"You Already Know" is a song recorded by American singer Fergie, featuring guest vocals from Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 25, 2017, alongside promotional single "

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" as the fourth single from Fergie's second

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, '' Double Dutchess'' (2017), the same day the album was made available for pre-order. "You Already Know" impacted mainstream and rhythmic radio on September 12, 2017. As of September 2017, "You Already Know" moved almost 56,600 copies in the United States according to

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Background

"You Already Know" has been described as a song with

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influences. It samples " It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, which in turn samples the Lyn Collins 1972 song " Think (About It)". Prior to the song's release, a lyric about Minaj's ex-boyfriend Meek Mill, was changed following their breakup in January 2017. The single was written by Fergie and Minaj, with will.i.am handling the song's production. Fergie first teased the collaboration in a radio interview in late 2014 while promoting "

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". The song was performed live for the first time on

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on May 20, 2016. Fergie spoke about the song, saying:

Critical reception

Jordan Miller of ''Breathe Heavy'' reacted positively towards the song, calling it "fresh to death". In particular he praised Minaj's verse. ''

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'' placed the song as the third best track of the week, with the senior editor Tom Breihan calling it a monster: "It's a big, shameless endorphin-rush

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megablast, a riot of synth-bloop hooks and

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drum-breaks and house pianos and ecstatic diva-wails.". Breihan also shows surprise with Fergie's rap skills. It was considered the fortieth best song of 2017 by '' Rolling Stone''.

Personnel

Taken from Tidal. * Fergie – vocals, performer, songwriter * Nicki Minaj – vocals, featured artist, performer, songwriter * will.i.am – producer * Joel Metzler – vocal producer * Aubrey Delaine – vocal producer * Johannes Raasina – mixing engineer * Padraic Kerin – engineer * Joe Peluso – engineer

Charts

Release history

References

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