The Living Return is the fourth studio album by the British pop group Swing Out Sister.

[3] This song is a cover version of the 1968 hit by The Delfonics and appeared on the soundtrack of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.

The song "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" was featured on the American basic cable and satellite television network, Disney Channel.

New Musical Express magazine gave The Living Return an 8 out of 10 rating in its 17 September 1994 issue, saying that the album "...sounds divine, a glissando of strings and things, an aural bath for the ears.

"[4] Q magazine also spoke favourably of the album, mentioning that "SOS have an ear for a snappy arrangements and a mature lightness of touch as they gently echo Miles Davis, Weather Report and the whole modish Afro era.