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Mark Morrison Born 3 May 1972 Is A British R&B Singer. His Single "Return Of The Mack" Became A No. 1 Or Top 10 Hit In Several European Countries In 1996. The Song Peaked At No. 2 In The United States The Following Year. Mark Morrison's First Official Recording Was The 1993 Vinyl Release Where Is Our Love Pressed On His Own Private Joe'Mel Label.
Main Career In Mid-1995 Morrison Released His Debut Single Crazy Which Became A Top 20 Hit In The UK. The Follow-Up Single Let's Get Down Also Entered The Top 40. They Were Followed In The Spring Of 1996 By Return Of The Mack Which Became A Smash International Hit Spending Two Weeks At #1 On The UK Charts. Morrison Became The First Black UK Male Solo Artist To Reach #1 In The 1990s. His Debut Album Also Titled Return Of The Mack Followed And Became A Multi-Platinum Success. It Reached Number Four In The UK Chart And Sold 3 Million Albums Worldwide. It Spun Off Several More Hit Singles Over The Next Year. Crazy Remix Trippin' Horny And Moan & Groan Would All Reach The UK Top 10 Making Him The First Artist In British Pop History To Have Five Top 10 Hits From A Debut Album. Although His Career Was Going Well Morrison Was Constantly In Trouble With The Law. In 1997 He Was Imprisoned The Same Year He Received Four Brit Awards Nominations Mercury Prize Nomination An MTV Europe Music Awards Nomination And Five Music Of Black Origin Awards MOBO Nominations As The Single Return Of The Mack Began To Climb Its Way To #2 On The American Billboard Charts Receiving Platinum Status En-Route. It Stayed On The Billboard Charts For An Incredible 25 Weeks. He Also Performed At The 1997 Brit Awards. The Performance At The Brit's Influenced WEA And Morrison To Release Only God Can Judge Me A 9-Track EP Which Contained Live Performances Interviews Prayers And Three Full-Length Songs Including Who's The Mack! Which Reached #13 In The UK.
Legal Issues Morrison Has Faced Various Criminal Charges During His Career Including A 1997 Conviction For Attempting To Bring A Firearm Aboard An Airliner For Which He Served Three Months Just As His Hit Song Return Of The Mack Began Rising Up The US Billboard Charts. 1 2 In 1998 He Failed To Appear In Court On Charges Of Possessing An Offensive Weapon Choosing To Instead Fly To The West Indies Island Of Barbados. He Was Arrested And Remanded Into Custody Upon His Return To The United Kingdom. 3 4 He Was Later Cleared Of The Offensive Weapon Charge. 5 He Was Convicted Of Affray For His Part In A Brawl Resulting In One Fatality And Sentenced To Community Service. 2 Morrison Later Was Incarcerated In Wormwood Scrubs For A Year For Paying A Lookalike To Perform His Court-Appointed Community Service In His Stead While Morrison Himself Went On Tour. 2 6 While In Prison Morrison Reportedly Converted To Islam And Attempted To Change His Name To Abdul Rahman. 7 Also In 1998 Morrison Was Banned From Driving For Six Months And Fined £1 380 After Twice Being Caught Driving Without A Licence. 8 In 2002 Morrison Was Arrested On Suspicion Of Kidnapping And Car Theft. 9 He Was Released On Bail But A Policemen Was Later Arrested On Suspicion Of Taking A Bribe From Morrison In Return For His Release. 9 Morrison Failed To Appear In Court To Face The Charges And A Warrant Was Issued For His Arrest. 9 In 2004 He Was Arrested And Spent A Night In Custody After A Fracas Started When His Medallion Went Missing. 10 In 2009 Morrison Was Arrested For An Assault In London. 11 Return To Music Morrison Appeared On The 1999 Brit Awards Where He Presented An Award Introduced Whitney Houston And Announced His Return To Music. In September 1999 A Single Titled Best Friend Featuring Connor Reeves & Gabrielle Became Morrison's Ninth Top 40 Hit Single Reaching #23 On The UK Singles Chart. 12 The Following Year It Was Announced By Billboard That Morrison Had Signed A Five-Year Worldwide Deal With Death Row Records Founder Marion "Suge" Knight Making Him The First And Only British Artist To Be Signed With Death Row Records. 13 He Later Signed To Soccer Player Kevin Campbell's 2 Wikid Label In 2003. His Only Release For The Label A Single Entitled Just A Man/Backstabbers Was A Minor UK Hit Reaching #48 In The UK Singles Chart In August 2004. 14 In May 2006 Morrison Released The Limited Edition CD/DVD Album Entitled Innocent Man In The United Kingdom On His Private Label Mack Life Records/Mona Records. The Title Track Innocent Man Featuring DMX Was Released In March 2006. It Was Well Received And Reached #46 On The UK Singles Chart. In 2007 He Was Featured On Hip-Hop Artist Cassidy's Single Titled Innocent Misunderstood From The B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story Album. The Track Sampled Morison's Vocals From The Song Innocent Man And Charted On Billboard's Bubbling Under Singles Chart. In 2008 Morrison Announced The Release Of A 'best Of' Compilation King Of British R&B The Best Of.. Mark Morrison Although It Remains Unreleased. 15 In 2010 He Announced The Planned Release Of A New Album Entitled I Am What I Am Which Has A Tentative Release Date Of 2012. Plans For A World-Wide Tour To Accompany The New Release Was Also Announced. In 2012 Mark Morrison Appeared As A Guest Feature On The Houston Rapper Trae Tha Truth's "I'm On 2.0" Which Features Notable Rappers Big Krit Jadakiss J. Cole Kendrick Lamar B.O.B Tyga Gudda Gudda And Bun B.
