Mama Tried

E247439
single song

"Mama Tried" is a classic 1968 country song by Merle Haggard that reflects on regret and personal responsibility from the perspective of an imprisoned man.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mama Tried canonical 4
"Mama Tried" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Merle Haggard ⓘ
associatedAct The Strangers ⓘ
awarded Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
chartedOn Billboard Country chart ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot Country Singles
chartPerformance U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs number one ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single
composer Merle Haggard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Grateful Dead ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
The Everly Brothers ⓘ
featuredInFilm The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Shawshank Redemption
featuredInTelevision The Rockford Files ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
hasBSide The Good Old Days ⓘ
surface form: In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
hasInstrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
steel guitar ⓘ
hasISRC USCA26800001 ⓘ
hasNotableLyric Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied ⓘ
inCatalogOf Merle Haggard ⓘ
surface form: Merle Haggard discography
includedInAlbum Mama Tried self-link ⓘ
inductedInto Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame
inductionYear 1999 ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:12 ⓘ
lyricist Merle Haggard ⓘ
lyricTheme imprisonment ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
regret ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor being one of Merle Haggard's signature songs ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1968-07-01 ⓘ
performer Merle Haggard ⓘ
producer Ken Nelson ⓘ
protagonistStatus imprisoned man ⓘ
recordedIn 1968 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
setting prison ⓘ
subgenre Bakersfield sound ⓘ
tempo medium-fast ⓘ
writer Merle Haggard ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merle Haggard → notableWork → Mama Tried ⓘ
Bakersfield sound → notableSong → Mama Tried ⓘ
Merle → notableWork → Mama Tried ⓘ
subject surface form: Merle Haggard
this entity surface form: "Mama Tried"
The Strangers → performedOn → Mama Tried ⓘ
Mama Tried → includedInAlbum → Mama Tried self-link ⓘ