"Call Me a Mack" is the debut single released by R&B singer Usher. It was written by Usher, Tim Thomas and Teddy Bishop and recorded for the soundtrack album of the 1993 romantic drama film Poetic Justice. Produced by Thomas and Bishop under their production moniker Tim & Ted, "Call Me a Mack" was released separately in 1993 for Epic Records. It peaked at number 56 on Billboard's US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Music video

A music video for "Call Me a Mack" was directed by F. Gary Gray.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Usher Raymond, Tim Thomas, and Teddy Bishop.

CD single^[3]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Call Me a Mack" (album version)	Thomas Bishop	4:03
2.	"Call Me a Mack" (Crazycool mix)	Thomas Bishop Dave Hall^[a]	5:32
3.	"U Got It Bad" (Mack mix)	Thomas Bishop Chad Elliott^[a] Vincent Herbert^[a] Ben Garrison^[b]	4:38
4.	"U Got It Bad" (extramental)	Thomas Bishop	4:02

Notes

^{^[a]} denotes remix producer(s)
^{^[b]} denotes co-producer(s)

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Poetic Justice.^[2]

Teddy Bishop – producer, writer
Blake Eiseman – engineer
Jon Frye – engineer
Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
Ron Horvath – engineer

Usher Raymond – vocals, writer
Tim Thomas – producer, writer
Dave Way – mixing engineer
Jim Zumpano – engineer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Call Me a Mack"
Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[4]	56

References

^ Smith, Troy L. (November 5, 2014). "Usher in Cleveland: The R&B star's 25 greatest songs". Cleveland.com. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Poetic Justice (inlay cover). Various artists. New Deal Music/Epic Soundtracks. 1993.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Usher, Call Me a Mack". cdandlp.jp (in Japanese). February 12, 2024.
^ "Usher Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

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Usher	"Can U Get wit It" "Think of You" "The Many Ways"
My Way	"You Make Me Wanna..." "Nice & Slow" "My Way"
8701	"Pop Ya Collar" "U Remind Me" "U Got It Bad" "U Don't Have to Call" "U-Turn"
Confessions	"Yeah!" "Confessions Part II" "Burn" "Caught Up" "My Boo"
Here I Stand	"Love in This Club" "Trading Places" "Moving Mountains" "What's Your Name" "Love in This Club Part II" "Here I Stand"
Raymond v. Raymond	"Papers" "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" "Lil Freak" "OMG" "There Goes My Baby" "More"
Versus	"DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" "Hot Tottie" "Lay You Down" "Somebody to Love" (Remix)
Looking 4 Myself	"Climax" "Scream" "Lemme See" "Dive" "Numb"
Hard II Love	"No Limit" "Crash" "Missin U" "Champions" "Rivals"
Coming Home	"Good Good" "Standing Next to You" (Remix)
Collaborations	"The Party Continues" "I Need a Girl (Part One)" "Lovers and Friends" "Same Girl" "Better on the Other Side" "Spotlight" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Dirty Dancer" "The Christmas Song" "Promise" "Without You" "Touch'N You" "Rest of My Life" "Go Missin'" "New Flame" "Body Language" "The Matrimony" "Don't Look Down" "Back to Sleep" (Remix) "Crush" "Party" "Come Thru" "Too Much" "Peaches" (Remix) "Good Love" "Transparency"
Non-album songs	"Call Me a Mack" "What More Can I Give" "You'll Be in My Heart" "Good Kisser" "She Came to Give It to You" "I Don't Mind" "Chains" "Wait for It" "SexBeat" "California" "I Cry" "Don't Waste My Time" "Bad Habits" "Glu"