| She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Carl Carlton |
| Album: | Carl Carlton |
| B-Side: | This Feeling's Rated X-tra |
| Released: | August 1981 |
| Genre: | Post-disco[1] |
| Length: | 5:52 (Album) 3:56 (Single) |
| Label: | 20th Century |
| Prev Title: | This Feeling's Rated X-Tra |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | I Think It's Gonna Be Alright |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit, earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male[2] in 1982. Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks.
The track peaked at number 22 in the U.S.[3] It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, "Everlasting Love." "She's a Bad Mama Jama" also spent eight weeks at number two on the R&B/Soul chart. And on popular Top 40 radio station WABC in New York City, it hit No. 3 at the end of September 1981.Musicradio77.com "Weekly Music Surveys" Sept. 29, 1981. Retrieved June 24, 2024. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was certified a Gold record. Outside the US, it reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
| Chart (1981–82) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand[5] | 27 | |
| UK | 34 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 22 | |
| US Billboard Soul Singles[6] | 2 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 23 |
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 139.