Mother (Meghan Trainor song)

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    "Mother"
    A blonde woman, spotlit, posing for a picture. The text "Meghan Trainor Mother" stands above her.
    Single by Meghan Trainor
    from the album Takin' It Back
    ReleasedMarch 27, 2023 (2023-03-27)
    Length2:27
    LabelEpic
    Songwriter(s)
    Producer(s)Gian Stone
    Meghan Trainor singles chronology
    "Made You Look"
    (2022)     		"Mother"
    (2023)
    Music video
    "Mother" on YouTube

    "Mother" is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor from the deluxe edition of her fifth major-label studio album, Takin' It Back (2022). Trainor wrote the song with Sean Douglas, Gian Stone and Justin Trainor. Epic Records will release the song as a single on March 27, 2023. It samples the 1954 song "Mr. Sandman", written by Pat Ballard. The track was announced on February 27, 2023.

    Background[edit]

    Meghan Trainor released two major-label studio albums in 2020, her third, Treat Myself, and her fourth, A Very Trainor Christmas.[1] She struggled while creating the former, rewriting it four times as an attempt to "adapt to what's going on in the music industry" after its preceding singles underperformed.[2] After Trainor's 2014 song "Title" attained viral popularity on video-sharing service TikTok in 2021, she announced her intention to pivot to the doo-wop sound of its 2015 parent album of the same name on her fifth one, in May the following year, along with her pregnancy's influence on it.[3]

    "Bad for Me",[4] was released as the lead single from it on June 24, 2022, and features guest vocals from American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims.[5][6][7] "Made You Look" was released as the second single.[8] The song went viral on TikTok.[9][10] It became Trainor's first song since 2016 to enter the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and her first top-10 single on the UK Singles Chart in seven years,[11][12] reaching the top 10 in other countries including Australia and New Zealand.[13][14]

    "Mother" was written by Trainor, Sean Douglas, Gian Stone, Justin Trainor, and Pat Ballard.[15] The song serves as the first single from the deluxe edition of her fifth major-label studio album, Takin' It Back (2022),[16][17][18] and will be sent to hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States on March 27, 2023.[19] Its release followed the announcement of Trainor's first book, which is also themed around motherhood, called Dear Future Mama.[20] She announced the release of "Mother" when she was 21 weeks pregnant.[21] Trainor shared a clip dancing to the song with TikTok influencer Chris Olsen and her husband Daryl Sabara, which featured an interpolation of the 1954 song "Mr. Sandman" and the lyrics "I am your mother/ You listen to me/ Stop all that mansplainin'/ No one's listenin/ Tell me who gave you permission to speak/ I am your mother/ You listen to me."[22] The snippet garnered criticism from online critics, who accused her of making music solely to go viral on TikTok, and a viral tweet accused her of participating in the "TikTokification of pop music".[23][24]

    Music video[edit]

    A music video for the song was released on March 11, 2023, featuring a cameo from Kris Jenner. The colorful aesthetics of the video are visually similar to previous music videos of her songs from Takin' It Back, including "Made You Look" and "Don't I Make It Look Easy".[25]

    Charts[edit]

    Chart performance for "Mother"
    Chart (2023) Peak
    position
    Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 38
    Ireland (IRMA)[27] 36
    Netherlands (Single Tip)[28] 10
    New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[29] 8
    Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 3
    UK Singles (OCC)[31] 42

    Release history[edit]

    Release dates and format(s) of "Mother"
    Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
    Various March 27, 2023 Hot adult contemporary Epic [19]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Rowley, Glenn (October 7, 2020). "There Are Only 78 Sleeps Until Christmas, So Check Out Meghan Trainor's Two New Festive Tracks". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
    2. ^ Feeney, Nolan (January 14, 2020). "Pop Music Is Changing, So Meghan Trainor Did Too". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
    3. ^ Jones, Brian (May 12, 2022). "Meghan Trainor Reveals How She's 'Taking It Back' for Upcoming Album". Pop Culture. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
    4. ^ Dee, Erika (June 15, 2022). "Meghan Trainor New Song 2022: Diss Track on 'Toxic,' 'Therapy-Landing' Relationship?". Music Times. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
    5. ^ "Meghan Trainor sings about a 'very toxic relationship' in upcoming new single". KQMV. June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
    6. ^ "Meghan Trainor sings about a 'very toxic relationship' in upcoming new single". KSTP-FM. June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
    7. ^ @Meghan_Trainor (June 17, 2022). "#BadForMe ft. @teddyswims 6/24 💖" (Tweet). Retrieved June 17, 2022 – via Twitter.
    8. ^ "Hot/Modern/AC > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
    9. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (November 2, 2022). "Trending Up: Rihanna and Meghan Trainor Make Two Very Different Pop Comebacks". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
    10. ^ Wert, Nicole (November 10, 2022). "Meghan Trainor 'Forces' Her Brother to Do TikTok Trend to Her Song". Parade. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
    11. ^ "Meghan Trainor Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
    12. ^ Griffiths, George (November 6, 2022). "Taylor Swift on track for third week at Number 1 with Anti-Hero". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
    13. ^ "Meghan Trainor – Made You Look". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
    14. ^ "Meghan Trainor – Made You Look". Top 40 Singles. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
    15. ^ "Mother". ASCAP. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
    16. ^ Duncan, Charlie (February 28, 2023). "Meghan Trainor teases new song 'Mother' – and gay Twitter has plenty of thoughts". PinkNews. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
    17. ^ Christmass, Pip (February 23, 2023). "Meghan Trainor to perform smash hit live on Australian Idol". Seven News. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
    18. ^ Kitwa, Par Prisca (February 28, 2023). "Meghan Trainor annonce la sortie de son prochain single « Mother »" (in French). NRJ. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
    19. ^ a b "Hot/Modern/AC > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
    20. ^ Trust, Gary (February 18, 2023). "Meghan Trainor 'Crying Happy Tears' as 'Made You Look' Tops Adult Pop Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
    21. ^ Najib, Shafiq (March 4, 2023). "Meghan Trainor sings and dances to new song 'Mother' with son Riley". ABC News. Retrieved March 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    22. ^ Gonzalez, Rebekah (March 2, 2023). "Meghan Trainor Kicks Off 'The Mother Era' By Teasing Her Catchy New Song". iHeartRadio. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
    23. ^ Ashcraft, Kady Ruth (March 4, 2023). "I Am Very Endeared to Meghan Trainor and Her Bad Music. But 'Mother' Is Too Much". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved March 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    24. ^ "Zara Larsson defends Meghan Trainor: 'She didn't create this for TikTok, TikTok was created for Meghan'". Yahoo! Life. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    25. ^ Mier, Tomás (March 10, 2023). "Kris Jenner Is Literally 'Mother' in Meghan Trainor's New Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
    26. ^ "Meghan Trainor Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    27. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
    28. ^ "Dutch Single Tip 18/03/2023". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    29. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    30. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    31. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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