Swalla

‘Swalla’ means swallow. In an interview with Billboard Magazine, Derulo spoke about the collaboration with Minaj and Ty Dolla, he said: “It’s one that kind of made sense. I never believe in forcing a collaboration. You know, I’m a fan of both of theirs and I thought that they fit the track perfectly. It’s one of those ones that’ll get you up and doing your thing. I feel like it’s gonna stick out on the radio. There’s nothing that sounds like it.”
Some fans believe that Minaj’s verse was directed to rapper Remy Ra. Both rappers have been dissing each other since 2007. While speaking to People Magazine Derulo said: “You know what, I didn’t even know that it was a beef, to be honest. Nobody at the label knew that she was dissing anybody on the song or any of that. I still don’t know that it’s a diss towards anybody. It actually happened a long time ago, man. I think the whole thing came together and the song was done, that was probably five months ago.”

Release Date: February 24, 2017

Songwriter/s: Jason Desrouleaux – Onika Maraj – Tyrone Griffin Jr. – Eric Frederic – Gamal Lewis – Jacob Kasher Hindlin – Russel Jones – Robert Diggs

Label: Warner Bros.

Chart Rankings: In the UK Singles Charts ‘Swalla’ peaked at number 6, while in the US it reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100. Around the world the song reached number 25 in Australia, number 9 in Austria, 24 in Canada, number 4 in Germany, number 15 in Ireland, number 8 in Lebanon and Netherlands, number 12 in Scotland and peaked at number 24 in Switzerland.

Artist’s age on Release Date: Jason Joel Desrouleaux was 28 years old, Onika Tanya Maraj aka Nicki Minaj was 35 years old and Tyrone William Griffin Jr. aka Ty Dolla was 32 years old when this song was released.

Cover Versions: Very few amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.