My Mamma Said
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| "My Mamma Said" | ||||
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| Single by Aqua | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| Released | November 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Elektron Studio | |||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Søren Rasted | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "My Mamma Said" on YouTube | ||||
"My Mamma Said" is a song by Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua. The song was written by members Søren Rasted and Lene Nystrøm, and produced by Rasted, for their second greatest hits album (2009). It was released as the second single from the album, following "Back to the 80's".
“My Mamma Said" deals with emotions and considerations concerning the death of the narrator’s mother. The dominant instruments are the piano and the cello. Nystrøm is the principal vocalist and her part concerns fears and reflections about her mother, while Rene Dif's part pertains to philosophical and scientific aspects of the mother’s death.
Music video
The music video was directed by Rasmus Laumann. It premiered on October 23, 2009. The video is mainly set in a closed room with the four members of Aqua seated around a table, amid a bed of dry leaves. Apart from the leaves, black and white dominate the clip.