Kissing Strangers

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"Kissing Strangers"
DNCE Kissing Strangers.jpg
Single by DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj
ReleasedApril 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
Genre Pop
Length3:22
Label Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mattman & Robin
DNCE singles chronology
"Body Moves"
(2016)
"Kissing Strangers"
(2017)
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
(2017)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Light My Body Up"
(2017)
"Kissing Strangers"
(2017)
"Swish Swish"
(2017)
Digital download [13]
No.TitleLength
1."Kissing Strangers" (featuring Nicki Minaj)3:22
Digital download – Remix [14]
No.TitleLength
1."Kissing Strangers" (Remix) (with Luis Fonsi featuring Nicki Minaj)3:22

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [15]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Kissing Strangers"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [45] Gold30,000
Italy (FIMI) [46] Platinum50,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates for "Kissing Strangers"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousApril 14, 2017 Digital download Original Republic [13]
United StatesApril 18, 2017 Contemporary hit radio [47]
ItalyApril 21, 2017 Universal [48]
VariousJuly 28, 2017Digital downloadRemixRepublic [14]

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