2013Released
4:09

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Interesting facts and trivia about Somebody Else (feat. Nicki Minaj). By Songfacts®.

This Polow da Don produced track was released as the lead single from Mario's Restoration album. Both Frank Ocean and Chris Brown recorded demos before Mario eventually snapped the tune up. The song was dropped in the United States as a Digital download on May 21, 2013.

The song features rapper Nicki Minaj, whom Mario told MTV News was the perfect fit to spit the rhymes: "I feel like Nicki fit the same characteristics of the track," he said. "Being from New York, being grungy, but at the same time understanding taste and prestige and also being a great lyricist and being able to represent a brand." "She has her own brand and she's so versatile," Mario added. "She could take it back to her roots when she was putting out mixtapes that were just real gritty and straight to the point. We need that. So I think that she was the only one really."

This samples R&B group 21st Century's 1975 song "Remember the Rain."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Somebody Else (feat. Nicki Minaj).
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MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
91BPM

Album

The album Somebody Else (feat. Nicki Minaj) is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Somebody Else (feat. Nicki Minaj).
RCA Records Label
(P) 2013 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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