Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Mastered at The Soundmasters (London, England).Mixed at The Townhouse (London, England).Recorded at Hook End ( Oxfordshire, England), Eden Studios, and RAK Studios (London, England)."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (the Rotton remix) – 3:49Ĭredits are adapted from the Reload album booklet."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (Mama Turtled Me Not to K mix) – 7:06."Looking Out My Window" (with the James Taylor Quartet) – 3:20."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (Future Loop Foundation remix) – 6:15."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (Future Loop Foundation remix)."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (Mama Turtled Me Not to K mix)."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (the Rotton remix)."Looking Out My Window" (with the James Taylor Quartet).
The video featured an appearance by Welsh actor Rhys Ifans. Stereophonics lead singer Kelly Jones (no relation) shared the lead vocals with Jones. This version was produced by Steve Bush and Marshall Bird (also known as "Bird & Bush"). It was released as a single on March 6, 2000, and reached No. Tom Jones and Stereophonics covered the song for Jones' 34th album, Reload, in 1999. Tom Jones, Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come on YouTube Tom Jones and Stereophonics version "Mama Told Me Not to Come" ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. It was also the number-one song on the premiere broadcast of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on July 4, 1970.Ĭash Box suggested that this song could "do for Randy Newman what the Fifth Dimension did for Laura Nyro" since Three Dog Night is "the first to apply muscle to his material." Charts 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. Three Dog Night version "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"Īlso in 1970, Three Dog Night released a longer, rock 'n roll and funk-inspired version (titled "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)") on It Ain't Easy, featuring Cory Wells singing lead in an almost humorous vocal style, Jimmy Greenspoon playing a Wurlitzer electronic piano, Michael Allsup playing guitar, and Donna Summer on backing vocals, though uncredited. 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. A scheduled single-release of September 1966 was withdrawn, but the song was eventually included on their 1967 album Eric Is Here. The first recording of "Mama Told Me Not to Come" was cut by Eric Burdon & The Animals. As with most Newman songs, he assumes a character in this song the narrator is a sheltered and extraordinarily straitlaced young man, who recounts what is presumably his first "wild" party in the big city, is shocked and appalled by marijuana smoking, whiskey drinking, and loud music, and – in the chorus of the song – recalls that his "Mama told not to come".
Newman says that the song was inspired by his own lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s.
Tom Jones and Stereophonics' version also reached No. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. " 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.
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