''Everybody Got Their Something'' was the first album released in 2001 by pop/

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singer

Nikka Costa Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born 4 June 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer Don Costa. Early l ...

. Although she had released several albums internationally as a child, this was her first release in the United States, and was released on May 22, 2001 by

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. It peaked at #120 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in June 2001. As of 2005, it has shifted 250,000 units in United States.

Uses in media

*The title song "Everybody Got Their Something" was originally released as a single in 2000, and was featured in various media: in the pilots of the TV series ''

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'' and ''Drop Dead Diva''; the movies ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''; and in episodes of the TV series ''

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'', '' Felicity'', ''ER'', and ''

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''; and was used in promos for

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. On the strength of the song, she then recorded and released the eponymous album the following year.

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also used the song in a 2020 commercial. *The first single, "Like a Feather," was Costa's biggest hit. The song samples "I Dig Love" by

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. It was used in many of

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's advertising campaigns. *The song "Push & Pull" was featured in the movie ''

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'', starring

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, and the video was included on its DVD release.

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covered "Push & Pull" on his direct-to-DVD concert '' Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas'', with the help of Costa. *The song "So Have I for You" (co-written by the

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) was used in the 2002

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movie ''

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''.

Track listing

Leftover tracks

Several tracks were recorded for ''Everybody Got Their Something'', but later excluded from the final release. *"Heaven Sinner" appears as a b-side on the "Like a Feather" single and on some promotional copies of the album. *Early promotional versions of the album featured the tracks "La La La", "Stranger's Way", "Comes Around, Goes Around" and "Rain". The track "Rain" is an extended version of "I Don't Want to Be the Rain", which is featured on the Japanese edition of the album. "Comes Around, Goes Around" has been occasionally performed live. *A stripped-down, acoustic version of "Push & Pull" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 movie ''

''. *An extended version of "Everybody Got Their Something" is featured on the 2009 movie ''

''.

Personnel

Credits for ''Everybody Got Their Something'' adapted from

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- drums *Printz Board - keyboards, trumpet *Pat Burkholder - assistant, assistant engineer * David Campbell - string arrangements *Larry Corbett - cello *Nikka Costa - arranger, Celeste, Fender Rhodes, guitar (acoustic), piano, producer, vocal arrangement, vocals, Wurlitzer *Richard Dodd - cello *Russell Elevado - engineer, mixing *Mark Anthony Jones - guitar *Pete Magdaleno - assistant, assistant engineer *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

- bass *Len Peltier - art direction, design, photography *James Poyser - clavinet, Wurlitzer *

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

- clavinet *Tony Rambo - assistant, assistant engineer *Jeff Skelton - assistant, assistant engineer *Luis Sanchez - photography *Justin Stanley - bass, Chamberlin, clavinet, digital editing, drums, engineer, guitar, Mellotron, Mini Moog, producer, xylophone *Dominique Trenier - executive producer *Scott Wolfe - assistant, assistant engineer

Singles

*"Like a Feather" (#53 UK) *"Push & Pull" (Promo only) *"Everybody Got Their Something" (Promo only)

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Nikka Costa albums Albums produced by Mark Ronson Rock albums by American artists