List of songs about mothers

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This is a list of songs in which the primary subject is the singer's mother.

• "A Song For Mama" by Boyz II Men
• "Alive" by Pearl Jam
• "Am I Evil?" by Diamond Head
• "Bad Mother" by Therapy?
• "Bendicion Mama" by Fat Joe
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
• "Cleanin' Out My Closet" by Eminem
• "Dear Mama" by 2Pac
• "Don't Go Away" by Oasis
• "Don't Turn Out Like Your Mother" by The Proclaimers
• "Eat For Two" by 10,000 Maniacs
• "Fishfuck" by GWAR
• "For A Thousand Mothers" by Jethro Tull
• "God Called In Sick Today" by AFI
• "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby" by The Rolling Stones
• "Heart of the house" by Alanis Morissette
• "Hey Mama" by Kanye West
• "I Saw Your Mommy" by Suicidal Tendencies
• "If I could hear my mother pray again" by Roy Acuff
• "I'll Always Love My Mama" by The Intruders
• "Inside Of Me" by Madonna
• "Julia" by The Beatles
• "Lay Down and Die, Goodbye" by Alice Cooper
• "Let It Be" by The Beatles
• "Letter to Mom" by Iris DeMent
• "The Little Log Cabin by the Sea" by The Carter Family
• "Live Forever" by Oasis
• "Look Mama" by Howard Jones
• "Mama" by My Chemical Romance
• "Mama" by John George Campbell
• "Mama", traditional Italian standard. Best known recordings are by Connie Francis and Luciano Pavarotti
• "Mama" by Genesis
• "Mama" by the Spice Girls
• "Mama, I'm coming home" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Mama Kin" by Aerosmith, covered by Guns N' Roses
• "Mama's Opry" by Iris DeMent
• "Mama's Sacrifice" by Wayna Wondwossen
• "Mama Said" by Lenny Kravitz
• "Mama Said" by Metallica
• "Mama Said Knock You Out" by L. L. Cool J. it should be noted that in this case "mama" actually refers to grandmother
• "Mama Said (There'd Be Days Like This)" by the Shirelles
• "Mama Told Me Not to Come" by Randy Newman, covered by Three Dog Night
• "Mama used to say" by Junior
• "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" by Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings
• "Matilda Mother" by Pink Floyd
• "[Mer Girl]" by Madonna
• "Momma" by Bob Seger
• "Momma Knows" by Will Smith
• "Momma was an Opium-Smoker" by Rasputina
• "Mommy and Daddy" by The Monkees
• "Mother stands for comfort" by Kate Bush
• "Mother" by Danzig
• "Mother" by John Lennon
• "Mother" by Pink Floyd
• "Mother" by The Police
• "Mother and Child Reunion" by Paul Simon
• "Mother and Father" by Madonna
• "Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham
• "Mother Mother" by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
• "Mother Queen of My Heart" by Jimmie Rodgers
• "Mutter" by Rammstein
• "My Mama Said" by ABBA
• "My Wandering Boy" by Doc Watson
• "Oh Mother" by Christina Aguilera
• "Perfect Fan" by Backstreet Boys
• "Promise To Try" by Madonna
• "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Tapping Your Mum" by I Heart Your Mum
• "Tell Mama" by Janis Joplin
• "Thank you mama" by Sizzla
• "That's the way" by Led Zeppelin
• "Troubled about my mother" by Charley Patton
• "Waltz #2 (XO)" by Elliott Smith
• "Why do you want him?" by Green Day
• "You can't hurry love" by The Supremes, covered by Phil Collins
• "Your Mama Don't Dance" covered by Poison
• "Your mothers got a penis" by Goldie Lookin' Chain
• "Your mother should know" by The Beatles

The following songs relate to the death of the singer's mother:

• "Angel" by The Corrs
• "Betty's Body" by The Residents
• "For Martha" by The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Goodbye" by The Corrs
• "Ghost Train" by Marc Cohn
• "Judith" by A Perfect Circle
• "I can never go home anymore" by The Shangri-Las
• "I'm Goin' Home" by Hootie and the Blowfish
• "In Loving Memory" by Alter Bridge
• "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" by Hank Williams
• "Let it Roll" by Train
• "Letter Edged in Black" by Tex Isley
• "Mama's In The Moon" by Marc Cohn
• "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" by Body Count
• "Motherless Children" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
• "Mother no longer awaits me at home" by The Stanley Brothers
• "My Mummy's Dead" by John Lennon
• "No More Cry" by The Corrs
• "Nur zu Besuch" by Die Toten Hosen
• "Ocean Spray" by Manic Street Preachers
• "Room of Angel" by Akira Yamaoka
• "Saints Preserve Us" by Marc Cohn
• "Six More Miles" by Hank Williams
• "Song for Gaby" by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
• "Strange Place Blues" by Booker T Washington (Bukka) White
• "The Baby" by Blake Shelton
• "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" by O. C. Smith
• "Thinking About Forever" by POD
• "Thinking of You" by Lenny Kravitz
• "Will My Mother Know Me There? " by Doc Watson
• "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by Clarence Ashley and many others

The following songs relate to mothers in general or a mother other than the singer's:

• "Future Mothers" by Freundeskreis
• "Goodbye Violet Race" by Spacehog
• "Lady Madonna" by The Beatles
• "Mother's Little Helper" by Rolling Stones
• "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne
• "Sylvia's Mother" by Dr. Hook
• "Your Mother" by X-Cops

The following songs relate to motherhood:

• "I'm a Mother" by The Pretenders
• "Someday (I Will Understand)" by Britney Spears