Hello again! It’s Mother's Day today in Britain, so the UK Official Charts Company delved into the archive of every song that ever charted in the UK to see which mum-related tunes made it to the upper reaches. So, let’s all toast our mothers and play every song that made the UK Top 40 that has a variation of “mother” in its title. Let’s go!
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| Pixie Lott |
Before we carry on with the countdown, here are the rest of the songs that I personally picked up as “extras”.
Yesterday we listened to two songs called Mama Said. My favorite song with that title, however, wasn’t a hit in the UK, although it was a top 10 hit in the US in 1961. It’s the Shirelles:
Here’s another title that will appear three times – all of which will be outside the main list: Mother Dear. The Supremes recorded it in 1965 with the intention of releasing it as a single but it was scrapped in favor of Nothing But Heartaches. It’s this:
A song with the same title was also a fan-favorite album track from Barclay James Harvest’s eponymous album in 1970:
Finally, a song with the same title was an album track for the 2008 Tindersticks’ album The Hungry Saw:
Brett Anderson was the lead singer of Suede. His eponymous solo album (2007) was reissued with two bonus tracks, one of which was Mother Night:
Marc Almond’s Mother Fist is probably not the song that you would dedicate to your mother:
… You would feel more comfortable dedicating Kate Bush’s Mother Stands For Comfort:
Rachael Yamagata began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist. I Don't Want To Be Your Mother is found on her 2011 solo album, Chesapeake:
Fresh Air For My Mama is the closing track of 10CC’s eponymous debut album from 1973:
Momma’s Little Jewel is the second track on Mott The Hoople’s breakthrough album, All The Young Dudes (1972), produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson:
The last of our extras is the shortest title we will encounter; it’s simply called Ma – and it’s the title track on Rare Earth’s 1973 album. It’s also the longest track we will encounter:
Now, let’s go back to our list: 34 hits remain. Here they are.
Position: #34
Title: Your Mama Don't Dance
Artist: Poison
Chart Peak: #13
Year: 1986
Position: #33
Title: Big Bad Mama
Artist: Foxy Brown ft. Dru Hill
Chart Peak: #12
Year: 1997
Position: #32
Title: Mamma Mia
Artist: A*Teens
Chart Peak: #12
Year: 1999
Position: #31
Title: Mama
Artist: David Whitfield
Chart Peak: #12
Year: 1955
Position: #30
Title: Stacy's Mom
Artist: Fountains of Wayne
Chart Peak: #11
Year: 2004
Position: #29
Title: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Artist: Billy Cotton and His Band
Chart Peak: #11
Year: 1953
Position: #28
Title: Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)
Artist: Lena Zavaroni
Chart Peak: #10
Year: 1974
Position: #27
Title: Look Mama
Artist: Howard Jones
Chart Peak: #10
Year: 1985
Position: #26
Title: Beat Mama
Artist: Cast
Chart Peak: #9
Year: 1999
Position: #25
Title: Hey Mama
Artist: David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
Chart Peak: #9
Year: 2015
Position: #24
Title: Hey Ma
Artist: Cam'Ron ft. Juelz Santana
Chart Peak: #8
Year: 2003
Position: #23
Title: Mother Nature and Father Time
Artist: Nat King Cole
Chart Peak: #7
Year: 1953
Position: #22
Title: Mama Used To Say
Artist: JUNIOR
Chart Peak: #7
Year: 1982
Position: #21
Title: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Artist: Beverley Sisters
Chart Peak: #6
Year: 1953
Position: #20
Title: Hey Mama
Artist: The Black Eyed Peas
Chart Peak: #6
Year: 2004
Position: #19
Title: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Chart Peak: #5
Year: 1966
Position: #18
Title: Mother and Child Reunion
Artist: Paul Simon
Chart Peak: #5
Year: 1972
Position: #17
Title: Mama
Artist: Dave Berry
Chart Peak: #5
Year: 1966
Position: #16
Title: Does Your Mother Know?
Artist: Abba
Chart Peak: #4
Year: 1979
Position: #15
Title: Mama Told Me Not To Come
Artist: Tom Jones & Stereophonics
Chart Peak: #4
Year: 2000
Position: #14
Title: Mama
Artist: Genesis
Chart Peak: #4
Year: 1983
Position: #13
Title: Mama
Artist: Jonas Blue ft. William Singe
Chart Peak: #4
Year: 2017
Position: #12
Title: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Artist: Jimmy Boyd
Chart Peak: #3
Year: 1953
Position: #11
Title: Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
Artist: Three Dog Night
Chart Peak: #3
Year: 1970
Position: #10
Title: Mama (Who Da Man)
Artist: Richard Blackwood
Chart Peak: #3
Year: 2000
Position: #09
Title: Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)
Artist: Johnny Otis with Marie Adams and the Three Tons of Joy
Chart Peak: #2
Year: 1957
Position: #08
Title: Sylvia's Mother
Artist: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Chart Peak: #2
Year: 1972
Position: #07
Title: Mother of Mine
Artist: Neil Reid
Chart Peak: #2
Year: 1972
Position: #06
Title: Mama Do The Hump
Artist: Rizzle Kicks
Chart Peak: #2
Year: 2011
Position: #05
Title: Mama
Artist: Connie Francis
Chart Peak: #2
Year: 1960
Position: #04
Title: Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Artist: Slade
Chart Peak: #1
Year: 1972
Position: #03
Title: Mamma Mia
Artist: Abba
Chart Peak: #1
Year: 1976
Position: #02
Title: Mama
Artist: Spice Girls
Chart Peak: #1
Year: 1997
Position: #01
Title: Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh)
Artist: Pixie Lott
Chart Peak: #1
Year: 2009
Finally, these are our statistics; It was a very good week, you have been visiting quite regularly. The passing of one of my favorites, Scott Walker, made his story from January 2017, told in two parts, be the most visited story of the week by far. R.I.P. All the new stories did well too.
As far as countries are concerned, most major players kept their percentages stable. Some minor gains for Spain and Belgium and some minor losses for France and Greece. Otherwise, no changes.
Here are this week's Top 10 countries:
1. the United States
2. the United Kingdom
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. Australia
6. Canada
7. France
8. Greece
9. Spain
10. Belgium
Here are the other countries that graced us with their presence since our last statistics (alphabetically): Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Happy to have you all!
And here's the all-time Top 10:
1. the United States = 33.7%
2. France = 16.3%
3. the United Kingdom = 11.3%
4. Greece = 7.6%
5. Russia = 2.8%
6. Canada = 2.0%
7. Germany = 2.0%
8. Australia = 0.94%
9. Italy = 0.88%
10. Cyprus = 0.78%
That's all for today, folks. Till the next one!
