Motorcycle Mama
{{about|the Sailcat song|the Neil Young song|Comes a Time}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Motorcycle Mama
| type = single
| artist = Sailcat
| album = Motorcycle Mama
| B-side = Rainbow Road
| released = {{Start date|1972|4}}
| recorded =
| genre = Country rock
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=07}}
| label = Elektra
| writer = John Wyker
| producer = Pete Carr
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Baby Ruth
| next_year = 1972
}}
"Motorcycle Mama" is a song written by John Wyker and performed by Sailcat. It reached #12 on both the U.S. pop chart and the U.S. adult contemporary chart in 1972{{cite web|title=Sailcat, "Motorcycle Mama" Chart Positions|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Motorcycle+Mama+by+Sailcat&id=36326|accessdate=March 31, 2019}} and was featured on their 1972 album Motorcycle Mama.{{cite web|title=Sailcat, Motorcycle Mama|website=Discogs |date=May 1972 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Sailcat-Motorcycle-Mama/release/6514104|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
Produced by Pete Carr,{{cite web|title=Sailcat, "Motorcycle Mama" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ek45782|accessdate=March 31, 2019}} the song ranked #89 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1972.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1972.php |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1972 |accessdate=March 31, 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216000410/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1972.php |archivedate=2016-02-16 }}
Charts
class="wikitable |
scope="col"| Chart (1971)
!Peak |
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Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=263}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 64 |
Canada (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4176.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - August 26, 1972}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 |
United States (Billboard Hot 100)
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 |
Other versions
- The Sugarcubes, on the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary.
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Category:Elektra Records singles
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