"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.
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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) 3:56 (Single) | |||
| Label | 20th Century | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Leon Haywood | |||
| Carl Carlton singles chronology | ||||
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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. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was a Gold record. Outside the US, it reached number 34 in the UK Singles Chart.[4]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981–82) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand[5] | 27 |
| UK[4] | 34 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| US Billboard Soul Singles[6] | 2 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 23 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1981) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 136 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Sampling
- The song has been often sampled in rap music,[9] including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's Big Bad Mamma.
- 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).