| Mama Said | |
| Cover: | Metallica - Mama Said cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Metallica |
| Album: | Load |
| Released: | November 25, 1996[1] |
| Studio: | The Plant (Sausalito, California) |
| Length: | 5:20 |
| Label: | Elektra |
| Lyricist: | James Hetfield |
| Prev Title: | Hero of the Day |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | King Nothing |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Mama Said" is a country rock ballad by American heavy metal band Metallica from their sixth album, Load, with music and lyrics by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
The music video for the song features James Hetfield sitting in the backseat of a car while playing the song on an acoustic guitar. The vehicle appears to be driving along a Southwestern highway, and at one point the other members of Metallica are seen outside looking into the window as it passes by. As the song comes to an end, the view pulls back to reveal that Hetfield has been sitting in a stationary backseat inside a studio (probably what was used to film the vehicle scenes and only to make an appearance at end as there are brief appearances of what would be the front seat and windscreen while driving from the driver and passenger's perspective). He then walks over to a horse, takes its bridle, and walks off screen. It was filmed in November 1996 in London, England and directed by Anton Corbijn.