Mama Can't Buy You Love

"Mama Can't Buy You Love"
	File:Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John.jpg
Single by Elton John
from the album The Thom Bell Sessions
B-side	"Three Way Love Affair"
Released	June 1979
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soul
Length	4:02
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	LeRoy Bell and Casey James (of Bell and James)
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Elton John singles chronology

"Mama Can't Buy You Love" is a hit single for British singer/songwriter Elton John off the EP The Thom Bell Sessions. The song was written by LeRoy Bell and Casey James (of Bell and James fame), and became John's first US top ten hit in almost three years when it peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1979.^[1] "Mama Can't Buy You Love" also spent one week at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the US, it was certified gold on 17 August 1979 by the RIAA.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia	82
Canadian RPM Top Singles ^[3]	10
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary ^[4]	19
New Zealand^[5]	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[6]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Canada ^[7]	63
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[8]	36
U.S. Cash Box ^[9]	56

References

↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4413a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=2shp4if0n815lshje01pisvll5
↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4482&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=uubbpfrsfq3966mph22ch3rk02
↑ http://tsort.info/music/2naq1q.htm
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790825.html
↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6855a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=2shp4if0n815lshje01pisvll5
↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

This 1970s single–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[3] ttps://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4413a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=2shp4if0n815lshje01pisvll5

[4] ttps://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4482&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=uubbpfrsfq3966mph22ch3rk02

[5] ttp://tsort.info/music/2naq1q.htm

[6] ttp://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790825.html

[7] ttps://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6855a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=2shp4if0n815lshje01pisvll5

[8] ttp://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm

[9] ttp://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

v t e Elton John songs
Discography
1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Son of Your Father" (1970) "My Father's Gun" (1970) "Where to Now St. Peter?" (1970) "Amoreena" (1970) "Talking Old Soldiers" (1970) "Burn Down the Mission" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "One Horse Town" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "I Don't Care" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)
1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s	"I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)
2010s	"Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "Learn to Fly" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
Related	Albums discography Videography
Category:Elton John

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Contents

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Year-end charts

See also

References

External links

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

More

Search

Navigation

Tools