Problem (song)

"Problem"
"Problem"
Song by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea
from My Everything"
Released	April 28, 2014
Recorded	2013
Studio	Conway; (Los Angeles, California); Wolf Cousins; (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Dance-pop; R&B;
Length	3:14
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Max Martin; Savan Kotecha; Ilya Salmanzadeh; Amethyst Kelly; Ariana Grande;
Producer(s)	Max Martin; Shellback; Ilya; Peter Carlsson;
Ariana Grande singles chronology
	"Problem" at YouTube

"Problem" is a song by American recording artist Ariana Grande, featuring guest vocals from Australian recording artist Iggy Azalea. The song was released by Republic Records on April 28, 2014. It is the first single from Ariana Grande's second studio album My Everything (2014). The song first appeared at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. It later peaked at number two on the chart. It sold 438,000 copies in its first week on sale. Lyrically, the song is about "the feeling of being absolutely terrified to re-approach a relationship that's gone sour -- but you want to more than anything."^[1]

The song reached number one in the UK (where it became the first song to enter on top based on streaming alone). It also topped the charts in New Zealand and reached the top ten in nine other countries.^[2]

The Recording Industry Assocation of America certified the song sextuple-platinum on June 15, 2015, for sales of over six million copies in the US alone.^[3]

Music video

The video stars Grande and Azalea performing choreography with backup dancers against spiral backgrounds. Grande's then-boyfriend, rapper Big Sean, appears in the video. Sean also whispered the hook, "I got one less problem without you," throughout the song but is not credited. As of March 2018, the music video has surpassed one billion views on YouTube.

References

↑ Lipshutz, Jason. "Ariana Grande Talks 'Problem' Single & Second Album, Due Out August/September". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea - Problem". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
↑ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA" (in en-US). RIAA. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=problem#search_section. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

Other websites

[Lyrics_explain-1] Lipshutz, Jason. "Ariana Grande Talks 'Problem' Single & Second Album, Due Out August/September". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[2] Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea - Problem". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

[3] "Gold & Platinum - RIAA" (in en-US). RIAA. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=problem#search_section. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

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