The Real Slim Shady - Wikipedia

2000 single by Eminem

"The Real Slim Shady"
Single by Eminem
from the album The Marshall Mathers LP
Released	April 18, 2000[1]
Recorded	March 8, 2000
Genre	Comedy hip hop
Length	4:44
Label	Aftermath Interscope Web
Songwriters	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Tommy Coster Melvin Bradford Mike Elizondo
Producers	Dr. Dre Mel-Man
Eminem singles chronology
"Forgot About Dre" (2000) "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) "The Way I Am" (2000)
Music videos
"The Real Slim Shady" (Clean Version) on YouTube
Audio sample
"The Real Slim Shady" file help

"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the lead single a month before the album's release.

The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point.[2] It was also Eminem's first song to reach number one in the UK and Ireland,[3] and the song was the 14th best-selling of 2000 in the UK. It won multiple awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 80 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[4] It was listed at number 396 on NME's 500 greatest songs of all time.

Production

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"The Real Slim Shady" was not originally intended to be part of The Marshall Mathers LP. Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records wanted Eminem to create a song to introduce the album, similar to how "My Name Is" was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. Eminem, Dr. Dre, Tommy Coster, and Mike Elizondo wrote "The Real Slim Shady" just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be "Who Knew".[5]

The song's first verse interpolated the 1999 novelty single "Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)" by Tom Green,[6] and the intro and chorus of the song interpolate the famous catchphrase "will the real _____ please stand up?" from the television game show To Tell the Truth.[7][8]

Critical reception

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PopMatters described the song as "slamming their 'enemies' with comic book intensity", while also noting its ironic themes surrounding the number of near-identical "wannabes" due to Eminem's overall appearance, citing his "signature style" which bore "bleached blond hair, pale skin, [and] humongous T-shirt".[9] AllMusic highlighted the single.[10]

Rolling Stone expressed the sound of the single as "slick, bright, melodic funk that's so R&B-ish, you can dance to it".[11] Will Hermes wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "In the aftermath of Slim Shady, he married the girlfriend he imagined killing, while his mother, immortalized in his hit single 'My Name Is' (I just found out my Mom does more dope than I do), sued him for $10 million for defamation of character."[12] The defamation case was settled in 2001 for $25,000 as Debbie Mathers' former attorney was awarded $23,354—netting Ms. Mathers just over $1,600 for her efforts.[13][14]

The Los Angeles Times favored The Real Slim Shady as a "modest step to the mainstream—a fresh and funny, almost PG-rated swipe at everything from the Grammy Awards to shallow teen pop",[15] while IGN wrote:

"The album's obligatory 'pop' number is exposed on 'The Real Slim Shady,' which chugs and lurches along to a boinging electro funk beat. It would be a total pop smash if it weren't for the lyrics, though. Leave it to Em to juice it up with ear candy effervescent, but keep the words in the subversive. As with the other Dre crafted tunes on the album, there's plenty of cool special effects bustling about—fart noises, heavy breathing, all of it coalescing with Em's cartoon character on crystal meth delivery. Sure it's pop, but of the most demented nature."[16]

The song has been included as part of many films, notably 21 Jump Street (2012) and Freddy Got Fingered (2001).[17] Ironically, Tom Green, who was criticized in the song stars in Freddy Got Fingered.

Music video

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Philip G. Atwell and Dr. Dre directed the music video, filmed from April 7 to 10, 2000.[citation needed] Eminem's friends and former group-mates from D12, including rappers Denaun Porter, Proof, Swifty McVay, Bizarre, Kuniva, and Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst, are featured in the video along with him.

