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| Single byNicki Minaj featuringAriana Grande | ||||
| from the albumQueen | ||||
| Released | June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14) | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
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"Bed" is a song by rapperNicki Minaj, featuring American singerAriana Grande. It was released on June 14, 2018, byYoung Money Entertainment andCash Money Records as the second single from Minaj's fourth studio albumQueen (2018). The song was produced byBen Billions, Beats Bailey,Supa Dups, and Messy. It marks the fourth collaboration between Minaj and Grande. Commercially, the song peaked at number 42 on the USBillboard Hot 100, as well as reached the top 20 inAustralia,Scotland, and theUnited Kingdom.
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Minaj and Grande collaborated on "Bang Bang" and "Get on Your Knees" in 2014. Ariana Grande released "Side to Side" featuring Nicki Minaj as the third single of her studio albumDangerous Woman (2016). It peaked at number four on the USBillboard Hot 100, becoming her first top-five single from the album in the chart. In May 2018, Grande revealed viaTwitter that Minaj called her in the morning and recorded what would be their next musical collaboration.[1] On June 4, Grande replied to a follower on the same social network suggesting that there would be more than one collaboration between her and Minaj to be released in 2018, the other one being "The Light Is Coming".[2] On June 11, Minaj officially announced "Bed" as the second single from her upcoming fourth studio albumQueen (2018).[3] It was released on June 14 for digital download, along with the album pre-order.[4] The single has anInstagram-influenced faded cover art,[5] that features Minaj and Grande posing in a pool with bubbles.
"Bed" was written by Minaj withLunchMoney Lewis, Mescon David Asher,Supa Dups, Brett Bailey, and Ben Diehl, while its production was done by the latter three alongside Messy.[6] The track is three minutes and nine seconds long.[7] It is adowntempo-inspiredpop ballad.[5] It employs aminimalist,tropical-infused instrumental,[8] that was noted to be similar toTroye Sivan's "Dance to This" (2018).[5] According toSpin, the song is about escaping to be intimate with a lover, with a third verse aboutoral sex.[5] It referencesLil Wayne'sTha Carter III album (2008)[8] and singerZayn Malik, with whom she later collaborated, on "No Candle No Light".
Joshua Copperman ofSpin called the song "charming", "raunchy", and "forceful", and described the instrumental as "cloudy but decidedly pretty". He found it nearly identical to Troye Sivan's "Dance to This", which is "danceable" in opposite to "Bed" which "buries its groove in pure atmosphere".[5] Mitch Findlay ofHotNewHipHop said the song is "a breezy addition toQueen, an obligatory radio effort, tailor made for summer play." He adds that the track "serves as intimate companion piece to 'Rich Sex', and will no doubt appeal to a different set of ears."[8] Mackenzie Cummings-Grady ofBillboard finds that the "bouncy bop" nature of the song shows that "the album, like Minaj's previous efforts, will be a combination of club-ready pop and hardcore hip hop."[9]
"Bed" debuted at number 43 on the USBillboard Hot 100 after a full week of tracking, with 19,000 downloads sold and 12 million streams. The song became Minaj's 91st entry on the chart, extending her record for most Hot 100 visits among women and tyingJames Brown for the seventh-best sum overall.[10] It fell 24 positions to number 67 in its second week.[11] In its fourth week, it rose to number 48,[12] and later reached a peak of number 42 after her album Queen was released.
Outside the United States, "Bed" also reached the top 20 in Australia, Scotland, and the United Kingdom.
On June 14, 2018, Minaj and Grande shared a 15-second video teaser for "Bed" via their Twitter accounts. It shows the two artists in a pool, lounging around in a foam bath.[13] On June 19, Minaj posted another one-minute preview of the music video onYouTube.[14] On July 4, she revealed via Instagram that the video will premiere two days later.[15] On July 5, she shared a quick behind-the-scenes look at the video on her social media. It shows her rolling around on a beach dressed up as amermaid with a green wig.[16] The fullmusic video premiered on Minaj's official YouTube andVevo accounts on July 6, 2018. It was directed byHype Williams, who previously directed Minaj's videos for "Massive Attack" (2010), "Stupid Hoe" (2012), and "Va Va Voom" (2012). The video features guest appearances by American football playersOdell Beckham Jr. andBrad Wing. Alongside the first video's release, Minaj announced a second version of the video that was meant to premiere a week later but was ultimately cancelled.[17]
The music video opens with Minaj as amermaid on the ocean shore. With the sun glistening on her body, she flaunts her curvy assets and green hair. She then retires to the bedroom in "sexy" lingerie as she rolls around in a mattress, before hitting the beach with Grande for some more fun in the sun. The two women later sharestrawberries with Beckham and Wing as their on-screen love interests on the beach.[17][18] Grande does several showstopping looks of her own in the video, including white lingerie.[19]
On July 5, 2018, when the behind-the-scenes video for the song was released, rapperAzealia Banks posted a series of tweets criticizing Minaj for wearing a mermaid tail in the video. Banks suggested that Minaj stole that idea from her own aquatic-themed concepts dating back to her 2012 debut mixtapeFantasea.[20][21]
Credits and personnel adapted fromQueen albumliner notes.[6]
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[22] | 17 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[23] | 49 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[24] | 6 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[25] | 17 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[26] | 30 |
| CanadaCHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[27] | 36 |
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] | 30 |
| Estonia (Eesti Ekspress)[29] | 22 |
| France (SNEP)[30] | 105 |
| Germany (GfK)[31] | 52 |
| Greece International (IFPI)[32] | 6 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[33] | 27 |
| Hungary (Stream Top 40)[34] | 20 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[35] | 22 |
| Italy (FIMI)[36] | 91 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[37] | 12 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] | 47 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[39] | 25 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[40] | 34 |
| Portugal (AFP)[41] | 27 |
| Scotland (OCC)[42] | 19 |
| Singapore (RIAS)[43] | 29 |
| Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[44] | 72 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[45] | 25 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[46] | 96 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[47] | 44 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[48] | 39 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[49] | 20 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[50] | 42 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[51] | 19 |
| USPop Airplay (Billboard)[52] | 23 |
| USRhythmic (Billboard)[53] | 14 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[54] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[55] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[56] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[57] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[58] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | June 14, 2018 | [59] | ||
| United States | June 19, 2018 | Top 40 radio |
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| Rhythmic contemporary | [61] | |||
| Italy | June 29, 2018 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [62] |
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