"Mama Said Knock You Out" was a hit single by LL Cool J off of his album of the same name. The song's famous beginning is "Don't call it a comeback / I've been here for years." Before "Mama Said Knock You Out" was released many people felt that LL Cool J's career was waning; his grandmother, who still believed in his talent, told him to "knock out" all the critics. The song was produced by Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin and DJ Marley Marl and won Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1992.
The music video features LL Cool J in a boxing ring, rapping into a microphone similar to the one an announcer would use in a boxing match. Frequently we see shots of him working out and scenes of a boxer being punched out.
Bob Dylan has this song on his playlist for Episode 2 of The Theme Time Radio Hour.
In Living Color parodied this song with Shawn Wayans as LL Cool JJ and the song was "Mama's gonna kick me out"
Hardcore band Hoods covers this song for the Too Legit For The Pit: Hardcore Takes The Rap compilation. The thrash metal band Scatterbrain covers this song for the Encino Man soundtrack.
The Song is featured in the video game Def Jam: Fight For NY released in 2004.
The lines "Don't you call this a regular jam, I'm gonna rock this land, I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm, And I'm just gettin warm" was sampled as a chorus for the track "I'm just gettin warm" by Busta Rhymes for his upcoming studio album "Back On My BS"
The song uses a sample from "Trip to your heart" by Sly & The Family Stone
The song is in Kangaroo Jack G'Day USA! where in a dream Jack is in a boxing match and sings the song with the verse "I'm Gonna Knock You Out".
A parody of the song, titled "Back One Out", appears as a hidden track on punk rock band Lagwagon's 1994 album "Trashed". The parody is about constipation.
The song made its debut in the John Badham film, The Hard Way, in which LL also co-starred. The song's music video is also included on the DVD as an Easter egg.
