| Mama Say | |
| Cover: | Mama_Say_BHG.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bloodhound Gang |
| Album: | Dingleberry Haze and Use Your Fingers |
| Released: | May 16, 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 2:59 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Jimmy Pop |
| Next Title: | Fire Water Burn |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Mama Say" is the debut single of the Bloodhound Gang. It was originally released as a single from the band's 1994 EP, Dingleberry Haze,[1] but is usually associated with the 1995 album Use Your Fingers. The single features the song remixed by God Lives Underwater.
"Mama Say" references children-oriented works and creators like Scooby-Doo, Sesame Street and Judy Blume. Billboard has described the track as having "the goofiest and grooviest sounds of the year".[2]
The song samples Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" in the repeated line "Mama say, mama sa mama cu sa" in its chorus; the title is taken from both this sample and the song "Soul Makossa", which inspired the Jackson tune.[3] Another credited sample is from Duran Duran's "Save a Prayer".
The music video consists purely of Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs performing in a street for a large crowd. M.S.G. and Skip O'Pot2Mus are shown in a few shots. Lupus Thunder is not shown at all.