Everybody Got Their Something

Everybody Got Their Something is the fifth album by American pop/soul singer Nikka Costa, released in 2001. 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 number 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
Studio	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)
Singles from Everybody Got Their Something
"Like a Feather" Released: July 30, 2001

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, The Ugly Truth, 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] A cover version of the song was used in a 2024 JCPenney commercial.^[6]
• 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 film Crossroads.

Track listing

Everybody Got Their Something track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Like a Feather"	Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson	3:55
2.	"So Have I for You"	N. Costa, Stanley, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, Adam "MCA" Yauch, John King, Michael Simpson, Matt Dike	5:10
3.	"Tug of War"	N. Costa, Xavier Cugat	4:32
4.	"Everybody Got Their Something"	N. Costa, Stanley	4:20
5.	"Nothing"	N. Costa	4:13
6.	"Nikka What?"	N. Costa, Stanley, Ronson	0:25
7.	"Hope It Felt Good"	N. Costa, Mark Anthony Jones, Pino Palladino, Stanley, Ronson	3:52
8.	"Some Kind of Beautiful"	N. Costa, Stanley	3:05
9.	"Nikka Who?"	Terry Ray Costa	0:42
10.	"Just Because"	N. Costa	3:48
11.	"Push & Pull"	N. Costa, Stanley	5:27
12.	"Corners of My Mind"	N. Costa, Stanley, Ronson, Joe Zawinut, James Rein, Ester Marrow	5:50
13.	"I Don't Want to Be the Rain (Japanese Bonus Track)"	N. Costa	4:39

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^[7] and on some promotional copies of the album.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• A stripped-down, acoustic version of "Push & Pull" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2001 movie Blow.^[10]
• An extended version of "Everybody Got Their Something" is featured on the 2009 movie All About Steve.^[11]

Singles

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

Personnel

Credits for Everybody Got Their Something adapted from Allmusic^[12]

Questlove – drums Printz Board – keyboards, trumpet Pat Burkholder – assistant, assistant engineer David Campbell – string arrangements Larry Corbett – cello Nikka Costa – arranger, Celeste, Fender Rhodes, guitar (acoustic), piano, producer, vocal arrangement, vocals, Wurlitzer Richard Dodd – cello Russell Elevado – engineer, mixing Mark Anthony Jones – guitar Pete Magdaleno – assistant, assistant engineer

Pino Palladino – bass Len Peltier – art direction, design, photography James Poyser – clavinet, Wurlitzer Billy Preston – clavinet Tony Rambo – assistant, assistant engineer Jeff Skelton – assistant, assistant engineer Luis Sanchez – photography Justin Stanley – bass, Chamberlin, clavinet, digital editing, drums, engineer, guitar, Mellotron, Mini Moog, producer, xylophone Dominique Trenier – executive producer Scott Wolfe – assistant, assistant engineer

Charts

Chart performance for Everybody Got Their Something

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	97
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	109
US Billboard 200[17]	120