Call Me a Mack

"Call Me a Mack" is the debut single released by R&B singer Usher. It was written by Usher, Tim Thomas and Teddy Bishop and recorded for the soundtrack album of the 1993 romantic drama film Poetic Justice. Produced by Thomas and Bishop under their production moniker Tim & Ted, "Call Me a Mack" was released separately in 1993 for Epic Records. It peaked at number 56 on Billboard's US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

"Call Me a Mack"
Single by Usher
from the album Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture
Released	August 16, 1993 (1993-08-16)
Recorded	January 22, 1993
Genre	New jack swing[1]
Length	4:03 (album version)
Label	Epic LaFace
Songwriter(s)	Usher Raymond Tim Thomas Teddy Bishop
Producer(s)	Tim Thomas Teddy Bishop
Usher singles chronology
"Call Me a Mack" (1993) "Can U Get wit It" (1994)
Music video
"Call Me a Mack" on YouTube

Music video

A music video for "Call Me a Mack" was directed by F. Gary Gray.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Usher Raymond, Tim Thomas, and Teddy Bishop.

CD single^[3]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Call Me a Mack" (album version)	Thomas Bishop	4:03
2.	"Call Me a Mack" (Crazycool mix)	Thomas Bishop Dave Hall[a]	5:32
3.	"U Got It Bad" (Mack mix)	Thomas Bishop Chad Elliott[a] Vincent Herbert[a] Ben Garrison[b]	4:38
4.	"U Got It Bad" (extramental)	Thomas Bishop	4:02

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes remix producer(s)
• ^{^[b]} denotes co-producer(s)

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Poetic Justice.^[2]

Teddy Bishop – producer, writer Blake Eiseman – engineer Jon Frye – engineer Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer Ron Horvath – engineer

Usher Raymond – vocals, writer Tim Thomas – producer, writer Dave Way – mixing engineer Jim Zumpano – engineer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Call Me a Mack"

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4]	56