The song is written in the key of C ♯ minor with a tempo of 130 beats per minute. Musically, the song is a hip hop and pop-rap song. Production team Da Internz were then brought in to add drums to the song, whereafter it was sent for mixing and mastering, which made it "perfect". Īccording to Minaj's sound engineer Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine, "Anaconda" had 27 different versions at first. Whereas Sir Mix-a-Lot focuses on a woman's body and the pleasure it gives him, Minaj raps from the perspective of the unnamed woman, and shows how she uses her body to profit and empower herself. The song has been viewed by some as a diss track, in answer to " Baby Got Back". The song heavily samples " Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot, who also has vocals in the chorus of the song. On various digital music stores, the cover art is censored with the Parental Advisory label over Minaj's buttocks. The cover art for the single went viral on the web after being revealed. However, on August 24, 2014, Elliott contradicted Polow's recollections, saying she never received the instrumental. On August 5, 2014, producer Polow da Don claimed that the "Anaconda" instrumental was originally intended for rapper and musician Missy Elliott, but was scrapped and then re-recorded by Minaj. The song was also nominated for two categories at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Female Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, winning the latter. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. In 2021, Anaconda became the first music video for a solo female rap song to hit 1 billion views. Following the video's release, it broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release. The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, top forty in Austria, France and Portugal and top fifty in Czech Republic.Ĭolin Tilley directed an accompanying video for the song, which was released on August 19, 2014. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest charting single at the time. Released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album, the song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz, and prominently samples " Baby Got Back" (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. " Anaconda" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). For other songs with the same title, see Anaconda (disambiguation) § Music. On July 28th, the meme was covered by MTV. The same day a roundup of the meme was featured on Hot New Hip Hop. I promise you will understand why before the week is out. On July 27th, Minaj posted a photo on her Instagram account with a caption announcing the release of "Anaconda" had been pushed back, which read: "My darlingz, I've pushed the release of Anaconda to next week, Monday 8/4. On July 25th, The Hollywood Gossip published a roundup of the photoshopped image titled "Nicki Minaj Anaconda Cover Inspires Booty-Tastic Memes!" The following day Hollywood Life published a roundup of the meme. In less than a week the post gained over 370,000 likes and over 20,000 comments.Īlso on July 24th, #Anaconda became a trending topic on Twitter in the US. The same day Minaj posted a fan made photoshop parody of the cover with put her in the middle of the Google logo so her butt stood in place of the two Os. On July 24th, 2014, Minaj posted an a picture of the album art for her upcoming single "Anaconda" on her Instagram account with the caption "7/28 #ANACONDA on iTunes." In less than a week the post gained over 290,000 likes and over 20,000 comments. The video was covered by several other sites including Stereogum and Rolling Stone. On August 21st, Mashable published a list titled "10 Moments From Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video That Will Destroy Your Innocence" which featured notable moments from the music video in GIF form. On August 20th, Buzzfeed published a list titled "The Best Of The Internet’s Response To Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” Video" which featured tweets and Tumblr posts about the video.
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