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"Return Of The Mack" Is A Song Written And Recorded By British R&B Singer Mark Morrison Released As The Third Single From His Debut Album By The Same Name. It Topped The UK Singles Chart A Month After Its Release Then Became A European And Australian Hit. In The United States It Reached Number Two On The Billboard Hot 100 And Went Platinum. The Accompanying Music Video Directed By Jake Nava Was Released In The United Kingdom In March 1996 And In The United States In February 1997. The Song's Beat Is Sampled From The Song "Genius Of Love" By American Band Tom Tom Club. "Games" By Chuckii Booker Was Also Sampled As Well As Fragments From "UFO" By ESG Cerrone's "Rocket In The Pocket" And "Feel The Heartbeat" By The Treacherous Three. Larry Flick From Billboard Felt That UK Crooner Mark Morrison "energizes A Deflated U.S. R&B Scene" With The Song Noting That He "shows International Promise With Fresh Lyrics And Vocals And Classic Soul Production Reminiscent Of R&B's '80s Heyday." Matt Diehl From Entertainment Weekly Remarked That Morrison "comes Off More Like A Funked-Up Seal Promising Revenge To A Deceitful Lover In A Warbly Croon. The End Result Is An Odd But Infectious New-Jack-Swing Variation On "Hey Joe" Buoyed By Bubbly Beats And The Insistent Title Refrain." Another Editor Leah Greenblatt Described The Track As A "new-Jackalicious Breakup Jam". Tom Ewing Of Freaky Trigger Noted That "the Music Certainly Has His Back – The Rubbery Basslines Cocooning The Song The Satisfying Crunch Of The Drums The Light Keyboard Touches Helping Morrison Glide Along His Comeback Trail." He Added That It "is A Pleasure To Listen To A Well-Tailored Suit Of Sound." Caroline Sullivan From The Guardian Concluded In Her Album Review "He Plays The Sunglasses-At-Night Role To Perfection On The Album's Title And Best Track". A Reviewer From Music Week Rated It Four Out Of Five Adding That The Singer "looks To Maintain The Momentum Of His Hit Crazy With Another Assured Mix Of R&B And Ragga." Ralph Tee From The Magazine's RM Dance Update Gave It Five Out Of Five Writing "This Simply Is Every Bit As Good As What You Would Get From An American R&B Act On A Major Label — And The Song's Better Than Most Of What's Coming Out From Across The Pond Of Late." He Added Further "The Urban Street Production Is A Perfect Vehicle For Mark's Jamaica-Style Tinged Soul Vocal On A Song That Deserves To Be A Smash Or An Anthem At The Very Least." "Return Of The Mack" Was Very Successful On The Charts On Several Continents Peaking At Number-One On Both The RPM Dance/Urban Chart In Canada And The Billboard Rhythmic Chart In The United States. In Europe It Hit Number-One In The United Kingdom In Its Sixth Week At The UK Singles Chart On 14 April 1996. The Single Spent Two Weeks At The Top Position. It Made It Into The Top 10 Also In Austria Belgium Denmark Germany Ireland Number Two The Netherlands Norway Scotland Sweden Number Two And Switzerland As Well As On The Eurochart Hot 100. Outside Europe "Return Of The Mack" Also Reached Number-One In Zimbabwe Number Two In Australia And On The Billboard Hot 100 Behind "MMMBop" By Hanson. In New Zealand It Peaked At Number Three While Peaking At Number 17 On The RPM Top Singles Chart In Canada. The Single Earned A Gold Record In France And Germany And A Platinum Record In Australia New Zealand And The US. In The UK It Was Awarded With A 2× Platinum Record. The Accompanying Music Video For "Return Of The Mack" Was Directed By British Director Jake Nava. It Begins With Morrison Arriving In London By Plane In The Evening. In His Car A Silver Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Towards