She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) - wikipedia She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) '' Single by Carl Carlton B - side `` This Feeling 's Rated X-tra '' Released August 1981 Format 7 '' single Genre R&B, soul, funk, disco Length 4 : 32 Label 20th Century Songwriter ( s ) Leon Haywood Carl Carlton singles chronology `` This Feeling 's Rated X-Tra '' ( 1980 ) `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) '' ( 1981 ) `` I Think It 's Gonna Be Alright '' ( 1982 ) `` This Feeling 's Rated X-Tra '' ( 1980 ) `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) '' ( 1981 ) `` I Think It 's Gonna Be Alright '' ( 1982 ) `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama ( She 's Built, She 's Stacked ) '' is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit, earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1982. The track peaked at # 22 in the U.S., and became a Gold record. It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, `` Everlasting Love. '' It reached # 34 in the UK Singles Chart. `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama '' also spent eight weeks at number two on the R&B / Soul chart. It was blocked from the top spot by Diana Ross 's and Lionel Richie 's song, `` Endless Love ''. Carlton 's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. `` She 's a Bad Mama Jama '' has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks and is often sampled in rap music, including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill 's Big Bad Mamma. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1981 - 82 ) Peak position New Zealand 27 UK 34 US Billboard Hot 100 22 US Billboard Soul Singles US Cash Box Top 100 23 Year - end charts Chart ( 1981 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 136 References Jump up ^ L.A. Times `` The Envelope '' awards database, ( Accessed August 15, 2006 ) ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 94. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Samples of She 's a Bad Mama Jama ''. whosampled.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016. Jump up ^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, February 14, 1982 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2005 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. Jump up ^ `` 1981 Year End ''. Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 23. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=She%27s_a_Bad_Mama_Jama_(She%27s_Built,_She%27s_Stacked)&oldid=815713919 '' Categories : 1981 singles Songs written by Leon Haywood 1981 songs 20th Century Fox Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 December 2017, at 16 : 48. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote she's a bad mamma jamma
Answer: Leon Haywood