"Mother" is a song by American singer-songwriter

Charlie Puth Charles Otto Puth Jr. (; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his cover (music), song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with the record labe ...

. It was released through

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and

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as a single on September 12, 2019. Puth produced the song with

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and

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, and they wrote it alongside

Ryan Tedder Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, and lead vocalist for the pop rock band OneRepublic, while also serving as a prolific cont ...

and Billy Walsh. ''

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'' ranked it as the 74th best song of 2019.

Background

Puth revealed the song's title and release date on September 4, 2019. "Mother" was written and produced by Puth,

and

Chad Smith Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician who is the drummer of the rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith has played with the Chili Peppers since 1988, appearing on ten of the band's studio albums and becoming the band's lo ...

played drums on the track after Puth played a master for Smith while the two contributed to songs for the

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album ''Ordinary Man''. According to Puth, the song is about a relationship that is "secretly crumbling from the inside", and that he "sometimes disguise sad lyrical sentiments with happy music". The song and its video were released on September 12, 2019.

Charts

Release history

References

2019 singles 2019 songs Charlie Puth songs Atlantic Records singles Song recordings produced by Louis Bell Songs written by Charlie Puth Songs written by Ryan Tedder Songs written by Andrew Watt (record producer) Songs written by Louis Bell {{2019-single-stub