The City He Starts Singing. He Has Flashbacks Of Himself And His Girlfriend Now Ex. The Car Then Stops In Front Of His Ex And Her New Boyfriend Standing By The Street. The Singer Sings As He Watches The New Couple. Later He Arrives At An Underground Club And Hands The DJ A Record Which Is Immediately Played. Shortly Afterwards The Ex Shows Up In The Club With Her New Guy. Standing In The Crowd Of Dancing People Morrison Sings Towards His Ex. Then He Sits Down At A Desk Inside An Office. The Ex Comes In And Sits Down. They Are Confronting Each Other And She Ends Up Getting Up Letting The Chair Fall As She Leaves Looking At Morrison With A Regretful Face. The Video Ends With A Close-Up Of Morrison Sitting In The Office In Thoughts While He Smiles To The Camera. The Cheating Girlfriend Is Played By Then Unknown Model Suzannah Agrippa Miming To A Featured Vocal Performance By Angie Brown. Numerous Other Extras Were Friends Of The Director. In 2007 Stylus Magazine Ranked It Number 40 On Its List Of The "Top 50 One-Hit Wonders" Stating That "over Plush Keyboards Fake Turntable Scratches And A Rhythm Track That Will Be Around 'til Time Immemorial Morrison Relates His Griefs With An Ex Who He’s Returned To—what? Gloat In Her Face? Point Out He’s Still Surviving Even Thriving? Nope He’s Really Returned To Show What Sleek R&B Grooves And Odd Vocal Cadences He’s Developed Since Being Dumped." In 2012 Porcys Listed "Return Of The Mack" At Number 71 In Their Ranking Of "100 Singles 1990-1999". In 2017 BuzzFeed Listed It At Number 48 In Their List Of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of The '90s". In 2019 Billboard Placed It At Number 102 In Their Ranking Of "Billboard's Top Songs Of The '90s".
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Mark Morrison Born 3 May 1972 Is A British R&B Singer. His Single "Return Of The Mack" Became A No. 1 Or Top 10 Hit In Several European Countries In 1996. The Song Peaked At No. 2 In The United States The Following Year. Mark Morrison's First Official Recording Was The 1993 Vinyl Release Where Is Our Love Pressed On His Own Private Joe'Mel Label.
Main Career In Mid-1995 Morrison Released His Debut Single Crazy Which Became A Top 20 Hit In The UK. The Follow-Up Single Let's Get Down Also Entered The Top 40. They Were Followed In The Spring Of 1996 By Return Of The Mack Which Became A Smash International Hit Spending Two Weeks At #1 On The UK Charts. Morrison Became The First Black UK Male Solo Artist To Reach #1 In The 1990s. His Debut Album Also Titled Return Of The Mack Followed And Became A Multi-Platinum Success. It Reached Number Four In The UK Chart And Sold 3 Million Albums Worldwide. It Spun Off Several More Hit Singles Over The Next Year. Crazy Remix Trippin' Horny And Moan & Groan Would All Reach The UK Top 10 Making Him The First Artist In British Pop History To Have Five Top 10 Hits From A Debut Album. Although His Career Was Going Well Morrison Was Constantly In Trouble With The Law. In 1997 He Was Imprisoned The Same Year He Received Four Brit Awards Nominations Mercury Prize Nomination An MTV Europe Music Awards Nomination And Five Music Of Black Origin Awards MOBO Nominations As The Single Return Of The Mack Began To Climb Its Way To #2 On The American Billboard Charts Receiving Platinum Status En-Route. It Stayed On The Billboard Charts For An Incredible 25 Weeks. He Also Performed At The 1997 Brit Awards. The Performance At The Brit's Influenced WEA And Morrison To Release Only God Can Judge Me A 9-Track EP Which Contained Live Performances Interviews Prayers And Three Full-Length Songs Including Who's The Mack! Which Reached #13 In The UK.
