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answers.span_text: 18 March 1996
questions: what year did return of the mack come out
name: Return of the Mack
contexts: `` Return of the Mack '' Standard UK / European cover art Single by Mark Morrison from the album Return of the Mack B - side `` Remix '' Released 18 March 1996 ( 1996 - 03 - 18 ) Format CD single CD maxi 12 '' maxi Recorded 1995 Genre Hip hop soul new jack swing R&B dance - pop Length 4 : 34 ( UK album version ) 3 : 33 ( UK radio edit ) 7 : 20 ( US album version ) Label Atlantic , WEA Songwriter ( s ) Mark Morrison Phil Chill Chuckii Booker Gerald Levert C.J. Anthony Adrian Belew Chris Frantz Steven Stanley Tina Weymouth ( uncredited ) Producer ( s ) Mark Morrison Phil Chill Mark Morrison singles chronology `` Let 's Get Down '' ( 1995 ) `` Return of the Mack '' ( 1996 ) `` Crazy ( remix ) '' ( 1996 ) `` Let 's Get Down '' ( 1995 ) `` Return of the Mack '' ( 1996 ) `` Crazy ( remix ) '' ( 1996 ) Alternate cover American single cover