Turn into a China doll, go maybe to the final rideīaby go where I don't follow Baby to the other side Turn into a marble figure, turn the matter dead inside Steal to feed the Anaconda, will not see the suicideīaby finger on the trigger, Baby shoot formaldehyde blow awayīaby hit the rush hour traffic, get a ride to anywhereīaby buy the number three, she pay the man, she pay the fareīaby hit the wild blue yonder, on the mainline, on the slide See her face turn to a mask and passion turn to she don't care She go talking warm and fashion, she go talking debonair but She go walking, she go crawling, she go sliding through the air And a flexi of the track does exist as well.īaby buy an Anaconda, Baby buy a thing to wear Likewise, there are various bootlegs featuring live and demo versions of the song, some of which are pictured here. Audience recordings of these live performances do of course exist and are in circulation among the fanbase. An overview of these live-performances up until 2003 is available at the remarkable Sisters of Mercy Database v0.5 Beta. Check also the lovely fan-compiled John Peel Wiki and the I Was A Teenage Sisters of Mercy Fan blog under Sisters Mysteries V – did Peel play Damage Done? for some further interesting and entertaining information.Īnaconda is one of the best-known Sisters songs and has always been part of the band's live-setlist. A recording of this and other John Peel broadcasts of Sisters songs over the years is in circulation among the fanbase. On 17 April 1983, shortly after the single-release, the song was broadcast by John Peel on BFBS (Germany), funny enough apparently the only time he played it on air.

As of 27 November 2019, Anaconda surpassed 900 million views on YouTube, making it the first solo female rap song to do so.Some Girls Wander By Mistake - CD Cover (front)Īnaconda was first released on the single of the same name and can also be found on the early-singles compilation Some Girls Wander By Mistake. 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. She broke it previously “Stupid Hoe” and “Beauty and a Beat”. This also made Nicki Minaj the first and only female artist, to break the VEVO 24 Hour record three times. 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, being surpassed by Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' in 2015. An accompanying video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley and released on August 19, 2014. The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It went on to spend eight weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, consequently becoming Minaj's highest charting single in the United States to date but remaining in the number two spot due to the popularity of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'.

The song prominently samples 'Baby Got Back' (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot.

The song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz. It was released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album. 'Anaconda' is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).

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