

"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. What? I got a big fat a**."Anaconda" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, from her third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). Don't want none unless you got buns hun Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Yeah, he love this fat a** Yeah! This one is for my b****** with a fat a** in the f****** club I said, "Where my fat a** big b****** in the club?" f*** the skinny b******, f*** the skinny b****** in the club I wanna see all the big fat a** b****** in the m************ club, f*** you if you skinny b******. My Anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun Don't don't don't, my Anaconda don't. My Anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Look at her b*** (look at her b***) Little in the middle but she got much back Little in the middle but she got much back Little in the middle but she got much back Oh my God (look at her b***) My Anaconda don't. Dun-d-d-dun-dun-d-d-dun-dun My Anaconda don't. My Anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Oh my gosh, look at her b*** Look at her b*** (look at her b***) This dude named Michael used to ride motorcycles d*** bigger than a tower, I ain't talking about Eiffel's Real country a** n****, let me play with his rifle p**** put his a** to sleep, now he calling me NyQuil Now that bang bang bang, I let him hit it 'cause he slang Cocaine He toss my salad like his name Romaine And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain I'm on some dumb s***īy the way, what he say? He can tell I ain't missing no meals Come through and f*** 'em in my automobile Let him eat it with his grills, And he telling me to chill And he telling me it's real, that he love my s** appeal Say he don't like 'em boney, he want something he can grab So I pulled up in the Jag, Mayweather with the jab like. My Anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun Boy toy named Troy, used to live in Detroit Big dope dealer money, he was getting some coins Was in shootouts with the law, but he live in a palace Bought me Alexander McQueen, he was keeping me stylish Now that's real, real, real, Gun in my purse, b**** I came dressed to kill Who wanna go first? I had them push daffodils I'm high as hell, I only took a half of pill I'm on some dumb s*** By the way, what he say? He can tell I ain't missing no meals Come through and f*** 'em in my automobile Let him eat it with his grills, And he telling me to chill And he telling me it's real, that he love my s** appeal Say he don't like 'em boney, he want something he can grab So I pulled up in the Jag, and I hit 'em with the jab like.
