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Hey Mama (feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack)

2015Released
3:12

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This island-flavored EDM tune finds David Guetta linking up again with Nicki Minaj. The Frenchman and New York femcee previously worked together on the hit tunes "Turn Me On" and "Where Them Girls At."

Minaj sings and raps here about being a perfect partner for her beau: I'll do the cooking, yes I'll do the cleaning Plus I keep the na-na, real sweet, for your eating Yes you be the boss, and yes I be respecting Whatever that you tell me, cause it's game you be spitting Minaj told Complex magazine during an interview around the time of this song's release that she hopes she "will have walked down the aisle" by the time of her fifth album. Not only that, the Queens MC added she will "at least be on baby number one," by then, "possibly baby number two."

The bedrock of the song is a sample of "Rosie," a song by C.B. "88" Cook recorded by the folk archivist Alan Lomax in 1948 at Parchman Farm state prison. Songwriter Esther Dean first showed Guetta the clip on YouTube. "When Esther played me that sample, I was like: 'Oh my God, I love this so much,'" Guetta explained to The Guardian newspaper. "I fell so in love that I became obsessed with it and wanted it to be the chorus." After tinkering with its structure, Guetta realized the sample worked best as an opening to the track, supporting a different chorus he concocted.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Hey Mama (feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack).
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MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
86BPM

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Parlophone (France)
© 2015 What A Music Ltd, Under Exclusive Licence to Parlophone/Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
℗ 2015 What A Music Ltd, Under Exclusive Licence to Parlophone/Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company

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