She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
| "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" | ||||
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_by_Carl_Carlton_US_single_side-A.png) Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Carl Carlton | ||||
| from the album Carl Carlton | ||||
| B-side | "This Feeling's Rated X-tra" | |||
| Released | August 1981 | |||
| Genre | Post-disco[1] | |||
| Length | 5:52 (album version) 3:56 (single version) | |||
| Label | 20th Century | |||
| Songwriter | Leon Haywood | |||
| Producer | Leon Haywood | |||
| Carl Carlton singles chronology | ||||
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"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 2 on the R&B/Soul chart. And on popular Top 40 radio station WABC in New York City, it hit number 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
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Chart (1981) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 136 |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Sampling
[edit]- The song has been often sampled in rap music,[10] including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's "Big Bad Mama".
- On 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).
- On October 20, 2023, American rapper Flo Milli sampled "She's a Bad Mama Jama" into her track "BGC".
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ L.A. Times "The Envelope" awards database, (Accessed August 15, 2006)
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 139.
- ↑ "Weekly Music Surveys" September 29, 1981 Musicradio77.com, Retrieved June 24, 2024.]
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 94. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Explore our 50 year history". Aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
- ↑ "1981 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "American single certifications – Carl Carlton – She's a Bad Mama Jama". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Samples of She's a Bad Mama Jama". Whosampled.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016.