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Four singles from the album were released between August 1983 and June 1984. A 12-inch single was released with longer versions of "Mama" and "It's Gonna Get Better", the edit for the latter containing an extra verse and chorus. [8]
The album was released on CD in Germany by Walhalla Records with "It's Gonna Get Better" as a bonus track. It was re-released by See For Miles Records in 1994 with two bonus tracks, "It's Gonna Get Better" and "Hipshaker". Akarma Records re-released the vinyl version in 2003 with the one bonus track "It's Gonna Get Better."
The song "It's Gonna Get Better" was written with teen suicide prevention programs in mind, while "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay," a duet with brother Marvin Winans, challenges parents to take responsibility for training their children. A definite highlight on the album is the song "Looking Back at You."
Album CAN [45] US Main [51] "You Might Recall" 1982 — 40 Three Sides Live "It's Gonna Get Better" 1983 — 16 Genesis "Just a Job to Do" — 10 "The Last Domino" 1986 — 29 Invisible Touch "Anything She Does" — 40 "Driving the Last Spike" 1992 51 25 We Can't Dance "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that ...
There are at least four versions of the studio recording of "Mama": the original, full-length cut (7:27, released as a 12" single and later as a CD single, backed by the full-length 6:27 version of "It's Gonna Get Better", also in a shortened version on the Genesis album); a somewhat early-faded version (6:46, released on the Genesis album ...
Martin's breakthrough came with the writing and release of "Daylight" by Maroon 5.In 2014 Martin was the contributing singer and co-writer on the song "Lovers on the Sun" and "Dangerous" by David Guetta [2] Martin also collaborated with Ziggy Marley on the song "Lighthouse" [3] from his album Fly Rasta.
In 2016, released the song as part of the live album Live in San Diego. Guitarist Rich Robinson covered the song and released his version of "Got to Get Better in a Little While" on the eponymous ten-inch vinyl single along with the originals "Look Through My Window" and "Falling Away" on 16 April 2016 through Eagle Records. [10]
The artwork incorporates aspects of the sleeves from the "Mama" single and the album Genesis, and also gives a nod to the light show for which the band was well known. The Mama Tour was released on DVD, with 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital sound, in November 2009 as part of the Genesis Movie Box 1981–2007 DVD set.