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 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 Trinidadian rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).

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