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

"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.

"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
GenreFunk[1]
Length5:52 (Album)
3:56 (Single)
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)

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
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 19

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified 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 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).

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. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 94. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, February 14, 1982
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  7. "1981 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  8. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  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.
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