Actress and comedian Kathy Griffin, notable for insulting celebrities in her act,[18] appears in the video as an attending nurse in a psychiatric ward. Griffin said during a July 21, 2005, interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that Eminem selected her for the video because fellow rapper Snoop Dogg told him she was "really funny".[19]

The car featured in the music video is a blue 1978 AMC Pacer coupe.[20] The car is doing doughnuts on a parking lot with its hatchback partially open.[21] It is part of the message in The Real Slim Shady's climactic lines, showing petty acts of rebellion that include teenagers going senselessly round a parking lot and spitting on fast food.[22]

Credits

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Information from the interior booklet of The Marshall Mathers LP

• Singing and lyrics: Eminem
• Production: Dr. Dre, Mel-Man
• Mixing: Dr. Dre
• Bass guitar – Mike Elizondo
• Keyboards – Tommy Coster
• Editing – Dan Lebental
• Executive producer – Dr. Dre
• Composer – Andre Young, Marshall Mathers, Tommy Coster, Melvin Bradford, Mike Elizondo

Awards

[edit] See also: List of awards and nominations received by Eminem

"The Real Slim Shady" was successful at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, winning for Video of the Year and Best Male Video, as well as being a nominee for Best Rap Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Viewer's Choice. The song was also performed by Eminem at the show with look-a-likes of himself, as in the video.

Awards and nominations received by or for "The Real Slim Shady"

Year	Organization	Award	Result
2000	Billboard Music Awards	Maximum Vision Video	Won
		Best Rap/Hip-Hop Clip of the Year	Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music: Video	Nominated
		Choice Music: Summer Song	Nominated
	MTV Video Music Awards	Video of the Year	Won
		Best Male Video	Won
		Best Rap Video	Nominated
		Best Direction	Nominated
		Best Editing	Nominated
		Viewer's Choice Award	Nominated
2001	Detroit Music Awards	Outstanding National Single	Won
	Grammy Awards	Best Rap Solo Performance	Won

Track listing

[edit] UK CD single[23]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Real Slim Shady"	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
2.	"The Real Slim Shady" (instrumental)	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
3.	"Guilty Conscience" (radio version with new hook; featuring Dr. Dre)	Mathers Young	Dr. Dre Eminem[a]	3:19
4.	"The Real Slim Shady" (video)			4:44

UK cassette

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Real Slim Shady"	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
2.	"My Fault" (pizza mix)	Marshall Mathers Jeffrey Bass Mark Bass	Bass Brothers Eminem	3:53
Total length:				8:37

German CD single[24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Real Slim Shady"	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
2.	"Bad Influence"	Marshall Mathers Jeffrey Bass Mark Bass	Bass Brothers	3:40
Total length:				8:24

German Maxi CD single[25]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Real Slim Shady"	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
2.	"Bad Influence"	Marshall Mathers Jeffrey Bass Mark Bass	Bass Brothers	3:40
3.	"The Real Slim Shady" (instrumental)	Marshall Mathers Andre Young Melvin Bradford Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo	Dr. Dre Mel-Man	4:44
4.	"My Fault" (pizza mix)	Marshall Mathers Jeffrey Bass Mark Bass	Bass Brothers Eminem	3:53
5.	"Just Don't Give a F**k" (music video)			4:39
Total length:				21:40

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] 2000 weekly chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2000) Peakposition Australia (ARIA)[26] 11 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[27] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28] 7 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[29] 2 Brazil (ABPD)[30] 39 Canada (RPM)[31] 6 Denmark (Tracklisten)[32] 3 Eurochart Hot 100 (Billboard)[33] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[34] 6 France (SNEP)[35] 6 Germany (GfK)[36] 7 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[37] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[3] 1 Italy (FIMI)[38] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40] 5 New Zealand (RIANZ)[41] 15 Norway (VG-lista)[42] 2 Poland (Music & Media)[43] 13 Portugal (AFP)[44] 2 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[45] 8 Scotland Singles (OCC)[46] 1 Spain (AFYVE)[47] 6 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[48] 3 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[49] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[50] 1 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[51] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[52] 4 US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[53] 19 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[54] 11 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[55] 13 US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[56] 7 US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[57] 1 2021 weekly chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2021) Peakposition Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[58] 20 2022 weekly chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2022) Peak position Global 200 (Billboard)[59] 59 Czech Republic Singles Digital (ČNS IFPI)[60] 67 Lithuania (AGATA)[61] 86 2023 weekly chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2023) Peak position Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[62] 94 Slovakia Singles Digital (ČNS IFPI)[63] 58

