Who had a hit with the song "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)"?

Anna Kendrick had a hit with the song "Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')." Kendrick performed the song as Beca Mitchell in the 2012 musical comedy Pitch Perfect, accompanying her voice with a rhythmic plastic-cup routine.

The song is rooted in the Carter Family's 1931 folk recording "When I'm Gone." Modern performers added the cup percussion pattern after a routine popularized online by the musical duo Lulu and the Lampshades. Kendrick's film performance combined that rhythm with a stripped-down vocal arrangement, helping the scene become one of Pitch Perfect's most recognizable moments.

An expanded pop version was released as a single in 2013 and became a major chart success. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Kendrick an unlikely pop-chart star. The title can cause confusion because the older folk song is often called "When I'm Gone," while Kendrick's recording is generally identified as "Cups" or "Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')."