Mama Lorraine

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Mama Lorraine
GG Anderson
publication April 1981
length 3:35 (radio version)
3:41 (album version)
Genre (s) Bat
Author (s) Uwe Busse ,
Bernd Dietrich,
Gerd Grabowski
album Always and Ever
Cover version
1981 Andrea Juergens

Mama Lorraine is a song by the German pop singer G. G. Anderson . The piece was the first single from his debut album Always and Ever . The music and the English text were written by Uwe Busse , Bernd Dietrich and Gerd Grabowski .

Creation and artwork

The song was written by Uwe Busse , Bernd Dietrich and Gerd Grabowski . The single was specially produced by Bernd Dietrich. The song was arranged and conducted under the direction of Jürgen Ehlers. The single was released under the music labels Hansa and Hansa International and distributed by Meisel music publishers . The single was recorded by Ariola . On the cover of the maxi single - in addition to the artist name and song title - GG Anderson can be seen dressed in white standing in front of a blue carport door. The cover picture was photographed by Bernd Dietrich.

Publication and promotion

During an interview with Kim Fisher - on the MDR talk show Riverboat on October 4, 2019 - Anderson spoke about the fact that Mama Lorraine was initially a "failed title". Anderson tried to offer the title to the German music producer Frank Farian for Boney M. , who described the piece in Anderson's demo version as a “super hit!”, But not for his projects. Farian was of the opinion that Anderson should publish the title himself. Mama Lorraine's first release finally took place in April 1981 as a 7 ″ single in Germany and the Netherlands. Three months later, a 12 ″ single was released. In addition to the radio version of Mama Lorraine, the maxi single contains the song Baby I Hear You Crying in the Night as the B-side .

In order to promote the song, there was a live appearance on the ZDF music show disco in August 1981, as well as some medleys in which Mama Lorraine was included.

Contributors

Song production

Companies

Charts and chart placements

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Mama Lorraine
  DE 10 08/03/1981 (22 weeks)

Mama Lorraine reached position ten in the singles charts in Germany and stayed in the top 10 for three weeks and in the charts for 22 weeks. Outside of Germany, the single was able to place itself in Belgium, where it reached position 15 in five chart weeks. Mama Lorraine placed 60th in the German singles charts from 1981 .

For Anderson as an interpreter, this was the first chart success in the German single charts and the only top 10 success. In Belgium it was the second and last chart success in the single charts after African Baby .

Cover versions

Cover version by Andrea Juergens

The German-language piece was the second single from Andrea Juergens fourth studio album Mama Lorraine . The translation of the piece was done by Michael Kunze . The single was produced by Jack White . The song was arranged and conducted under the direction of Jo Plée. The song was released under the music label Ariola and distributed through Intro and Youngster Musikverlag. On the cover of the maxi single you can see - in addition to the artist name and song title - Andrea Jürgens. The cover picture was photographed by Claus Kranz.

It was first released in August 1981 as a 7 ″ single . In addition to Mama Lorraine, the single contains the song For the Peace of This World as the B-side . In order to advertise the song, she made live appearances in the ZDF hit parade in 1981 . Jürgens' interpretation reached position eleven in the German single charts in 21 chart weeks . For them this was the sixth chart success in Germany.

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Mama Lorraine (Andrea Jürgens)
  DE 11 09/14/1981 (21 weeks)

More cover versions

  • 1981: Katri Helena (Finnish version: On hienoa olla himinen )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GG Anderson - Mama Lorraine. discogs.com, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  2. ^ GG Anderson - Always and Ever. discogs.com, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  3. ^ GG Anderson: GG Anderson in an interview with Kim Fisher. Riverboat, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ GG Anderson - Mama Lorraine. musik-sammler.de, accessed on January 1, 2015 .
  5. ↑ disco episode 116-133. fernsehserien.de, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  6. ^ Andrea Juergens - Mama Lorraine. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 22, 2017 .
  7. ^ GG Anderson - Mama Lorraine. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 22, 2017 .
  8. ^ GG Anderson Charts. ultratop.be, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  9. ^ Andrea Juergens - Mama Lorraine. discogs.com, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  10. ^ Andrea Juergens - Mama Lorraine. musik-sammler.de, accessed on January 1, 2015 .
  11. ^ The ZDF hit parade 1981, episode 137-148. fernsehserien.de, accessed January 1, 2015 .
  12. ^ Andrea Juergens - Mama Lorraine. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 22, 2017 .