Mama Weer All Crazee Now
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Spanish/European cover of "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
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| Single by Slade | ||||
| from the album Slayed? | ||||
| A-side | "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" | |||
| B-side | "Man Who Speeks Evil" | |||
| Released | 25 August 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Noddy Holder/Jim Lea | |||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | |||
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French cover of "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
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Dutch cover of "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
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Belgian cover of "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
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"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a song originally recorded by the British glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.
Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first week at #2, then followed by #1 for the next 3 weeks in September 1972. It was last seen in the top 100 on 4 November 1972 at #39. The single fared less well in the USA, where it peaked at #76. It also topped the chart in Ireland.
Besides its commercial success, the song has also received critical acclaim, with the musical magazine Record Mirror labelling it as "full of sheer bloody-minded slay them enthusiasm".
Some months before the band had played at the Boston Gliderdrome in Linolnshire, a bouncer had told them about another act who had appeared there drunk - "crazy with whiskey" - and this gave Holder the idea for the lyrics. The song was originally titled "My My We're All Crazy Now"—the title was changed by manager Chas Chandler; the spelling, of course, was adapted by the band's own traditions. Several of the most distinctive parts of the record were virtual ad-libs, including the "mama mama mama yeah" coda at the end. Chandler also opened the song with a howl recorded during some of Holder's vocal exercises.
In a December 1984 interview with Record Mirror, the magazine tested Lea's memory by asking him to recall the story behind certain hits. For "Mama Weer All Crazee"/"Cum on Feel the Noize", Lea stated "I was at a Chuck Berry gig in '72 and everybody was singing his tunes. He kept stopping and letting the crowd sing and it wasn't just a few people, it was everyone. I thought it was amazing and thought - why not write the crowd into the songs, and so of course, the next one was 'Take Me Bak 'Ome' then 'Gudbuy T'Jane' but then we got round to 'Mama Weer All Crazee Now' and 'Cum on Feel the Noize' and all the chants were written into the tunes."
Dave Thompson from AllMusic described the song as "a full-on adrenalin monster, ear-splittingly loud with its lyrics a raw-throated bellow."
In the late 1970s, The Boomtown Rats would play Slade's "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" over the PA as they walked on stage at their American performances.
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