The single was released on August 3, 2012. The song was written & produced by Mariah, Jermaine Dupri & Bryan-Michael Cox with additional writing credits by Meek Mill & Rick Ross. Mariah revealed that she wrote the song during difficult and personal experiences in her life and that through writing, it helped alleviate the pain. She later stated that "Triumphant (Get 'Em)" was written when her husband Nick Cannon was in the hospital with acute kidney failure in early 2012 and was also inspired by the death of her past collaborator and friend Whitney Houston.