Mamma Mia

"Mamma Mia (He's Italiano)" is a song recorded and released as a single by Romanian singer Elena Gheorghe, featuring rapper Glance. This marks their second collaboration, the first one being the native number one single "Ecou" (2013). "Mamma Mia" was initially released for digital download and streaming in the United States on 5 August 2014 under Robbins Entertainment, and worldwide the following year in July under Cat Music. An English language track, it was written by Clint Tommy and Laurenţiu Duţă, while the production was being handled by Duţă. Music critics gave the song mostly positive reviews, complimenting its catchy instrumentals, but doubted the role of the featured artist by calling it "not convincing". An accompanying music video for "Mamma Mia", directed by Dan Petcan and Bogdan Filip, premiered on the Cat Music YouTube channel on 21 May 2014 and was supported by a giveaway. The clip depicted Elena at wedding playing the role of the bride, and Italian male as the groomsman. Commercially, the song was modernly successful, peaking at number 33 on the singer's native Romanian Airplay 100. The song was also send to radio stations across Italy, Poland and Spain, where it had managed to enter several charts. Background and composition In February 2014, Elena went on local radio station Kiss FM for an interview, where she would announce an international single coming up. At the time of the interview, Laurențiu Duță was producing the song in Los Angeles.