Mama Said (Lukas Graham song)

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"Mama Said"
Mama Said Lukas.jpg
Single by Lukas Graham
from the album Lukas Graham
Released23 June 2014
Recorded2012
Genre
Length
  • 3:26 (album version)
  • 3:00 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lukas Graham singles chronology
"Happy Home"
(2014)		"Mama Said"
(2014)		"Søndagsbarn"
(2015)

"Mama Said" is a single by Danish recording act Lukas Graham. The song was released as a digital download on 23 June 2014 through Copenhagen Records. It achieved success in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The song was written by Lukas Forchhammer, Morten Ristorp, Stefan Forrest, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard, and it was produced by Forrest and Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. It samples the song "It's the Hard Knock Life" [1] from the musical Annie .

Contents

Composition

The track is written in the key of B-flat major in common time with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. [2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Mama Said"3:27

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [34] Platinum80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [35] 3× Platinum270,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [36] Platinum50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [37] Gold7,500*
Poland (ZPAV) [38] Gold10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [39] Gold20,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [31] 3× Platinum120,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [40] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [41] Platinum1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Denmark [42] 23 June 2014 Digital download Copenhagen
Austria22 May 2015 [43] Island
Germany
Switzerland
United States22 October 2015 [44]
Warner Bros.
28 June 2016 [45] Mainstream radio airplay

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