Anaconda (song)

"Anaconda" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It is from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). It was released on August 4, 2014 by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. It was the second single from the album. The song was produced by Polow da Don, Anonymous, and Da Internz. "Anaconda" heavily samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot and "Cocaine (America Has a Problem)" by Kilo Ali.

Upon release "Anaconda" was met with generally good reviews from music critics, who praised the song's production and Minaj's return to her hip hop roots. Commercially, the song was an international success. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became Minaj's highest charting single in the United States to date. It went on to spend eight weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. The song also fared good in other countries, peaking within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

This song is in a key of C# Phrygian with 124 beats per minute.

Composition
This song is written in the key of F# minor (in the C# Phrygian mode), paces in 4/4 time, and it has a suggested tempo of around 124 beats per minute.Anaconda OFFICIAL SHEET MUSIC

Video
A video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley. It was released on August 19, 2014. Following the video release, it broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo with 19.6 million views in its first day of release. To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. She also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015.

References

Category:Nicki Minaj songs
Category:Obscenity controversies
Category:2014 songs