Mama Can't Buy You Love

"Mama Can't Buy You Love" is a hit single for British singer/songwriter Elton John from the EP The Thom Bell Sessions. The song was written by LeRoy Bell and Casey James (of Bell and James fame). Bowing at #69 on the Hot 100 on 9 June 1979, the track became John's first US top ten hit in almost three years when it peaked at #9 on 25 August - 1 September 1979.^[1] "Mama Can't Buy You Love" also spent one week at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the US, it was certified gold on 17 August 1979 by the RIAA.^[2]

The chord structure of the opening instrumental of "Mama Can't Buy You Love"^[3] bears a strong resemblance to the chord structure of the opening instrumental of Ronnie Dyson's "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" (after the site's short instrumental section).^[4] According to the Hot 100, Thom Bell produced both records.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia	82
Canadian RPM Top Singles ^[5]	10
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary ^[6]	19
New Zealand^[7]	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[8]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Canada ^[9]	63
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[10]	36
U.S. Cash Box ^[11]	56

References

↑ "Hot 100: Week of September 1, 1979". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 128.
↑ "Elton John - Mama Can't Buy You Love (1977-1979-1989) With Lyrics!". Riffstation beta. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
↑ "Ronnie Dyson - One Man Band (Plays All Alone)". Riffstation beta. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4413a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=2shp4if0n815lshje01pisvll5
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↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790825.html
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↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Elton John songs

1960s and 1970s	"Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969) "Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Levon" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1973) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Cage the Songbird" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)

1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (with Kiki Dee, 1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)

1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)

2000s	"I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)

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