A Song for Mama

"A Song for Mama"
Single by Boyz II Men
from the album Evolution and Soul Food (soundtrack)
ReleasedNovember 11, 1997 (airplay)
November 25, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre
Length5:02 (album version)
4:30 (radio version)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Babyface
Producer(s)Babyface
Boyz II Men singles chronology
"4 Seasons of Loneliness"
(1997)
"A Song for Mama"
(1997)
"Can't Let Her Go"
(1998)

"A Song for Mama" is a number-one R&B single by the American R&B group Boyz II Men. The tune, which was written and produced by Babyface, served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture Soul Food, and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart. To date, it is their 11th and last top 10 hit, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also appears on the group's fourth album, Evolution (1997).