She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)"
side-A label
Side 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[1]
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[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was certified a Gold record. Outside the US, it reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
New Zealand[6] 27
UK[5] 34
US Billboard Hot 100 22
US Billboard Soul Singles[7] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 23

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 136

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Sampling

  • The song has been often sampled in rap music,[10] 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. ^ a b 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.