Mama Told Me Not to Come

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Janetlee from Panama City, FlRandy Newman is a terrific songwriter ! He also has done the theme to the USA Network show, MONK (which stars Tony Shalhoub!) The first recording of "Mama Told Me Not to Come" was cut by Eric Burdon & The Animals. A scheduled single-release of September 1966 was withdrawn, [1] but the song was eventually included on their 1967 album Eric Is Here. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 11 song of 1970. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 14, 1970, the same day that It Ain't Easy was certified gold. [5] It was also the number-one song on the premiere broadcast of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on July 4, 1970. EVB Singles Summary". Archived from the original on December 12, 2007 . Retrieved December 6, 2007.

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Listinn Topp 20 (11.5– 18.5 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). May 12, 2000. p.12 . Retrieved October 6, 2019. American single certifications – Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not to Come". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 14, 2019. But really the comedy is just a way to animate the conversation, which – alongside all the unselfconscious sexual candour – ranges forthrightly across colourism, sexism within their families and community, and their recent experiences of being trolled. The show doesn’t stint on gossipy good fun, but it’s got a solid emotional and political core – as the duo’s final flourish, reciting hard-to-write letters to their mums, makes affectingly clear. The mix of chit-chat, liberation sexology and the comedy of cultural identity, is a potent one. a b "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved October 3, 2016.

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Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not to Come". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 14, 2018. Mama Told Me Not to Come (Australian CD single liner notes). Tom Jones, Stereophonics. Gut Records, Mushroom Records. 2000. D2030. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Mama Told Me Not to Come", also written as " Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. Tom Jones and Stereophonics' version also reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 2000. Newman's own turn at his song was released on the 1970 album 12 Songs, and was characterized by Newman's mid-tempo piano accompaniment, as well as Ry Cooder's slide guitar part, both of which give the song the feel of a bluesy Ray Charles-style rhythm and blues number. Mike from North Vancouver, CanadaI've heard both, and personally, I liked the Stereophonics/Tom Jones version better. I think their voices sound fine.

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Dave from Cardiff, WalesTom Jones and the Stereophonics' remake was not different, it was a carbon copy of the original, from the intro right up to the end. Kelly Jones and Tom Jones voices simply aren't suited to this type of song.When Newman sang: ‘ I seen so many things I ain’t never seen before,” he meant it. When Wells sang it, he was practically rubbing his hands with glee. According to Wells, Newman was sniffy about these unsophisticated longhairs covering his song – until the royalties began rolling on. Bill Crawford from Oro Valley, AzRandy is the nephew of Lionel Newman,he also wrote the song for all the height challenged people" Short People" Mama Told Me Not to Come (UK CD2 liner notes). Tom Jones, Stereophonics. Gut Records. 2000. CXGUT31. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) John from Wilkes Barre, PaYou all are wrong, the song "Mama told me not to come" is a double on tundra on a sexual act that is pretty funny when you take it in the context of the actual song. The lyrics "That ain't no way to have fun - son!" ,"I'm looking at my girlfriend, she just passed out on the floor" and "That ain't no way to have fun - ah no no! (maybe I should have listened) . Yes because he got his girlfriend pregnant and that is no way to have fun, mama told me not to "c*m" It's the same thing with the song "Along comes Mary" which is a song about marijuana. So the artist just hides the truth about the song with a double on tundra to get it played on the radio. How many parents would have allowed their kids to buy the song on a 45 single if they real knew the real meaning of the song or it was written as it intended on the record label. It's a real funny song if you listen to it as a sexual double on tundra. He sings over and over again "Mama told me not to come" "Mama told me not to come" with the counter 'Mama told me She said She said". In my opinion they are going to some kind of orgy or a porn video in the making , because it's the "craziest party, there could ever be" with drugs and alcohol and that's how she ended up"passed out on the floor"

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British single certifications – Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not to Come". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 2, 2021.Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. It would also later appear in Terry Gilliam's 1998 movie adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1972 gonzo novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Due to the song's upbeat, paranoid mood, it was used for the scene of obsessively drug-using protagonists Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo escaping a "District Attorneys convention on narcotics and dangerous drugs". It also appears as the last song in the movie's G-rated trailer, mainly accompanying Duke's wild car ride to have Dr. Gonzo catch a plane in time, a scene where in the R-rated trailer and in the actual film, Viva Las Vegas by Dead Kennedys was used instead.