Talk:Mama (Genesis song)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The song's theme
There have been several attempts to explain the lyrics of the song. The explanation in the article here is one, but I have heard at least two others as well. One is that the song is about child abuse. I am also fairly certain I have read somewhere that Phil Collins has said the lyrics really doesn't mean anything at all, that it's just words that work well with the music. That is actually the explanation that sounds most likely to me. I don't remember where I read it, though, and although I love Genesis' music, I haven't kept up with everything that has been written about Genesis over the years. There is just way too much of it. So I won't edit this part of the article, in case I may be wrong. Blue Elf (talk) 17:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Collins said the song was about a hooker, in the DVD that came with the release of the album in 2007. CarpetCrawler (talk) 03:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * There was a rumour that it was an anti-abortion song, but never any official acknowledgement that this was so (and I've had another good look online today without finding any evidence that it is intended to carry any such meaning). In the light of this, I've removed the assertion in the article that the song is "known" to have an anti-abortion message.   Ka renjc 17:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

1992 re-release as a Single
Mama was re-released as a single in 1992, promoting Vertigo 848 854-2. For some reason, both releases are ignored by Wikipedia. I definitely remember that both charted well, in Germany at least, where Phil Collins was incredibly popular in 1991/92. --84.177.33.2 (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * All done.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:42, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

"Mama" was used in a Magnum P.I. TV episode about a serial killer who murdered prostitutes. Does anyone remember the name of the episode? The TV show also used Genesis' instrumental "The Brazilian" in a later episode.69.57.111.254 (talk) 16:30, 9 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The episode is title "Death and Taxes." 35.134.166.233 (talk) 21:47, 24 April 2023 (UTC)