This girl-power anthem features New York rapper Nicki Minaj, who also wrote the track. Rihanna discussed her collaboration with the MC in an interview with UK radio station 95.8 Capital FM: "You know, I worked with her before on [2009's] Rated R, and she was just writing me some really good ballads, and I couldn't wait to work with her again and finally have her on my record." Rihanna continued: "I'm really amazed that she can write like that. [Nicki] not only raps but she can write songs too. It was really easy actually. We were going back and forth with the texts on how we were going to get to do it because we were in two different places and had two opposite schedules."
Rihanna told Entertainment Weekly about the song's meaning. She explained it is, "about how if things don't work out with one guy, there are always many more other guys out there."
The song's chorus plays on the children's counting song "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe," which dates from the 1850s. Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber also utilized the rhyme in their hit "Eenie Meenie."
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