Me and Your Mama

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"Me and Your Mama"
Single by Childish Gambino
from the album "Awaken, My Love!"
Released November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10)
Recorded 2016
Genre
Length 6:19
Label Glassnote
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ludwig Goransson
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"Together"
(2016)		 "Me and Your Mama"
(2016)		 "Redbone"
(2016)

"Me and Your Mama" is a single by American rapper and singer Childish Gambino. It was released on November 10, 2016 worldwide, and is the first single from his third studio album "Awaken, My Love!"[1]

It was noted by Billy Gill of A Nation of Billions and Graham Moore of Exeposé for Glover's powerful vocals[2][3] and the melodic, hypnotizing instrumentals throughout the song.

The song begins with a slow, melodic beat; consisting of a constant synth of changing pitch and a delicate high hat and 808 beat. This beat stretches for the first two minutes of the song, all the while a harmony of female voices repeat "I'm in love when we are smoking that la la la la la". This first section acts as a juxtaposition to the main portion. Sixteen beats before the main section, the 808s become significantly louder and the high hats become significantly quicker, acting as a build up towards the electrifying main section. This section is filled with powerful vocals, including Glover screaming in a high pitched voice and a demon-like laughter appearing occasionally in the background. Glover sings about how he is desperately in love, and essentially cannot live without the woman he's singing about. Despite her flaws, she has an unbounded "hold" on him. Eventually, Glover ends his rant abruptly, as the beat changes into a melody even more fragile than the first, including light guitar strumming, tambourine and maracas, and includes no drums, synths or vocals. This is the lengthiest section of the song.

The song was debuted live at Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 13, 2015.[4][5]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 75
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 52
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[8] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 68
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 28

Personnel

  • Childish Gambino – vocals, percussion
  • Ludwig Göransson – bass, guitars, synths
  • Chris Hartz – drums
  • Ray Suen – guitars
  • Brent Jones and the Bestlife Singers – choir
  • Lynette Williams – B3 organ
  • Zac Rae – moog synthesizer, B3 organ
  • Per Gunnar Juliusson – Rhodes, piano
  • Thomas Drayton – bass
  • bLAck pARty – drum programming
  • Şerban Ghenea - Mix

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[11] Gold 35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 5,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 200,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Hear Childish Gambino's Grooving New Song 'Me and Your Mama' – Rolling Stone
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. ("The lengthy and dreamy intro to ‘Me and Your Mama’ – introducing the gospel-like sound which weaves throughout the album – gives way to powerful vocals, the likes of which we’ve never quite seen before from Gambino.")
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  7. ↑ "Childish Gambino – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Childish Gambino. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
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  9. ↑ "Childish Gambino – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Childish Gambino. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Childish Gambino – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Childish Gambino. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Me and Your Mama in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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