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. The Fine Brothers released two videos on their YouTube channel of teens reacting to "Anaconda", [44] and elders reacting to "Anaconda".

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Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg, who Minaj previously had a feud with after he criticized her pop single "Starships" for being a sellout song and dissed her on the stage of Summer Jam in 2012, praised the song saying "she found her new smash rap record". Kory Grow from Rolling Stone praised the use of the " Baby Got Back" sample and said the song stayed true to the theme of the original. For the cover of Anaconda, Minaj explained that she wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Material Girl, who “never stopped pushing the envelope”. Anaconda” is Nicki Minaj’s highest charting single to date, spending 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaking at number 2. However, on August 24, 2014, Elliott contradicted Polow's recollections, saying she never received the instrumental.Minaj did a radio promo tour to promote the song on radio stations like Hot 97, Power 106 LA, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Elvis Duran and The Morning Show, Carson Daly, and more. The racy, butt-heavy clip features plenty of booty-shakin' and grindin' from Minaj and a group of curvaceous women. During her radio promotion of the single, Minaj stated that she did not expect the artwork to be as controversial and receive the reception it did. As of April 3, 2021, the video has gained more than 1 billion views, being the first female rap solo song to do so.

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A remix of the line was released on the deluxe version of the Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and was entitled "OH. Bruce Springsteen's "Streets Of Philadelphia" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1994, beating out Neil Young's "Philadelphia," which was also written for the movie Philadelphia. The rapper also described the origin of her Flawless remix, a team-up with Beyoncé which dropped on Sunday. Additionally, the 39-2 ascent for "Anaconda" marks the second-biggest jump ever within the Hot 100's top 40.The song was initially scheduled to be released on July 28, 2014 as a digital download, but was pushed back until August 4, 2014. Molly Lambert of Grantland was complimentary, writing "the video is about Nicki asserting her power, not as a sexual object but a sexual subject. The performance followed Ariana Grande's individual performance of her single " Break Free" and was followed by a performance of Jessie J, Grande, and Minaj's joint single " Bang Bang. If you're as much of a fan of Anaconda as I am, you'll really want these Nicki Minaj Anaconda posters! Minaj claimed that those were considered acceptable, but then posted a picture of her cover and said it was considered unacceptable, implying the obvious racism in the music industry, and world.

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They claimed the record is "violations of women's dignity," encouraged "a culture of rape and humiliation of women," and that its lyrics were "full of racist words, insults, sexism and homophobia. Asked by Complex magazine what she wanted to accomplish with the track, Minaj replied: "I wanted to create a song that embraced curvy women. Soon after the Minaj was seen in her famous squat, memes appeared, with the butt appearing on the Google and Facebook logos, Marge Simpson, even the Sistine Chapel.The song has been played and referenced several times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, including Ellen DeGeneres doing a music video parody of the song which was unveiled during Minaj's appearance on the show in 2014. And I wanted it to be so melodic that even if you don’t understand English you could still go along with the melody and you would have no idea about all the raunchy shit I’m saying—I get a kick out of that.