<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Randy Newman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Tom Wilson </Td> </Tr> <P> "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" is a song by American singer - songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966 . Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the US pop singles chart . Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' cover version also hit number four on the UK Singles Chart in 2000 . </P> <P> Newman says that the song was inspired by his own lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s . As with most Newman songs, he assumes a character - in "Mama ..." the narrator is a sheltered and extraordinarily straight - laced young man, who recounts what is presumably his first "wild" party in the big city, is shocked and appalled by marijuana smoking, whiskey drinking, and loud music and--in the chorus of the song--recalls his "mama told (him) not to come ." </P>

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