"I Ain't Your Mama" is a song recorded by American

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. It was released in June 2012 as the first single from her debut album, ''

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''. The song was written by Candy Cameron and

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Critical reception

Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' gave the song four stars out of five, calling it "the boundary-pushing song country music needs to embrace every year or two" and writing that Rose "showcases a big, commanding voice that will be overlooked in this PG-13 rated single." Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the song four stars out of five, saying that it has "a groovy melody, a spitfire kind of verse structure and a sassy vocal delivery that a song like this requires."

Music video

The music video was directed by Tyler Evans and David Lavender from Yeah Yeah Creative. It premiered in August 2012.

Chart performance

"I Ain't Your Mama" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of July 7, 2012.

Charts

References

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