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vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"A Song for Mama"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Song_for_Mama_Boyz_II_Men.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/A_Song_for_Mama_Boyz_II_Men.jpg/220px-A_Song_for_Mama_Boyz_II_Men.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/A_Song_for_Mama_Boyz_II_Men.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="314" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Boyz_II_Men_album)" title="Evolution (Boyz II Men album)">Evolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_Food_(soundtrack)" title="Soul Food (soundtrack)">Soul Food (soundtrack)</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">November 11, 1997 <small>(airplay)</small><br />November 25, 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">5</span>:<span class="s">02</span></span> (album version) <br /> 4:30 (radio version)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_%22Babyface%22_Edmonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds">Babyface</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Babyface</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/4_Seasons_of_Loneliness" title="4 Seasons of Loneliness">4 Seasons of Loneliness</a>" <br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>A Song for Mama</b>" <br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"Can't Let Her Go" <br />(1998) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>A Song for Mama</b>" is a number-one <a 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The tune, which was written and produced by <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_%22Babyface%22_Edmonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds">Babyface</a>, served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture <i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Food_(film)" title="Soul Food (film)">Soul Food</a></i>, and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. To date, it is their 11th and last top 10 hit, peaking at number seven on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>. The song also appears on the group's fourth album, <i><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Boyz_II_Men_album)" title="Evolution (Boyz II Men album)">Evolution</a></i> (1997). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Larry_Flick" title="Larry Flick">Larry Flick</a> from <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a> stated, "The second single from <i>Evolution</i> can also be heard on the soundtrack to <i>Soul Food</i>. It's a tear-tugging ode to mothers, delivered with the kind of seamless harmonies that one has come to expect from these Boyz. Producer/writer <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_%22Babyface%22_Edmonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds">Babyface</a>'s fingerprints are all over the track, from its delicate piano lines to its soft but insinuating percussion. There's no denying that this act is at its best when the members are wrapping their voices around a Babyface composition. If you still need proof, let quietly emotional lines like "loving you is like food for my soul" wash over your senses. As the world inches closer to the holiday season, look for this single to become a sentimental favorite at every possible radio format."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listings">Track listings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Track listings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><b>US single</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama (Radio Edit) 4:30</li> <li>A Song for Mama (LP Version) 5:02</li> <li>A Song for Mama (Instrumental) 5:05</li></ol> <ul><li><b>US live version single</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama – Live Version (Radio Edit) 4:11</li> <li>A Song for Mama – Live Version (Main Version) 5:10</li></ol> <ul><li><b>Europe promo CD</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama (Radio Edit) 4:30</li></ol> <ul><li><b>Europe single</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama (Radio Edit)</li> <li>A Song for Mama (LP Version)</li></ol> <ul><li><b>Europe maxi-CD</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama (Radio Edit) 4:30</li> <li>I'll Make Love To You (LP Version) 3:57</li> <li>Motownphilly (LP Version) 3:56</li> <li>Sympin' (Remix Radio Edit) 3:58</li></ol> <ul><li><b>Europe maxi-CD 2</b></li></ul> <ol><li>A Song for Mama (Radio Edit) 4:30</li> <li>A Song for Mama (LP Version) 5:02</li> <li>Baby C'Mon (LP Version) 4:36</li> <li>A Song for Mama (Instrumental) 5:05</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Credits_and_personnel">Credits and personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Credits and personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits adapted from the liner notes of <i><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Boyz_II_Men_album)" title="Evolution (Boyz II Men album)">Evolution</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a>: all vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a>: writer, composer, producer, keyboards and drum programming</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Phillinganes" title="Greg Phillinganes">Greg Phillinganes</a>: piano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_East" title="Nathan East">Nathan East</a>: bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Thompson_(guitarist)" title="Michael Thompson (guitarist)">Michael Thompson</a>: guitar</li> <li>Brad Gilderman, <a href="/wiki/Manny_Marroquin" title="Manny Marroquin">Manny Marroquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Boutin_(sound_engineer)" title="Paul Boutin (sound engineer)">Paul Boutin</a>: recording engineers</li> <li>Jon Gass: mix engineer</li> <li>Paul Boutin: assistant mix engineer</li> <li>Randy Walker: midi programmer</li> <li>Ivy Skoff: production coordinator</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1997–1998) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Canada (<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Singles_Chart" title="Canadian Singles Chart">SoundScan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spain Airplay (<i><a href="/wiki/Music_%26_Media" title="Music & Media">Music & Media</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Boyz_II_Men_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Boyz_II_Men-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Boyz_II_Men_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Boyz_II_Men-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1998) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesBoyz_II_MenA_Song_for_MamasingleCertRef_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesBoyz_II_MenA_Song_for_MamasingleCertRef-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Song_for_Mama&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_number-one_R%26B_singles_of_1997_(U.S.)" title="List of number-one R&B singles of 1997 (U.S.)">List of number-one R&B singles of 1997 (U.S.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_number-one_R%26B_singles_of_1998_(U.S.)" title="List of number-one R&B singles of 1998 (U.S.)">List of number-one R&B singles of 1998 (U.S.)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men_discography" title="Boyz II Men discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Package_Tour" title="The Package Tour">The Package Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Package_Tour" title="Total Package Tour">Total Package Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_from_Shaft" title="Theme from Shaft">Theme from <i>Shaft</i></a>" – <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hayes" title="Isaac Hayes">Isaac Hayes</a> (1971)</li> <li>No Award (1972–1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exhale_(Shoop_Shoop)" title="Exhale (Shoop Shoop)">Exhale (Shoop Shoop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Song for Mama</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(Kirk_Franklin_song)" title="Lean on Me (Kirk Franklin song)">Lean on Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spend_My_Life_with_You" title="Spend My Life with You">Spend My Life with You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ben%C3%A9t" title="Eric Benét">Eric Benét</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tamia" title="Tamia">Tamia</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Open_My_Heart" title="Open My Heart">Open My Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Adams" title="Yolanda Adams">Yolanda Adams</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Woman%27s_Worth" title="A Woman's Worth">A Woman's Worth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2001)</li> <li>"Brighter Day" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_My_Father_(song)" title="Dance with My Father (song)">Dance with My Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Ain%27t_Got_You" title="If I Ain't Got You">If I Ain't Got You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unbreakable_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Unbreakable (Alicia Keys song)">Unbreakable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Am_Not_My_Hair" title="I Am Not My Hair">I Am Not My Hair</a>" – <a href="/wiki/India_Arie" title="India Arie">India Arie</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_You%27ll_Never_See_Me_Again" title="Like You'll Never See Me Again">Like You'll Never See Me Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_in_Me" title="God in Me">God in Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Mary" title="Mary Mary">Mary Mary</a> (2009)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bittersweet_(Fantasia_song)" title="Bittersweet (Fantasia song)">Bittersweet</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fantasia_Barrino" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasia Barrino">Fantasia</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Smile" class="mw-redirect" title="I Smile">I Smile</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Look_to_You_(song)" title="I Look to You (song)">I Look to You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> and <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_Me_(John_Legend_song)" title="All of Me (John Legend song)">All of Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_Here_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="We Are Here (Alicia Keys song)">We Are Here</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2014)</li> <li>"Back Together" – <a href="/wiki/Jill_Scott_(singer)" title="Jill Scott (singer)">Jill Scott</a> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contemporary <br /> (2016–2019)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Freedom_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Freedom (Beyoncé song)">Freedom</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a 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