"Mama Say" | ||||
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Single by Bloodhound Gang | ||||
from the album Dingleberry Haze and Use Your Fingers | ||||
Released | May 16, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 2:59 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Pop | |||
Bloodhound Gang singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Mama Say" on YouTube |
"Mama Say" is the debut single of the Bloodhound Gang. It was originally released as a single from the band's 1994 EP, Dingleberry Haze,[1] but is usually associated with the 1995 album Use Your Fingers. The single features the song remixed by God Lives Underwater.
"Mama Say" references children-oriented works and creators like Scooby-Doo, Sesame Street and Judy Blume. Billboard has described the track as having "the goofiest and grooviest sounds of the year".[2]
The song samples Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" in the repeated line "Mama say, mama sa mama cu sa" in its chorus; the title is taken from both this sample and the song "Soul Makossa", which inspired the Jackson tune.[3] Another credited sample is from Duran Duran's "Save a Prayer".[2]
The music video consists purely of Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs performing in a street for a large crowd. M.S.G. and Skip O'Pot2Mus are shown in a few shots. Lupus Thunder is not shown at all.[citation needed]