On Jshe revealed the cover artwork for the new single on Instagram. That same day she gave us a small hint by tweeting, 'Snakes in the Jungle'. When a fan asked her she was talking about the Monday surprise, she said it was different and we would get out first hint in 3 days. On July 20, Nicki tweeted, 'When you see this.'. It was the most added song across all formats the week of release (#1 on Rhythmic and Urban, #2 on Pop)

It impacted Top 40 Mainstream (Pop) and Top 40 Rhythmic radio stations on August 12, 2014. Various bloggers and fans believe it was due to her recording for Beyoncé's ' Flawless Remix', she confirmed later on a interview that her label pushed it back because they didn't want it to release ''Bang Bang'', ''Anaconda'' and ''Flawless Remix'' by the same time. The song was initially scheduled to be released on Jas a digital download, but was pushed back until August 4, 2014. On July 24, she posted the name, cover, and release date of the second single off The Pinkprint. She also confirmed it was album related, but not the album cover. She said the surprise was one word that began and ended with the letter 'A' and the second letter was the letter 'N'. On July 23, she did another Q&A about the hint and surprise we were getting soon. She also said it didn't have any features on it.

Her response was, 'No.' During a Twitter Q&A on July 2, a fan asked her about any hints of the 2nd single and she replied, 'HARD FUCKING BODY!'. On June 6, a fan asked Nicki if ' Pills N Potions' was the only song she would release before the album. The song has been certified 2x Platinum in the US, Platinum in Australia, Gold in New Zealand and Sweden, and Silver in the UK. It was included on the US edition (Now! 52) and the UK edition (Now! 89) of the compilation music issue Now That's What I Call Music! It was also her 11th Top 10 entry extending her lead as the female rapper with the most Top 10s of all time. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her highest charting single on the chart. This music video made Nicki Minaj become the first solo female rapper to hit 1 Billion views! It broke the VEVO record for most watched video in it's first 24 hours with 19.6M views. The song was her first song as a solo artist to go #1 on iTunes, and the first as a female rapper in general. The song was released on Augas a digital download, and to Top 40 Mainstream (Pop) and Top 40 Rhythmic radio stations on August 12, 2014. A music video was shot for the song on July 21-22, and premiered on VEVO on August 20, 2014. 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 song was composed by Maraj, Jamal Jones, Jonathan Solone-Myvett, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios and Anthony Ray, and production was managed by Polow Da Don and Da Internz. The song serves as the second single off the album. ' Anaconda' is a song by Nicki Minaj from her third studio album, The Pinkprint.

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