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[1] in 1982.

"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)"
Single by Carl Carlton
from the album Carl Carlton
B-side"This Feeling's Rated X-tra"
ReleasedAugust 1981
Genre
Length5:52
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 #22 in the U.S., and became a Gold record. It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, "Everlasting Love." It reached #34 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]

"She's a Bad Mama Jama" also spent eight weeks at number two on the R&B/Soul chart.

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 and is often sampled in rap music,[3] including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's Big Bad Mamma.

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1981-82) Peak
position
New Zealand[4] 27
UK[2] 34
US Billboard Hot 100 22
US Billboard Soul Singles[5] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 23

Year-end charts
Chart (1981) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 136

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. L.A. Times "The Envelope" awards database, (Accessed August 15, 2006)
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 94. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. "Samples of She's a Bad Mama Jama". whosampled.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  4. NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, February 14, 1982
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  6. "1981 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  7. "American single certifications – Carl Carlton – She's a Bad Mama Jama". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
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