Without Me

Infobox Single
Name = Without Me


Artist = Eminem
from Album = The Eminem Show
Released = May 21, 2002
Format = CD
Genre = Hip hop, Comedy rap
Length = 4:50
Label = Aftermath/Interscope
Writer = Eminem
Producer = Eminem
Certification =
Chart position =

• #1 (UK, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Malta,Sweden, New Zealand, Taiwan, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Netherlands, Europe, South America, United World Chart)
• #2 (Brazil,Belgium, Japan,US, Finland, Italy)
• #3 (France)
• #4 (Canada)
• #5 (Peru)

Last single = "Rock City"
(2002)
This single = "Without Me"
(2002)
Next single = "My Dad's Gone Crazy"
(2002)
Misc ="Without Me" is a song by rapper Eminem from his album "The Eminem Show". It was released as a single in 2002. It was released on Eminem's greatest hits album "".

Content

The song was Eminem's return after the successful "The Marshall Mathers LP", intended as as sequel to "The Real Slim Shady" and essentially saying that he is back to save the world. It also refers to Eminem's role in the music industry and his cultural effects.

The song mocks a number of Eminem's critics, including Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney, the FCC and MTV, Chris Kirkpatrick, Limp Bizkit and Moby, as well as lampooning comparisons of Eminem to Elvis Presley as a White succeeding commercially in a predominantly African-American art form. A line in the song also attacks his own mother for the lawsuit she filed against him for the lyrics of his debut single "My Name Is".

The opening lyric "Two trailer park girls go round the outside" is based on the single "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren, while the introduction which is spoken by Obie Trice "Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks." is sampled from his own track "Rap Name". The "round the outside" lyric could be considered a subliminal diss to Canibus, who used a similar line in "Box Cutta Blade Runna", released on "C! True Hollywood Stories" which makes numerous disses against Eminem.

A sample from the track, the phrase "nobody listens to techno", became an underground techno bootleg anthem produced by Deep Dish and Danny Howells under the alias Size DDD (Deep Dish Danny). The song was played by many well-known DJs to satirize the claim. The song was also parodied on All That, a skit show on Nickelodeon, as "Without Meat". It was also parodied on MADtv, a skit show on FOX, as "Whats on TV?". In the second verse a line samples the intro from "The Real Slim Shady".

The background saxophone riff was sampled for Drunkenmunky's 2002 club hit audio|Drunkenmunky - E.ogg|"E".

Some of the lyrics are altered on the clean version, such as "This is about to get heavy". Also, "Jiggle your hips" is placed to get rid of a sexually explicit remark in the 1st verse.

Music video

The music video of the song features a number of scenarios built around its context, including Eminem and Dr. Dre as parodies of comics in general, specifically Batman, Robin and Blade trying to save a child who inadverdently bought a copy of "The Eminem Show" that has a Parental Advisory sticker. Eminem and his band of heroes rush to the rescue before the child puts the CD in and he snatches it away from him, and showing that his CD has explicit lyrics. Eminem also appears barefoot throughout some of the video where he is on a hospital bed being pushed through a ward (a reference to "ER", which here is called "EM" drawing from the rapper's stage name). Porn star Jenna Jameson and fitness model Kiana Tom appear in bed with Eminem at the beginning of the video. Eminem also dressed up in various costumes as Osama bin Laden as he is chased by D-12, a TV ad salesman shocking a Dick Cheney-look alike, his mother Debbie Mathers-Briggs (also played by Eminem himself) being flipped off, and Moby getting bodyslammed.

This video received MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Best Direction (for Joseph Kahn, who directed it), as well as gaining nominations for Best Editing and Viewer's Choice. It also won Best Short Form Music Video at the Grammy Awards of 2003.

Clips of the video for "Without Me" can also be seen playing in a number of other music videos, including 50 Cent's "In da Club" and Tony Yayo's "I Know You Don't Love Me".

Chart performance and awards

"Without Me" was Eminem’s most successful single at that point. The song reached the number one position in many charts from various countries, including the U.K., Australia and New Zealand for 7 weeks. It also reached the number two spot in the U.S. Hot 100. Only "Lose Yourself" has ever charted higher than "Without Me" on the Hot 100, reaching number one.

"Without Me" was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 2003 (losing to Norah Jones' song "Don't Know Why"), being Eminem’s first song to receive a Grammy nomination in a major category. It also received a nomination for Best Male Rap Solo Performance but lost that award as well to the song "Hot in Herre" by rapper Nelly.

Tracklist

# "Without Me" (Album Version)
# "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner Remix) featuring Marilyn Manson
# "Without Me" (A Cappella)
# "Without Me" (Instrumental)
# "Say What You Say" featuring Dr. Dre

External links

* [http://www.mp3musicsongs.com/Without_Me_By_Eminem.ashx Without Me By Eminem]