Year-end charts [edit] 2000 year-end chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2000) Position Australian Singles Chart[64] 57 Austrian Singles Chart[65] 18 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[66] 30 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[67] 10 Danish Singles Chart[68] 29 Dutch Top 40[69] 44 Dutch Single Top 100[70] 39 European Singles Chart[71] 10 French Singles Chart[72] 16 German Singles Chart[73] 44 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[45] 60 Swedish Singles Chart[74] 22 Swiss Singles Chart[75] 5 UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [76] 14 UK Urban (Music Week)[77] 17 US Billboard Hot 100[78] 51 2022 year-end chart performance for "The Real Slim Shady" Chart (2022) Position Australia (ARIA)[79] 75 Global 200 (Billboard)[80] 117 Lithuania (AGATA)[81] 71

Certifications

[edit] Certifications and sales for "The Real Slim Shady"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[82]	11× Platinum	770,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[83]	Gold	25,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[84]	Platinum	50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[85]	3× Platinum	180,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[86]	2× Platinum	160,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[87]	2× Platinum	180,000‡
France (SNEP)[88]	Gold	250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[89]	3× Gold	900,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[90] sales since 2009	2× Platinum	200,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[91]	6× Platinum	180,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[92]	Gold
Portugal (AFP)[93]	4× Platinum	40,000‡
Spain (Promusicae)[94]	Platinum	60,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[95]	Platinum	30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[96]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[97]	4× Platinum	2,400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[98]	7× Platinum	7,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[99]	Gold	1,000,000†
* Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

See also

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• Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Rhythmic chart
• List of number-one singles of 2000 (Ireland)
• List of European number-one hits of 2000
• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
• List of highest-certified singles in Australia

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v t e Eminem songs
Singles discography Production discography D12 discography Bad Meets Evil discography
Infinite	"Infinite"
The Slim Shady LP	"My Name Is" "Guilty Conscience" "Brain Damage" "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" "Role Model" "Just Don't Give a Fuck"
The Marshall Mathers LP	"Kill You" "Stan" "The Way I Am" "The Real Slim Shady" "Bitch Please II" "Kim"
The Eminem Show	"White America" "Business" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Without Me" "Sing for the Moment" "Superman" "'Till I Collapse"
Encore	"Like Toy Soldiers" "Mosh" "Just Lose It" "Ass Like That" "Mockingbird" "Encore"
Curtain Call: The Hits	"Fack" "Shake That" "When I'm Gone"
Relapse	"3 a.m." "We Made You" "Old Time's Sake" "Beautiful" "Crack a Bottle" Refill "Forever" "Hell Breaks Loose" "Elevator" "Music Box"
Recovery	"Won't Back Down" "Not Afraid" "No Love" "Space Bound" "Cinderella Man" "Love the Way You Lie"
The Marshall Mathers LP 2	"Bad Guy" "Rhyme or Reason" "Survival" "Legacy" "Berzerk" "Rap God" "The Monster" "So Far..." "Headlights" "Beautiful Pain"
Revival	"Walk on Water" "Chloraseptic" "Untouchable" "River" "Framed" "Nowhere Fast" "Remind Me"
Kamikaze	"The Ringer" "Greatest" "Lucky You" "Normal" "Stepping Stone" "Not Alike" "Kamikaze" "Fall" "Nice Guy" "Good Guy" "Venom"
Music to Be Murdered By	"Unaccommodating" "Those Kinda Nights" "Darkness" "Godzilla" Side B "Black Magic" "Alfred's Theme" "Gnat" "Higher" "Killer"
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)	"Renaissance" "Habits" "Trouble" "Brand New Dance" "Evil" "Lucifer" "Antichrist" "Fuel" "Houdini" "Guilty Conscience 2" "Temporary" "Tobey" "Somebody Save Me"
Collaborations	"Dead Wrong" "Forgot About Dre" "What's the Difference" "Renegade" "Rock City" "Welcome 2 Detroit" "Smack That" "Touchdown" "Drop the World" "Roman's Revenge" "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" "That's All She Wrote" "I Need a Doctor" "Writer's Block" "Throw That" "My Life" "C'mon Let Me Ride" "Calm Down" "Best Friend" "Medicine Man" "No Favors" "Revenge" "Caterpillar" "Majesty" "Homicide" "Remember the Name" "Bang" "Lord Above" "Coffin" "Last One Standing" "Use This Gospel (Remix)" "Doomsday Pt. 2" "Murdergram Deux"
Other singles	"Hellbound" "Lose Yourself" "One Day at a Time" "You Don't Know" "Jimmy Crack Corn" "Guts Over Fear" "Detroit vs. Everybody" "Kings Never Die" "Phenomenal" "Killshot" "The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady" "The King and I" "From the D 2 the LBC" "Realest" "Lace It"
Other songs	"No Apologies" "The Warning" "Syllables" "Difficult" "Campaign Speech" "Smack You"

