“Return of the Mack” by Mark Morrison

"Return of the Mack" was the title track and third single from Mark Morrison's 1996 debut album. Morrison wrote it alone and co-produced it with Phil Chill and Cutfather & Joe, turning out smooth, strutting contemporary R&B with a boast right there in the title.

Britain got it in March 1996 and sent it to number one the following month, where it sat for two weeks, and it went top 10 in several countries across Europe and in Australia too. America had to wait until January 1997, and by June it had climbed to number two on the Hot 100, the highest Morrison ever reached there. Jake Nava's video put him in an underground club, and the song has lasted: Billboard named it among its "Top Songs of the '90s" in 2019 and its "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.

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