When Tim McGraw recorded his latest single, he naturally wanted to share it with his mom. Once he knew it was gonna be released to radio, Tim says, “I sent it to her – and my mom’s gotten better with the phone now – so, I sent it to her and I said we’re gonna release this single and it’s gonna come out Mother’s Day weekend. And then she sent me crying emojis. I knew better than to call her because I knew what she was doing. I knew she wouldn’t be able to talk at the time because I know my mom pretty well. I knew exactly what she meant when she sent those emojis, that’s why she didn’t call.”
The song has had a powerful impact on Tim’s family, because not only did his mom cry the first time she heard it, but Tim cried the first time he sang it for his wife, Faith Hill, and then she cried because he was crying. And in addition to the song being special and emotional, the picture used for the cover of the “I Called Mama” single is special because it’s a picture of Tim’s mom. He says, “It’s a picture from her, right before she found out she was pregnant with me, actually.”
“I Called Mama” is the first single off Tim’s new Here On Earth album, and it’s currently sitting in the top ten on the charts and continuing to rise.
Tim McGraw – mom’s reaction to Mama :28
“Well, I didn’t send it to her until I knew it was gonna be the single. And then I sent it to her, and my mom’s gotten better with the phone now, so, I sent it to her and I said we’re gonna release this single and it’s gonna come out Mother’s Day weekend. And then she sent me crying emojis. I knew better than to call her because I knew what she was doing. I knew she wouldn’t be able to talk at the time because I know my mom pretty well. I knew exactly what she meant when she sent those emojis, that’s why she didn’t call. And it’s also a cool thing that the single art is my mom. It’s a picture from her, right before she found out she was pregnant with me, actually.”