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}} "Pound the Alarm" is a song by Trinidadian-American recording artist Nicki Minaj, serving as a single from her second studio album ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded''. The song was written by RedOne, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Bilal Hajji, and Achraf Jannusi, with co-writing credits from Minaj, and production was handled by RedOne, Falk and Yacoub and was released as the fifth single, but third international single on June 12, 2012 by Young Money. The song was actually not to be released as a single, as Minaj posted a poll on her website asking fans to choose the next single. "Va Va Voom" originally won the poll, with "Whip It" second and "Pound the Alarm" as third. However, due to the amount of airplay requests, Minaj scrapped "Va Va Voom" and went ahead with "Pound the Alarm". Musically, "Pound the Alarm" is a Eurodance and house styled song. The song talks about having a good time, and partying all night (as well as going to festivals/carnivals, as the music video portrays), however it does feature a verse with Minaj warning her lover. "Pound the Alarm" received mixed reviews from music critics, with many believing it would be a potential hit commercially and was catchy, while some claimed it was too similar to the album's lead single, "Starships". The song entered the top ten in countries including Finland, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. The song also charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking inside the top twenty and inside the top three on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The accompanying music video was shot in her native birth country, Trinidad and Tobago, where it featured Minaj performing at a national Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. It features many performances from locals in the video, including dancing and her in front of her relatives at the end of the video. The music video received positive reviews, many enjoying the fun atmosphere. The song was also featured on her Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour. The song is included in the game Just Dance 2014. It is also one of the select songs available on the demo version. ==Background== On May 24, 2012, a poll was posted on Minaj's official website asking the fans to choose the next single(s). The poll is divided into three categories. The third and final category asks to choose between "Pound the Alarm", "Whip It", and "Va Va Voom". "Va Va Voom" had the most votes and won the poll. "Whip It" came in second and "Pound the Alarm" came in third.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mypinkfriday.com/news/80383 )〕 After the poll results were finalized, a fan then told Minaj; "ΝΟΟΟ!! Pound The Alarm is way more energetic!!!", where Minaj replied: "I agree!!!! Fun2perform. But the polls don't lie do they?"." The song was eventually trending on Twitter for the choice of the songs. Moments later she tweeted: "Oop. Just got word that radio 1 in the uk and nova & 2day fm in australia are runnin w/ #poundthealarm due to the amount of requests"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/210463835075772416 )〕 and later added after "Sorry va va voomers...Looks like France has chosen #poundthealarm for the win as well barbz."〔("Twitter" / NICKIMINAJ: Sorry #vavavoomers". ) www.twitter.com.〕 Minaj confirmed on Twitter on June 6, 2012 that she chose "Pound the Alarm" as the next single instead of "Va Va Voom" due to the amount of radio requests "Pound the Alarm" was getting in the UK, Australia, and France.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/210467624352628737 )〕 It officially impacted Australian radio on June 12, 2012, where it was the most added track of the week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=auspOp: MOST ADDED )〕 It also impacted UK radio on June 15, 2012. In the United States, the song was released as the second mainstream single and fourth single overall from the album on July 17, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases )〕 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「Pound the Alarm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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