"Mama Said" is a single by
Danish recording act
Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist Lukas Forchhammer, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released '' Lukas Graham'', their first album, with labels Copenhagen Records and in 2012. The album peaked at number one on ...
. The song was released as a digital download on 23 June 2014 through
Copenhagen Records
Copenhagen Records is a Danish record label formed on 5 January 2004Copenhagen Records (2011)Info & Kontakt. Retrieved 26 April 2011. by former EMI Recorded Music Denmark staff members to give artists more artistic autonomy. It houses artists sp ...
. It achieved success in
Denmark
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,
Norway
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,
Finland
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and
Sweden
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. The song was written by
Lukas Forchhammer
Lukas Forchhammer (born 18 September 1988) is a Danish-Irish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former actor. He is best known as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Danish band Lukas Graham. As a child, Forchhammer st ...
,
Morten Ristorp
Morten Ristorp Jensen (born 3 April 1986), known professionally as "Rissi", is a Danish producer, composer, songwriter and musician, as well as co-founder and previous member of Future Animals.
Personal life
Morten Ristorp Jensen was born in ...
,
Stefan Forrest, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard, and it was produced by Forrest and Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. It interpolates the song "
It's the Hard Knock Life" from the musical ''
Annie''.
Composition
The track is written in the key of
B-flat major
B-flat major is a major scale based on B, with pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor.
The B-flat major scale is:
Changes needed for ...
in common time with a
tempo
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of 80 beats per minute.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
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2014 songs
2014 singles
2010s ballads
Lukas Graham songs
Pop ballads
Number-one singles in Denmark
Songs written by Lukas Forchhammer
Songs written by Stefan Forrest
Songs written by Morten Ristorp
Copenhagen Records singles
Warner Records singles
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