Awards for "The Real Slim Shady"

v t e Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance 1990s "U Can't Touch This" – MC Hammer (1991) "Mama Said Knock You Out" – LL Cool J (1992) "Baby Got Back" – Sir Mix-a-Lot (1993) "Let Me Ride" – Dr. Dre (1994) "U.N.I.T.Y." – Queen Latifah (1995) "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio (1996) "Hey Lover" – LL Cool J (1997) "Men in Black" – Will Smith (1998) "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" – Will Smith (1999) 2000s "My Name Is" – Eminem (2000) "The Real Slim Shady" – Eminem (2001) "Get Ur Freak On" – Missy Elliott (2002) "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" – Missy Elliott / "Hot in Herre" – Nelly (2003) "Work It" – Missy Elliott / "Lose Yourself" – Eminem (2004) "99 Problems" – Jay-Z (2005) "Gold Digger" – Kanye West (2006) "What You Know" – T.I. (2007) "Stronger" – Kanye West (2008) "A Milli" – Lil Wayne (2009) 2010s "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" – Jay-Z (2010) "Not Afraid" – Eminem (2011) v t e MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video "China Girl" (1984) "I'm on Fire" (1985) "Addicted to Love" (1986) "Sledgehammer" (1987) "U Got the Look" (1988) "Veronica" (1989) "The End of the Innocence" (1990) "Wicked Game" (1991) "Tears in Heaven" (1992) "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993) "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1994) "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1995) "Where It's At" (1996) "Devils Haircut" (1997) "Just the Two of Us" (1998) "Miami" (1999) "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) "South Side" (2001) "Without Me" (2002) "Cry Me a River" (2003) "Yeah!" (2004) "Jesus Walks" (2005) "You're Beautiful" (2006) "With You" (2008) "Live Your Life" (2009) "Not Afraid" (2010) "U Smile" (2011) "Turn Up the Music" (2012) "Locked Out of Heaven" (2013) "Sing" (2014) "Uptown Funk" (2015) "This Is What You Came For" (2016) v t e MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1980s "You Might Think" – The Cars (1984) "The Boys of Summer" – Don Henley (1985) "Money for Nothing" – Dire Straits (1986) "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel (1987) "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" – INXS (1988) "This Note's for You" – Neil Young (1989) 1990s "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Sinéad O'Connor (1990) "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M. (1991) "Right Now" – Van Halen (1992) "Jeremy" – Pearl Jam (1993) "Cryin'" – Aerosmith (1994) "Waterfalls" – TLC (1995) "Tonight, Tonight" – The Smashing Pumpkins (1996) "Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai (1997) "Ray of Light" – Madonna (1998) "Doo Wop (That Thing)" – Lauryn Hill (1999) 2000s "The Real Slim Shady" – Eminem (2000) "Lady Marmalade" – Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink (2001) "Without Me" – Eminem (2002) "Work It" – Missy Elliott (2003) "Hey Ya!" – Outkast (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (2005) "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" – Panic! at the Disco (2006) "Umbrella" – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z (2007) "Piece of Me" – Britney Spears (2008) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Beyoncé (2009) 2010s "Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga (2010) "Firework" – Katy Perry (2011) "We Found Love" – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (2012) "Mirrors" – Justin Timberlake (2013) "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (2014) "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (2015) "Formation" – Beyoncé (2016) "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar (2017) "Havana" – Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug (2018) "You Need to Calm Down" – Taylor Swift (2019) 2020s "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd (2020) "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Lil Nas X (2021) All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift (2022) "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift (2023) "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone (2024) Brighter Days Ahead – Ariana Grande (2025)

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