Mother's Pride (song)

"Mother's Pride"
Song by George Michael
from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Released3 September 1990 (1990-09-03) (album release)
RecordedApril 1990[1]
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)George Michael
Producer(s)George Michael
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 track listing
10 tracks
  1. "Praying for Time"
  2. "Freedom! '90"
  3. "They Won't Go When I Go"
  4. "Something to Save"
  5. "Cowboys and Angels"
  6. "Waiting for That Day"
  7. "Mother's Pride"
  8. "Heal the Pain"
  9. "Soul Free"
  10. "Waiting" (Reprise)

"Mother's Pride" (spelled without an apostrophe on the CD caddy) is a song written and performed by George Michael from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, released in 1990.[2] It was released as the US B-side to the single "Waiting for That Day".

The track gained significant airplay in the United States during the first Gulf War in 1991, where radio stations often mixed in caller tributes to soldiers with the music.[3][4] It peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1991.[5]

  1. ^ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (liner notes). George Michael. Epic Records. 3 September 1990. p. 10. 467295 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 – George Michael". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ Harrington, Richard (20 March 1991). "Gulf War Songs, Out of Tune". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Jovanovic, Rob (3 December 2015). George Michael: The Biography. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0-349-41124-8.
  5. ^ "Billboard Legacy". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2011.