Although "Make Your Own Kind of Music" proved to be an enduring commercial success, Cass Elliot was conflicted about the new "bubblegum" pop sound she adopted at the urging of Steve Barri, vice-president of A&R at Dunhill Records, her record label. Around that same time, Elliot said (per "Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of Cass Elliot") that "bubblegum" pop like "Your Own Kind of Music" was "not quite what I want to be doing. It doesn't satisfy me. It's a good recording for what it is, but you wouldn't exactly call it social commentary and musically it's not very complicated."
Elliot added, "Bubblegum music is very pleasant to listen to, and maybe that is what I am supposed to be doing. But it's like they say about Chinese food — half an hour after tasting it you are hungry again." Despite those misgivings, the song now seems a tribute to Elliot's own struggle with weight and gender-based discrimination and her effort to distance herself from the "Mama" nickname.
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