Mama He's Crazy

"Mama He's Crazy"
Single by The Judds
from the album Wynonna & Naomi
B-side "Down Home"
Released April 1984
Genre Country
Length 3:17
Label RCA/Curb
Writer(s) Kenny O'Dell
Producer(s) Brent Maher
The Judds singles chronology
"Had a Dream (For the Heart)"
(1983)
"Mama He's Crazy"
(1984)
"Why Not Me"
(1984)

"Mama He's Crazy" is a song written by Kenny O'Dell, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in April 1984 as the second from the album Wynonna & Naomi. The song was The Judds' second country hit and the first of fourteen number one country hits. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1] It was only the second country number one sung by a female duo ever; previously only The Davis Sisters featuring Skeeter Davis had made it to number one on the country chart in 1953 with their song "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know".[2]

Cover versions

Chart performance

Chart (1984) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 184.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 101.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 326. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  4. "Music Row" (in Swedish). Svensk dediedatabas. 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

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Preceded by
"Angel in Disguise"
by Earl Thomas Conley
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

August 4, 1984
Succeeded by
"That's the Thing About Love"
by Don Williams
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

August 18, 1984
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