This article is about a song. For the medication advertised by AstraZeneca as "the purple pill", see
Esomeprazole.
"Purple Pills", also known as the censored version, "Purple Hills", is a hip hop single by D12 from their 2001 debut album Devil's Night. It achieved notable success, reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Background
The song contains many references to drug use, with "purple pills," "golden seals," and "Mushroom Mountain" being examples of recreational drug use. The song was deemed inappropriate for play on many radio stations, and a radio edit was made that removed most drug and sex references. The edit was called "Purple Hills", and lines such as "I've been to mushroom mountain" were altered to things such as "I've climbed the highest mountain," and "I take a couple uppers" was changed to "I've been so many places." The edit was the most-played version on Top 40 radio, but a number of underground radio stations played the unedited single. The clean version mutes or replaces references of drugs, profanities, and sexual references. Most of Bizarre's verse is entirely changed because of the sexual and drug content in it that rendered muting it pointless. The music video uses the "Purple Hills" edit.
[edit] Track listing
| Writer(s) |
Producer(s) |
| 1. |
"Purple Pills" |
D. Porter, D. Holton, J. Bass, M. Mathers, O. Moore, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle |
Eminem |
5:05 |
| 2. |
"Shit On You" |
M. Mathers, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle, O. Moore, D. Porter |
DJ Head |
5:30 |
| 3. |
"That's How" |
V. Carlisle, D. Holton, R. Johnson, M. Mathers, O. Moore, D. Porter, J. Bass |
Denaun Porter |
4:48 |
| 4. |
"Purple Pills - Video" |
D. Porter, D. Holton, J. Bass, M. Mathers, O. Moore, R. Johnson, V. Carlisle |
Eminem |
4:29 |
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