Legal Issues Morrison Has Faced Various Criminal Charges During His Career Including A 1997 Conviction For Attempting To Bring A Firearm Aboard An Airliner For Which He Served Three Months Just As His Hit Song Return Of The Mack Began Rising Up The US Billboard Charts. 1 2 In 1998 He Failed To Appear In Court On Charges Of Possessing An Offensive Weapon Choosing To Instead Fly To The West Indies Island Of Barbados. He Was Arrested And Remanded Into Custody Upon His Return To The United Kingdom. 3 4 He Was Later Cleared Of The Offensive Weapon Charge. 5 He Was Convicted Of Affray For His Part In A Brawl Resulting In One Fatality And Sentenced To Community Service. 2 Morrison Later Was Incarcerated In Wormwood Scrubs For A Year For Paying A Lookalike To Perform His Court-Appointed Community Service In His Stead While Morrison Himself Went On Tour. 2 6 While In Prison Morrison Reportedly Converted To Islam And Attempted To Change His Name To Abdul Rahman. 7 Also In 1998 Morrison Was Banned From Driving For Six Months And Fined £1 380 After Twice Being Caught Driving Without A Licence. 8 In 2002 Morrison Was Arrested On Suspicion Of Kidnapping And Car Theft. 9 He Was Released On Bail But A Policemen Was Later Arrested On Suspicion Of Taking A Bribe From Morrison In Return For His Release. 9 Morrison Failed To Appear In Court To Face The Charges And A Warrant Was Issued For His Arrest. 9 In 2004 He Was Arrested And Spent A Night In Custody After A Fracas Started When His Medallion Went Missing. 10 In 2009 Morrison Was Arrested For An Assault In London. 11 Return To Music Morrison Appeared On The 1999 Brit Awards Where He Presented An Award Introduced Whitney Houston And Announced His Return To Music. In September 1999 A Single Titled Best Friend Featuring Connor Reeves & Gabrielle Became Morrison's Ninth Top 40 Hit Single Reaching #23 On The UK Singles Chart. 12 The Following Year It Was Announced By Billboard That Morrison Had Signed A Five-Year Worldwide Deal With Death Row Records Founder Marion "Suge" Knight Making Him The First And Only British Artist To Be Signed With Death Row Records. 13 He Later Signed To Soccer Player Kevin Campbell's 2 Wikid Label In 2003. His Only Release For The Label A Single Entitled Just A Man/Backstabbers Was A Minor UK Hit Reaching #48 In The UK Singles Chart In August 2004. 14 In May 2006 Morrison Released The Limited Edition CD/DVD Album Entitled Innocent Man In The United Kingdom On His Private Label Mack Life Records/Mona Records. The Title Track Innocent Man Featuring DMX Was Released In March 2006. It Was Well Received And Reached #46 On The UK Singles Chart. In 2007 He Was Featured On Hip-Hop Artist Cassidy's Single Titled Innocent Misunderstood From The B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story Album. The Track Sampled Morison's Vocals From The Song Innocent Man And Charted On Billboard's Bubbling Under Singles Chart. In 2008 Morrison Announced The Release Of A 'best Of' Compilation King Of British R&B The Best Of.. Mark Morrison Although It Remains Unreleased. 15 In 2010 He Announced The Planned Release Of A New Album Entitled I Am What I Am Which Has A Tentative Release Date Of 2012. Plans For A World-Wide Tour To Accompany The New Release Was Also Announced. In 2012 Mark Morrison Appeared As A Guest Feature On The Houston Rapper Trae Tha Truth's "I'm On 2.0" Which Features Notable Rappers Big Krit Jadakiss J. Cole Kendrick Lamar B.O.B Tyga Gudda Gudda And Bun B. read less
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Main Career In Mid-1995 Morrison Released His Debut Single Crazy Which Became A Top 20 Hit In The UK. The Follow-Up Single Let's Get Down Also Entered The Top 40. They Were Followed In The Spring Of 1996 By Return Of The Mack Which Became A Smash International Hit Spending Two Weeks At #1 On The UK Charts. Morrison Became The First Black UK Male Solo Artist To Reach #1 In The 1990s. His Debut Album Also Titled Return Of The Mack Followed And Became A Multi-Platinum Success. It Reached Number Four In The UK Chart And Sold 3 Million Albums Worldwide. It Spun Off Several More Hit Singles Over The Next Year. Crazy Remix Trippin' Horny And Moan & Groan Would All Reach The UK Top 10 Making Him The First Artist In British Pop History To Have Five Top 10 Hits From A Debut Album. Although His Career Was Going Well Morrison Was Constantly In Trouble With The Law. In 1997 He Was Imprisoned The Same Year He Received Four Brit Awards Nominations Mercury Prize Nomination An MTV Europe Music Awards Nomination And Five Music Of Black Origin Awards MOBO Nominations As The Single Return Of The Mack Began To Climb Its Way To #2 On The American Billboard Charts Receiving Platinum Status En-Route. It Stayed On The Billboard Charts For An Incredible 25 Weeks. He Also Performed At The 1997 Brit Awards. The Performance At The Brit's Influenced WEA And Morrison To Release Only God Can Judge Me A 9-Track EP Which Contained Live Performances Interviews Prayers And Three Full-Length Songs Including Who's The Mack! Which Reached #13 In The UK.
