"Fujiyama Mama" is a song written by Earl Burrows (later known as Jack Hammer).

The lyrics assert that "when I start you up, there ain't nobody gonna make me stop," and compare the woman's energy to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the iconic Japanese volcano, Mount Fuji.

[3][5] It featured an instrumental and vocal group accompaniment by African American arranger Howard Biggs.

[6] The song and recording received favorable reviews from The Indianapolis News,[5] The Pittsburgh Press,[6] and the Los Angeles Mirror-News.

"[12] She persuaded Nelson to let her record it, and it "has become a classic and is the one I think of as the start of the fully unbridled rockabilly version of Wanda Jackson that fans know me for today.

[2] One author observed: "Wanda Jackson offers us the ultimate Virile Female metaphor here.

[15] Despite the lack of chart success in the United States, the song was a major hit in Japan, reaching No.

[16][17] An earlier recording was also a hit in Japan in 1955 under the title "I'm a Fujiyama Mama & I'm About to Blow My Top".

It was also covered by Tamaki Sawa and Haruomi Hosono, the latter of whom is better known as the founder of Yellow Magic Orchestra.