{{Short description|1999 single by Cast}} {{Infobox song | name = Beat Mama | cover = Beat Mama Cast cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Cast | album = Magic Hour | B-side = * "Get on You" * "3 Nines Are 28" * "Hoedown" * "Whisky Song" | released = {{start date|1999|4|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-04-24.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 26 April, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=24 April 1999|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = * Ridge Farm (West Sussex, England) * Air Lyndhurst (Hampstead, London) | genre = | length = 4:10 | label = Polydor | writer = John Power | producer = Gil Norton | prev_title = I'm So Lonely | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Magic Hour | next_year = 1999 }} "'''Beat Mama'''" is a song by Liverpool Britpop band Cast, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power. Released on 26 April 1999, the song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's seventh and final UK top-10 hit.
==Track listings== '''UK CD1'''<ref name="ukcd1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Beat Mama|others=Cast|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=563 593-2}}</ref> # "Beat Mama" # "Get on You" # "3 Nines Are 28"
'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Beat Mama|others=Cast|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=563 595-2}}</ref> # "Beat Mama" # "Hoedown" # "Whisky Song"
'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Beat Mama|others=Cast|year=1999|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=563 999-2}}</ref> # "Beat Mama" (radio edit) # "Get on You" # "Hoedown" # "Whisky Song"
==Credits and personnel== Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and ''Magic Hour'' liner notes.<ref name="ukcd1"/><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Magic Hour|title-link=Magic Hour (Cast album)|others=Cast|year=1999|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=547 176-2}}</ref>
'''Studios''' * Recorded at Ridge Farm Studio (West Sussex, England) and Air Studios Lyndhurst (Hampstead, London) * Mixed at The Church (London, England) * Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US) {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Cast''' * John Power – writing, vocals, guitar * Liam Tyson – guitar * Peter Wilkinson – bass guitar * Keith O'Neill – drums {{col-2}} '''Production''' * Gil Norton – production, mixing * Danton Supple – engineering, mixing * Bob Ludwig – mastering {{col-end}}
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (1999) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-05-15.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=20|page=12|date=15 May 1999|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> |43 |- {{single chart|Scotland|5|date=19990508|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 January 2019}} |- {{single chart|UK|9|date=19990508|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 January 2019}} |}
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Category:1999 singles Category:1999 songs Category:Cast (band) songs Category:Polydor Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Gil Norton Category:Songs written by John Power (musician)
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