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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. As of 2005, it has shifted 250,000 units in United States.[4]

Everybody Got Their Something
Studio album by Nikka Costa
Released	May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22)
Recorded	2000 at Electric Lady in New York and King Sound, Music Grinder, Glow2 Studios in Los Angeles
Genre	Soul[1] funk[2] rock[1][2]
Length	50:11
Label	Virgin
Producer	Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson, Nikka Costa
Nikka Costa chronology
Butterfly Rocket (1996) Everybody Got Their Something (2001) Can'tneverdidnothin' (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Rolling Stone	[1]
Slant Magazine	[2]

Uses in media

• The title song "Everybody Got Their Something" was originally released as a single in 2000, and was featured in various media: in the pilots of the TV series Arrested Development and Drop Dead Diva; the movies Blue Crush, Coach Carter and All About Steve; and in episodes of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicity, ER, and Nip/Tuck; and was used in promos for ABC Daytime. On the strength of the song, she then recorded and released the eponymous album the following year. Chase also used the song in a 2020 commercial.[5]
• The first single, "Like a Feather," was Costa's biggest hit.^{[citation needed]} The song samples "I Dig Love" by George Harrison. It 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 included on its 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

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[6] and on some promotional copies of the album.[7]
• 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.[8]
• A stripped-down, acoustic version of "Push & Pull" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 movie Blow.[9]
• An extended version of "Everybody Got Their Something" is featured on the 2009 movie All About Steve.[10]

Personnel

Credits for Everybody Got Their Something adapted from Allmusic[11]

Singles

• "Like a Feather" (#53 UK)
• "Push & Pull" (Promo only)
• "Everybody Got Their Something" (Promo only)

References

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