Australian singles chart:
Mama Told Me Not to Come entered the Kent charts on 10 August 1970 and peaked at #10. The song was #64 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Songwriter:
Randy Newman
Producer:
Tom Wilson
Record label of Australian release:
Stateside
BONUS CLIP BELOW – version by Tom Jones and Stereophonics
Songfacts:
Written by Randy Newman, the song is about a guy going to a party that left a “bad taste” in his mouth. The drug scene was fairly new to American middle-class youth at that time.
Eric Burdon & The Animals released the first version of this song, including it on their 1967 album Eric Is Here.
The version by Three Dog Night has the distinction of being the very first #1 hit on the new American Top 40 syndicated radio program, hosted by Casey Kasem.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/three-dog-night/mama-told-me-not-to-come
Lyrics:
Want some whiskey in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
What′s all these crazy questions they’re askin′ me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be
Don’t turn on the lights ’cause I don′t wanna see
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong by Three Dog Night:
An Old Fashioned Love Song
Black and White
Joy to the World
Shambala
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BONUS CLIP
The recording of the song by Tom Jones and Stereophonics was released in 2000.
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