When You're Good to Mama - Chicago (the musical) - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"When You're Good to Mama" is one of the unforgettable tunes lighting up the legendary jazz age stage musical Chicago. Sung by the character of Mama Morton, who oversees the prison's Murderess Row where protagonist Roxie Hart is awaiting trial, the song and wider soundtrack boast music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. "When You're Good to Mama" presents Mama Morton's personal thoughts about "reciprocity", laying out her motto: "When you’re good to Mama, Mama’s good to you / There’s a lot of favors I’m prepared to do / You do one for Mama, she’ll do one for you". There have been several cast recordings of Chicago, including this Original Broadway Cast recording from 1975 performed by Mary McCarty. In the 2002 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Chicago—which stars Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere—Mama Morton is played by the inimitable Queen Latifah.