

The song was premiered on Minaj's Amazon Amp Queen Radio show on August 11. The song's snippet garnered popularity on TikTok and its release was noted for being highly anticipated. On August 5, she revealed the cover art for the song, alongside a thirst trap. On July 22, she announced that the song would be released on August 12. The official Twitter account of Rick James, whom the song samples, responded to the snippet, calling it a "banger." Minaj had asked fans to choose the song's official title, ultimately settling on "Super Freaky Girl", explaining that due to unspecified legal issues, she could not use either "Freaky Girl" or "Freak", the latter having won a fan-voted poll. On July 13, 2022, Minaj previewed a song titled "Freaky Girl" on her social media. The original version of the song is included on Minaj's first greatest hits album Queen Radio: Volume 1 (2022).

On September 9, 2022, a second remix titled 'Queen Mix' was released featuring multiple female rappers including JT of City Girls, BIA, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V, and Maliibu Miitch. The song received a nomination for Song of Summer at the 2022 VMAs and won Best Song at the 2022 EMAs.Īn extended version of the song, called the 'Roman Remix', was surprise-released on August 18, 2022, whereby Minaj incorporates her alter ego Roman Zolanski for a third verse on the track. The song also reached the top ten in multiple other countries including Canada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Philippines, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Internationally, the song has topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, becoming Minaj's first number-one single in both countries. The song debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, which marked the third US number-one single of Minaj's career as well as her first number-one song as a solo artist. Upon its release, the song broke the Spotify record for the biggest debut for a solo female rap song. It received comparisons to Minaj's 2014 single " Anaconda," as both tracks feature classic samples and sexual lyrics. It is an upbeat, raunchy song that samples Rick James' 1981 single " Super Freak," as Minaj raps about a girl having sexual fantasies and endeavors, while also boasting about her career. It was released on August 12, 2022, by Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records. " Super Freaky Girl" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj.
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The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger."Super Freaky Girl" (Roman Remix) on YouTube As of 27 November 2019, Anaconda surpassed 900 million views on YouTube, making it the first solo female rap song to do so. The song was also nominated for two categories at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Female Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, winning the latter. "Anaconda" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. To further promote the song, Minaj performed it live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and also performed it at Fashion Rocks and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. She broke it previously “Stupid Hoe” and “Beauty and a Beat”. This also made Nicki Minaj the first and only female artist, to break the VEVO 24 Hour record three times. Following the video's release, it broke the 24-hour streaming record on Vevo by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release, being surpassed by Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" in 2015. An accompanying video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley and released on August 19, 2014. The song also peaked within the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It went on to spend eight weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, consequently becoming Minaj's highest charting single in the United States to date but remaining in the number two spot due to the popularity of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". The song prominently samples "Baby Got Back" (1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The song was produced by Polow da Don, DJ Spydr, and Da Internz. It was released on Augby Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records as the second single from the album.

"Anaconda" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014).
