Starships (3:31)

The Starships Songfacts reports that the song was released on February 14, 2012 after premiering on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. It was produced by Moroccan/Swedish producer RedOne, who is best known for being Lady Gaga’s collaborator on many of her singles. It is one of four tracks that RedOne helmed for the Queens MC. Regarding this cut, Minaj explained to Seacrest that RedOne sent her a beat, which she was so taken with that she went to the studio and improvised the first verse, “mumbling and just saying the first thing that came into my head, and we recorded it, because I just felt like, let’s go to the beach. … let’s go get away. It was just so good. It feels good!”