Everybody Got Their Something
Everybody Got Their Something was the first album released in 2001 by pop/soul singer Nikka Costa. 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 Virgin Records. It peaked at #120 on the Billboard 200 in June 2001.
- The title song "Everybody Got Their Something" was originally released as a single in 2000, and was featured in various media: in the pilot of the television series Arrested Development, as well as the pilot of "Drop Dead Diva," the movies Blue Crush, Coach Carter and All About Steve, an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nip/Tuck, and was used in promos for ABC Daytime. On the strength of the song she then recorded and released the same-titled album a year later.
- The first single, "Like A Feather," was Costa's biggest hit and was used in many of Tommy Hilfiger's advertising campaigns.
- The song "Push & Pull" was featured in the movie Blow starring Johnny Depp, and the video was on the film's DVD release. Prince 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 Beastie Boys) was used in the 2002 Britney Spears movie Crossroads.
Track listing
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| 1. | "Like A Feather" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson | 3:55 |
| 2. | "So Have I For You" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, Adam "MCA" Yauch, John King, Michael Simpson, Matt Dike | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Tug of War" | Nikka Costa, Xavier Cugat | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Everybody Got Their Something" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Nothing" | Nikka Costa | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Nikka What?" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson | 0:25 |
| 7. | "Hope It Felt Good" | Nikka Costa, Mark Anthony Jones, P. Palladino, J. Stanley, M. Ronson | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Some Kind of Beautiful" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Nikka Who?" | Terry Ray Costa | 0:42 |
| 10. | "Just Because" | Nikka Costa | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Push & Pull" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley | 5:27 |
| 12. | "Corners of My Mind" | Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson, J. Zawinut, J. Rein, E. Marrow | 5:50 |
| 13. | "I Don't Want To Be The Rain (Japanese Bonus Track)" | Nikka Costa | 4:39 |
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[4] and on some promotional copies of the album.[5]
- 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.[6]
- A stripped-down, acoustic version of "Push & Pull" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 movie Blow.[7]
- An extended version of "Everybody Got Their Something" is featured on the 2009 movie All About Steve.[8]
Personnel
Credits for Everybody Got Their Something adapted from Allmusic[9]
- Questlove- 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
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- Pino Palladino- bass
- Len Peltier- art direction, design, photography
- James Poyser- clavinet, Wurlitzer
- Billy Preston- 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
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Singles
- "Like A Feather" #53 United Kingdom
- "Push & Pull" (Promo only)
- "Everybody Got Their Something" (Promo only)
References
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