"Mama's Song" is the title of a song recorded by American singer Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...

, co-written by her along with Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...

, Martin Frederiksen and Luke Laird. It is the fourth single release from her third studio album, Play On. These songwriters also wrote her previous single, "Undo It."

Underwood performed this song on the 44th Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Awards

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 on November 10, 2010.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 of Allmusic described the song as "sticky" and "tacky." Sean Daly of the St. Petersburg Times

St. Petersburg Times

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compared it unfavorably to "Change" on the same album, saying that both were "too precious, too preachy."

Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

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reviewer Jonathan Keefe described the song more favorably in his review of the album, saying that it had cliché lyrics but praising Underwood's "understated vocal" as well as the comparatively softer production.

Music video

The official music video for "Mama's Song" premiered on VEVO

Vevo

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 on September 24, 2010. It features both Underwood's husband Mike Fisher, and her mom Carole. It was filmed in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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, and was directed by Shaun Silva. It tells the story of a woman who meets her true love and moves away from her mom.

Chart performance

In October 2009, in advance of the album's release, "Mama's Song" charted at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and number 68 on the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

. It was the first of three promotional singles from the album. On the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts dated for the week ending September 4, 2010, it entered at number 55. It has also re-entered the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at number 87 upon its release as an official single and has reached a new peak of 56. On the week of January 17, 2011 it peaked at number two on Hot Country Songs and became Underwood's third single to not reach number one.
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Chart (2010)	Peak position

2011 Inspirational Country Music (ICM) Awards

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2011 BMI

BMI

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 Awards

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2011 American Country Awards

American Country Awards

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54th Grammy Awards

54th Grammy Awards

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Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	October 13, 2009	Music download	Arista Nashville
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...			Sony Music
United States	September 13, 2010	Airplay	Arista Nashville
Canada			Sony Music
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	November 3, 2010
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	November 6, 2010

Sales

As a promotional single (before the release of Play On):

United States: 39,000

As a confirmed single (after the release of Play On):

United States: 442,000