Call Me a Mack

"Call Me a Mack"
Single by Usher
from the album Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture
Released	August 16, 1993 (1993-08-16)
Recorded	January 22, 1993
Genre	New jack swing [1]
Length	4:03 (album version)
Label	Epic LaFace
Songwriter(s)	Usher Raymond Tim Thomas Teddy Bishop
Producer(s)	Tim Thomas Teddy Bishop
Usher singles chronology
"Call Me a Mack" (1993) "Can U Get wit It" (1994)
Music video
"Call Me a Mack" on YouTube

"Call Me a Mack" is the debut single released by R&B singer Usher. It was written by Usher, Tim Thomas and Teddy Bishop and recorded for the soundtrack album of the 1993 romantic drama film Poetic Justice . Produced by Thomas and Bishop under their production moniker Tim & Ted, "Call Me a Mack" was released separately in 1993 for Epic Records. It peaked at number 56 on Billboard 's US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Music video

A music video for "Call Me a Mack" was directed by F. Gary Gray. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Usher Raymond, Tim Thomas, and Teddy Bishop.

CD single ^[3]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Call Me a Mack" (album version)	Thomas Bishop	4:03
2.	"Call Me a Mack" (Crazycool mix)	Thomas Bishop Dave Hall [a]	5:32
3.	"U Got It Bad" (Mack mix)	Thomas Bishop Chad Elliott [a] Vincent Herbert [a] Ben Garrison [b]	4:38
4.	"U Got It Bad" (extramental)	Thomas Bishop	4:02

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes remix producer(s)
• ^{^[b]} denotes co-producer(s)

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Poetic Justice. ^[2]

Teddy Bishop – producer, writer Blake Eiseman – engineer Jon Frye – engineer Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer Ron Horvath – engineer

Usher Raymond – vocals, writer Tim Thomas – producer, writer Dave Way – mixing engineer Jim Zumpano – engineer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Call Me a Mack"

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4]	56

References

1. Smith, Troy L. (November 5, 2014). "Usher in Cleveland: The R&B star's 25 greatest songs". Cleveland.com . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
2. Poetic Justice (inlay cover). Various artists. New Deal Music/Epic Soundtracks. 1993.
3. "Usher, Call Me a Mack". cdandlp.jp (in Japanese). February 12, 2024.
4. "Usher Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2022.