Greedy

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General information
Release date	May 13, 2016 (Apple Music/Beats 1) May 20, 2016
Recorded	2014 - 2016
Genre	Disco-pop
Length	3:34
Label	Republic Records
Songwriter(s)	Alexander Kronlund, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha
Producer(s)	Max Martin, Ilya
Credits	Greedy credits
"Greedy"
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"Greedy" is the seventh track from Ariana Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman.

Background

Grande first confirmed this song on January 24, 2016, by posting a picture of herself with the text "Greedy for Love" and the rain emoji. On March 10, 2016, Frankie Grande confirmed that "Greedy" would be a song on Dangerous Woman. On April 23, 2016, Grande took to her Snapchat account to post a short snippet of this song.. On May 10, 2016, Grande posted a 7-second snippet of "Greedy" on her Instagram account.

Critical reception

Billboard's critic Katie Atkinson described the song as a "throwback trifle, which casts Grande as a lady Bruno Mars." While Christopher R. Weingarten from Rolling Stone call the song as "uptown dunky of nonsense". Annie Zaleski from The A.V. Club commented: "The horn-peppered highlight “Greedy” in particular is an exuberant R&B-pop earworm on which she has a blast indulging her inner gospel diva. A reviewer from Sputnikmusic call it as "slick and incredibly fun" and wrote the song "does all it can to save an otherwise middling second half of the album'. Reviewing the album Dangerous Woman, Digital Spys Lewis Corner described it as "a shiny disco-pop number with a groove so infectious the World Health Organisation would have good grounds to label it an epidemic. And there's good reason for that, because the moral of this story is that Ariana has caught all the feels for her new boyfriend and she wants more, more, more."

Auin Moreland of Pitchfork considered "Greedy" one of the highlights on the album, the editor described it as a romp that announces that Grande truly shines when she is given center stage. Reviewing the song for Nylon, Jenna Igneri wrote positively: "Greedy" is everything you'd expect from the petite pop princess. It's upbeat and catchy, and very Ariana Grande, as she belts out lyrics such as, "You know that I'm greedy for love." There's no doubt that it'll have you dancing all summer long."

Live performances

To promote Dangerous Woman, Grande performed "Greedy" on Good Morning America as a part of the "Central Park Summer Concert", during the show she also performed "Dangerous Woman" and "Be Alright". She also performed the song as part of her album showcase for Vevo on May 21, 2016.

Grande performed the song during the Summertime Ball 2016. The song was included on the set list of her Dangerous Woman Tour during its performance, during which counterfeit money featuring Grande's face hit the stage.

Lyrics

[Intro]
Greedy
You know that I'm greedy for love
Ow!

[Verse 1]
Boy, you give me feelings, never felt before
I'm making it obvious by knocking at your door
I know that I'm coming tonight
You know I'm coming tonight
Don't want to deny it anymore

[Pre-Chorus]
Been in this state of mind
Been in this state of mind
Been in this state of mind, oh yeah

[Chorus]
Baby, you got lucky cause you're rocking with the best
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so
I ain't talking money, I'm just physically obsessed
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so

[Verse 2]
I don't need a phone call
Got nothing to say
I'ma tell you when it's over
Got no games to play
You know that I'm coming tonight
I know I'm coming tonight
I just need to get this out the way, oh baby!

[Pre-Chorus]
Been in this state of mind
Been in this state of mind
Been in this state of mind, oh yeah

[Chorus]
Baby, you got lucky cause you're rocking with the best
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so
I ain't talking money, I'm just physically obsessed
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so

[Bridge]
Greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy
I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy for love
Greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy
I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy, I'm greedy for love

[Chorus]
Baby, you got lucky cause you're rocking with the best
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so
I ain't talking money, I'm just physically obsessed
And I'm greedy
Cause I'm so greedy
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
(You know I'm)
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
(Oh, don't you know I'm greedy?)
You know that I'm greedy for love
(Oh, don't you know I'm greedy?)
Cause I'm so greedy, ooh
You know that I'm greedy for love
You know that I'm greedy for love
Cause I'm so