Mom (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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"Mom"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Last Days and Time
B-side "Power"
ReleasedNovember 1972
Recorded1972
Genre
Length3:44 (single version) 5:49 (album version)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joe Wissert
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"I Think About Lovin' You"
(1971)		"Mom"
(1972)		"Evil"
(1973)

"Mom" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in November 1972 by Columbia Records. [1] The song peaked at No. 39 on the Cashbox Top R&B Songs chart. [2]

Contents

Overview

"Mom" was produced by Joe Wissert and composed by Maurice White with Verdine White. The single's b-side was a song called Power. Both Mom and Power came from Earth, Wind & Fire's 1972 album Last Days and Time . [1]

Critical reception

Billboard called Mom "a fine blues ballad". [3] Record World described the song as a "soulful swinger". [4] Paul Sexton of Record Mirror called Mom "one of the (album's) highlights." [5] Robert Christgau of the Village Voice described the song as "their best tune" on the album. [6] Ovid Goode Jr. of the Los Angeles Daily News also noted that "A little sentimentality is expressed on the album with 'Mom', a song expressing the love and dedication that only a mother can give." [7]

Samples

"Mom" was sampled by DJ Quik on "Speed" off his 1998 album Rhythm-al-ism and by Three 6 Mafia on I'm So Hi from the group's 2000 album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1. [8] [9] The single's b-side Power, was sampled by Mac Miller on the track BDE Bonus from his 2011 album Best Day Ever. As well by Pete Rock featuring Freddie Foxxx on the song Mind Frame from Rock's 2011 album PeteStrumentals (2nd Edition). [10] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Earth, Wind & Fire: Mom. Columbia Records. November 1972.
  2. ↑ "The CASH BOX R&B Top 65". cashboxmagazine.com. Cashbox. March 10, 1973.
  3. ↑ "Radio Action and Pick Singles". Vol. 84, no. 50. Billboard. December 9, 1972. p. 42.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ↑ "Single Reviews". Vol. 27. Record World Magazine. December 9, 1972. p. 10.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. ↑ Sexton, Paul (November 17, 1979). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Last Days and Time". Vol. 26, no. 46. Record Mirror. p. 16.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Last Days and Time". robertchristgau.com. Village Voice.
  7. ↑ Jr. Goode, Ovid (November 17, 1972). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Last Days and Time". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Daily News. p. 37.
  8. ↑ "DJ Quik: Speed". genius.com.
  9. ↑ "Three 6 Mafia – I'm So Hi", genius.com, retrieved 2023-07-11
  10. ↑ "10 of the Best Earth, Wind & Fire Samples in Hip Hop Songs". bet.com. BET. February 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Earth, Wind & Fire – Power", genius.com, retrieved 2023-07-11


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