"Mama Said" is a song performed by the Shirelles, written by Luther Dixon and Willie Denson.
It became a top-ten hit, on both the pop and R&B charts, when it was released as a single in 1961.
"Mama Said" went number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B chart[1] and has been covered by American Spring, Melanie, Dusty Springfield, the Stereos, the Growlers, and a young Dionne Bromfield.
"Mama Said" was featured during the closing of the third season Orange is the New Black episode, "Fake it Till You Fake it Some More" and also appeared in the seventh season of Adventure Time at the end of the eponymous episode "Mama Said".
[3] "Mama Said" was covered by Dionne Bromfield for her album Introducing (2009).