor keys and finally Phil Collins' reverb-laden voice, "Mama" serves notice that the album which follows will be considerably darker than previous efforts. It remains the band's biggest commercial success in the UK, peaking at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, but was less popular in the US, only reaching #73 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song's theme involves a young man's longing for a particular prostitute. The song is remembered by many fans for Phil Collins' sinister laugh. On the DVD The Genesis Songbook, the band and producer Hugh Padgham revealed that the inspiration for the laugh came from rap music pioneer Grandmaster Flash's song "The Message".

The track also has a powerful final verse punctuated with a live drum kit (modified by effects), comparable to Collins' earlier solo recording "In the Air Tonight".

The music video for the song essentially plays out the lyrics, showing Collins singing to a mysterious woman while Banks and Rutherford play in the background. One memorable sequence involves an extremely evil-looking Collins, cloaked in shadows and illuminated by a greenish light, performing the aforementioned sinister laugh. When performed live, white lights were shone from underneath the stage so Collins could re-create the sinister laugh.

There are at least three versions of the studio recording of "Mama": the original, full-length cut (7:28, released as a 12" single, backed by the full-length version of "It's Gonna Get Better", also from the "Shapes album"); a somewhat early-faded version (6:48, released on the "shapes album" itself); and a heavily-edited version (5:18, released as a 7" single). A live version appears on The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts (1992); a rehearsal take, dating from 1983 and referred to as a "work in progress", is included at the end of the third disc of Genesis Archive 2: 1976-1992.

The song was covered by Brazilian power metal band Angra and released on their EP Hunters and Prey (2002).

Illusionist David Copperfield has used the song during one of his stage segments, the "Cocoon" illusion.

The song was also featured in an episode Magnum P.I., a popular US television show in the 1980s starring Tom Selleck.

The song was covered by the band Magellan on the 1996 Genesis tribute album Supper's Ready.

The song has resurfaced in 2007 as part of the Turn It On Again tour, albeit transposed down a key to account for the deepening of Phil Collins's voice over the years.

The gated-reverb drum intro line was famously sampled by South Indian music director Deva (music director) in 1995 for the Mani Ratnam produced Tamil movie Aasai for the song "EM5E" target="_blank">Meenamma" sung by _Unnikrishnan and K. S. Chithra. The Tamil song also sampled the keyboard from the original 7" version of the track from 2:26 til 2:36. The lack of copyright laws in South India enabled Deva to sample without the need to credit Genesis. It's also probable that those who listened to the Tamil track considered it to be an original composition from Deva - to add insult to injury, the soundtrack was awarded the "Best Music" for 1995 by the Tamil Nadu state government beating out original compositions like Bombay (film) from AR Rahman.

"Mama" is a song recorded by Italian balladeer Umberto Tozzi and American pop star Laura Branigan. Renowned throughout Italy, Tozzi's melodic and romantic music was largely unheard outside his native country until Branigan discovered his songs and gave them dramatic reinterpretations.

Originally written by Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi in the late 1970s, "Mama" was one of several Italian songs Laura Branigan recorded in the early- to mid-1980s with a bold, urgently emotional vocal and more dynamic instrumentation that sharpened the songs' hooks and captured the zeitgeist of the era's synth- and guitar-driven Europop style. In 1982, the 1979 Tozzi/Bigazzi tune "Gloria" became a platinum, Number One smash for Branigan and launched her career. Two years later, Branigan would take the 1977 Tozzi/Bigazzi song "Ti Amo" to the top of the charts in several countries. And Bigazzi was the cowriter of Branigan's biggest international hit, "Self Control" (the only one of the four written in English and recorded by Branigan as written). For "Mama," as for "Ti Amo," Branigan's English lyrics were written by Diane Warren, a frequent collaborator on Branigan's early albums. Featured on her 1983 album, Branigan 2, "Mama" is the only one of the four which Branigan didn't release as a single.

"Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" is the first full single from UK rapper Plan B, following two limited edition 7 inch vinyl double a-side releases. It was the first to be entirely produced by Plan B himself. and was the third single taken from his debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, which was released two weeks prior to the single. "Mama" was released on 10th July 2005 and was his first to be released on CD and DVD. It just missed out on a UK top 40 placing, peaking at #41.