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"Livin' It Up" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Ciara for her fifth studio album, ''Ciara'' (2013), featuring guest vocals from American female rapper Nicki Minaj. It was written by Ciara, D'Mile, Wynter Gordon and Nicki Minaj, with D'Mile also producing it. "Livin' It Up" contains a portion of the composition "I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky", as performed by Kid 'n Play. The song leaked in 2012, without Minaj's verses, on a playlist for the Cosmopolitan website, and only in 2013, Minaj was included on the track. The song is also the third time Minaj and Ciara work together, and the second on the same album; with the other being its second single, "I'm Out". "Livin' It Up" is an "Island-flavored", "feel-good track" about enjoying life and living life to the fullest. "Livin' It Up" received positive reviews from music critics who praised the "feel-good" track for energetic, memorable, affirming that it could be a hit, when released. The song was also a huge success in South Korea, where it has charted at number 2 on the Gaon Charts, selling over 1,000,000 copies in its first week. To promote the album, Ciara recorded "video shorts" for some songs, including one for "Livin' It Up", which lasts for 1:48. ==Background and release== While Ciara was releasing what was then to be lead-single of her then-titled ''One Woman Army'' album, titled "Sorry", "Livin' It Up" surfaced online, appearing on an Epic Records playlist for Cosmopolitan.com, on August 20, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cosmo-epic-playlist )〕〔 Website Digital Spy reported that the song was expected to receive its radio premiere in the coming weeks, while she had already filmed the accompanying music video. However, the song and the supposed video were never released. In October 2012, in an interview on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', Ciara was asked about working with Minaj on her album, replying "on my album, no". However, in 2013, a new version of the song was made, including guest vocals from American female rapper Nicki Minaj, who had already worked with Ciara on another track from Ciara's eponymously titled album, "I'm Out". Ciara previously recorded the track "I'm Legit", for Minaj's second studio album, ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up'' (2012). In an interview for ''Paper'', Ciara talked about the collaboration, saying, "She invited me to be on her album, and I invited her to be on mine. I didn’t feel like there was any other person I wanted for that song. She came in and murdered the verse!". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Livin' It Up (Ciara song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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