Legal Issues Morrison Has Faced Various Criminal Charges During His Career Including A 1997 Conviction For Attempting To Bring A Firearm Aboard An Airliner For Which He Served Three Months Just As His Hit Song Return Of The Mack Began Rising Up The US Billboard Charts. 1 2 In 1998 He Failed To Appear In Court On Charges Of Possessing An Offensive Weapon Choosing To Instead Fly To The West Indies Island Of Barbados. He Was Arrested And Remanded Into Custody Upon His Return To The United Kingdom. 3 4 He Was Later Cleared Of The Offensive Weapon Charge. 5 He Was Convicted Of Affray For His Part In A Brawl Resulting In One Fatality And Sentenced To Community Service. 2 Morrison Later Was Incarcerated In Wormwood Scrubs For A Year For Paying A Lookalike To Perform His Court-Appointed Community Service In His Stead While Morrison Himself Went On Tour. 2 6 While In Prison Morrison Reportedly Converted To Islam And Attempted To Change His Name To Abdul Rahman. 7 Also In 1998 Morrison Was Banned From Driving For Six Months And Fined £1 380 After Twice Being Caught Driving Without A Licence. 8 In 2002 Morrison Was Arrested On Suspicion Of Kidnapping And Car Theft. 9 He Was Released On Bail But A Policemen Was Later Arrested On Suspicion Of Taking A Bribe From Morrison In Return For His Release. 9 Morrison Failed To Appear In Court To Face The Charges And A Warrant Was Issued For His Arrest. 9 In 2004 He Was Arrested And Spent A Night In Custody After A Fracas Started When His Medallion Went Missing. 10 In 2009 Morrison Was Arrested For An Assault In London. 11 Return To Music Morrison Appeared On The 1999 Brit Awards Where He Presented An Award Introduced Whitney Houston And Announced His Return To Music. In September 1999 A Single Titled Best Friend Featuring Connor Reeves & Gabrielle Became Morrison's Ninth Top 40 Hit Single Reaching #23 On The UK Singles Chart. 12 The Following Year It Was Announced By Billboard That Morrison Had Signed A Five-Year Worldwide Deal With Death Row Records Founder Marion "Suge" Knight Making Him The First And Only British Artist To Be Signed With Death Row Records. 13 He Later Signed To Soccer Player Kevin Campbell's 2 Wikid Label In 2003. His Only Release For The Label A Single Entitled Just A Man/Backstabbers Was A Minor UK Hit Reaching #48 In The UK Singles Chart In August 2004. 14 In May 2006 Morrison Released The Limited Edition CD/DVD Album Entitled Innocent Man In The United Kingdom On His Private Label Mack Life Records/Mona Records. The Title Track Innocent Man Featuring DMX Was Released In March 2006. It Was Well Received And Reached #46 On The UK Singles Chart. In 2007 He Was Featured On Hip-Hop Artist Cassidy's Single Titled Innocent Misunderstood From The B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story Album. The Track Sampled Morison's Vocals From The Song Innocent Man And Charted On Billboard's Bubbling Under Singles Chart. In 2008 Morrison Announced The Release Of A 'best Of' Compilation King Of British R&B The Best Of.. Mark Morrison Although It Remains Unreleased. 15 In 2010 He Announced The Planned Release Of A New Album Entitled I Am What I Am Which Has A Tentative Release Date Of 2012. Plans For A World-Wide Tour To Accompany The New Release Was Also Announced. In 2012 Mark Morrison Appeared As A Guest Feature On The Houston Rapper Trae Tha Truth's "I'm On 2.0" Which Features Notable Rappers Big Krit Jadakiss J. Cole Kendrick Lamar B.O.B Tyga Gudda Gudda And Bun B. read less
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"Return of the Mack" is a song written and recorded by British R&B singer Mark Morrison, released as the third single from his debut album by the same name. It topped the UK Singles Chart a month after its release, then became a European and Australian hit. In the United States, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and went platinum. The accompanying music video, directed by Jake Nava, was released in the United Kingdom in March 1996 and in the United States in February 1997.
