"Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" is the fourth single by British rapper and songwriter Plan B, taken from his debut album '' Who Needs Actions When You Got Words'', which was released two weeks prior to the single. "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" was the first single to be entirely produced by Plan B himself. "Mama" was released on 10 July 2006, and it just missed out on a

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placing, peaking at #41. The song "tells the sad story of his mother's relationship with a crack addict". The music video for "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" was directed by Dawn Shadforth. The song samples "

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and a remix version featuring Hall & Oates is also featured on his Paint It Blacker mixtape.

Track listing

* CD single # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Radio Version) – 3:59 # "Sick 2 Def" (The Early Version) (featuring The Earlies) – 3:34 * DVD single # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Music Video) – 4:30 # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Making of the Video) - 3:00 * 7" vinyl # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Radio Version) – 3:59 * Digital download # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Radio Version) – 3:59 # "Sick 2 Def" (The Early Version) (featuring The Earlies) – 3:34 # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Acoustic Version) – 4:13 # "Mama (Loves a Crackhead)" (Live Version) – 4:19

Personnel

* Plan B – vocals, producer ;Production *

Jonathan Quarmby Jonathan Hugh Quarmby (born 20 December 1961 in Huddersfield), is an English record producer and songwriter and son of English architect Arthur Quarmby. Biography Studying architecture at Sheffield University, he soon became a part of the city ...

– co-producer, mixing *

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– co-producer, mixing * Finn Eiles – engineer * Jimmy Robertson – engineer ;Additional musicians * Andrew Smith – guitar * Andy Sheldrake – bass * Cassell the Beatmaker – drums *

Harry Escott Harry Escott (born 9 September 1976) is a British composer living in London. He has composed the scores to several films, including ''Shame'' (2011), ''Hard Candy'' (2005), '' A Mighty Heart'' (2007), and ''Ali & Ava'' (2021), for which he won a ...

– cello

Chart performance

Release history

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* * Songs about mothers 2006 singles 679 Artists singles British hip hop songs Songs about drugs Plan B (musician) songs Song recordings produced by Jonathan Quarmby Song recordings produced by Kevin Bacon (producer) Songs written by Plan B (musician) {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub