The third album Turn It Up was released in 1983. The same year they toured with Thin Lizzy on that band’s farewell tour, played at the Reading Rock Festival and signed a worldwide record deal with Jive Records . The first album released on Jive contained some songs previously released on early albums, but completely re-recorded with a few new songs. One of the new songs, a cover of Slade ‘s ” Mama Weer All Crazee Now ” was released as a single and reached number 54 in the American chart. The video for the song got airplay on MTV and helped the band to become known in the US, which they then toured in 1984. Coincidentally, the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot also released their cover version of the song at the same time as Mama’s Boys, but Quiet Riot’s version gained more airplay.
The third album Turn It Up was released in 1983. The same year they
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