The song's beat is sampled from the song "Genius of Love" by American band Tom Tom Club. "Games" by Chuckii Booker was also sampled, as well as fragments from "UFO" by ESG, Cerrone's "Rocket in the Pocket", and "Feel The Heartbeat" by The Treacherous Three.
Larry Flick from Billboard felt that UK crooner Mark Morrison "energizes a deflated U.S. R&B scene" with the song, noting that he "shows international promise with fresh lyrics and vocals, and classic soul production reminiscent of R&B's '80s heyday." Matt Diehl from Entertainment Weekly remarked that Morrison "comes off more like a funked-up Seal, promising revenge to a deceitful lover in a warbly croon. The end result is an odd but infectious new-jack-swing variation on "Hey Joe", buoyed by bubbly beats and the insistent title refrain." Another editor, Leah Greenblatt described the track as a "new-jackalicious breakup jam". Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger noted that "the music certainly has his back – the rubbery basslines cocooning the song, the satisfying crunch of the drums, the light keyboard touches helping Morrison glide along his comeback trail." He added that it "is a pleasure to listen to, a well-tailored suit of sound."
Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian concluded in her album review, "He plays the sunglasses-at-night role to perfection on the album's title (and best) track". A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, adding that the singer "looks to maintain the momentum of his hit Crazy with another assured mix of R&B and ragga." Ralph Tee from the magazine's RM Dance Update gave it five out of five, writing, "This simply is every bit as good as what you would get from an American R&B act on a major label — and the song's better than most of what's coming out from across the pond of late." He added further, "The urban street production is a perfect vehicle for Mark's Jamaica-style tinged soul vocal on a song that deserves to be a smash, or an anthem at the very least."
"Return of the Mack" was very successful on the charts on several continents, peaking at number-one on both the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada and the Billboard Rhythmic chart in the United States. In Europe, it hit number-one in the United Kingdom in its sixth week at the UK Singles Chart, on 14 April 1996. The single spent two weeks at the top position. It made it into the top 10 also in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland (number two), the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Sweden (number two) and Switzerland, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100. Outside Europe, "Return of the Mack" also reached number-one in Zimbabwe, number two in Australia and on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "MMMBop" by Hanson. In New Zealand, it peaked at number three, while peaking at number 17 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada. The single earned a gold record in France and Germany, and a platinum record in Australia, New Zealand and the US. In the UK, it was awarded with a 2× platinum record.
The accompanying music video for "Return of the Mack" was directed by British director Jake Nava. It begins with Morrison arriving in London by plane in the evening. In his car (A silver Mercedes-Benz SL-Class) towards the city, he starts singing. He has flashbacks of himself and his girlfriend, now ex. The car then stops in front of his ex and her new boyfriend standing by the street. The singer sings as he watches the new couple. Later he arrives at an underground club and hands the DJ a record which is immediately played. Shortly afterwards, the ex shows up in the club with her new guy. Standing in the crowd of dancing people, Morrison sings towards his ex. Then he sits down at a desk, inside an office. The ex comes in and sits down. They are confronting each other, and she ends up getting up, letting the chair fall as she leaves, looking at Morrison with a regretful face. The video ends with a close-up of Morrison sitting in the office in thoughts, while he smiles to the camera.
The cheating girlfriend is played by then unknown model Suzannah Agrippa miming to a featured vocal performance by Angie Brown. Numerous other extras were friends of the director.
In 2007, Stylus Magazine ranked it number 40 on its list of the "Top 50 One-Hit Wonders", stating that "over plush keyboards, fake turntable scratches, and a rhythm track that will be around 'til time immemorial, Morrison relates his griefs with an ex who he’s returned to—what? Gloat in her face? Point out he’s still surviving, even thriving? Nope, he’s really returned to show what sleek R&B grooves and odd vocal cadences he’s developed since being dumped."
In 2012, Porcys listed "Return of the Mack" at number 71 in their ranking of "100 Singles 1990-1999". In 2017, BuzzFeed listed it at number 48 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". In 2019, Billboard placed it at number 102 in their ranking of "Billboard's Top Songs of the '90s". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.