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| page= 137}}</ref> It was released in 2002 as part of [[8 Mile (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] to the film ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'',<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> also starring Eminem, later released as a single in 2002, and re-released on Eminem's greatest hits compilation ''[[Curtain Call: The Hits]]''. The song was written and produced by Eminem and producer [[Luis Resto (musician)|Luis Resto]]. Eminem won both an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award]] in 2002,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in 2003 for "Lose Yourself."
| page= 137}}</ref> It was released in 2002 as part of [[8 Mile (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] to the film ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'',<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> also starring Eminem, later released as a single in 2002, and re-released on Eminem's greatest hits compilation ''[[Curtain Call: The Hits]]''. The song was written and produced by Eminem and producers [[Jeff Bass (musician)|Jeff Bass]] and [[Luis Resto (musician)|Luis Resto]]. Eminem won both an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award]] in 2002,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in 2003 for "Lose Yourself."


Reaching #1 on 24 charts worldwide, "Lose Yourself" became a worldwide success. It spent 12 weeks atop the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]], the longest-running #1 of 2002. To date it stands as the most recent soundtrack single to top the Billboard Hot 100. In addition it also went on to top the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and Eurocharts for over a month, ranking in the top 10 in several year-end sales charts. It won an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> two [[Grammy Award]]s, and three other Grammy nominations, the most awards won by a single rap song in one year. The song is ranked fourth on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years . <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/11/1055220650984.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years' | date=June 12, 2003}}</ref>
Reaching #1 on 24 charts worldwide, "Lose Yourself" became a worldwide success. It spent 12 weeks atop the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]], the longest-running #1 of 2002. To date it stands as the most recent soundtrack single to top the Billboard Hot 100. In addition it also went on to top the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and Eurocharts for over a month, ranking in the top 10 in several year-end sales charts. It won an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> two [[Grammy Award]]s, and three other Grammy nominations, the most awards won by a single rap song in one year. The song is ranked fourth on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years . <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/11/1055220650984.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years' | date=June 12, 2003}}</ref>

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"Lose Yourself"
Song

"Lose Yourself" is an Oscar winning hip hop song, by the American rapper Eminem.[1] It was released in 2002 as part of the soundtrack to the film 8 Mile,[1] also starring Eminem, later released as a single in 2002, and re-released on Eminem's greatest hits compilation Curtain Call: The Hits. The song was written and produced by Eminem and producers Jeff Bass and Luis Resto. Eminem won both an Academy Award in 2002,[1] and a Grammy in 2003 for "Lose Yourself."

Reaching #1 on 24 charts worldwide, "Lose Yourself" became a worldwide success. It spent 12 weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running #1 of 2002. To date it stands as the most recent soundtrack single to top the Billboard Hot 100. In addition it also went on to top the UK Singles Chart[1] and Eurocharts for over a month, ranking in the top 10 in several year-end sales charts. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song,[1] two Grammy Awards, and three other Grammy nominations, the most awards won by a single rap song in one year. The song is ranked fourth on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years . [2]

It also ranked #93 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs and first of the 50 best film soundtracks by the French television channel Virgin 17. The song was named the fourth best song of the decade by the Complex Magazine.[3]

In March 2009, "Lose Yourself" topped the 2 million mark in digital downloads in the United States, becoming the second oldest song to hit that sales level, surpassed only by Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" from 1981. It also became Eminem's first song to reach 2 million digital downloads as a lead artist.[4] To this date, "Lose Yourself" has been downloaded over 3.4 million times in the United States alone.[5] In the same year the single was named the 28th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade,[6] the seventh most successful song of the decade in Australia and 51st in the UK.[7][8]

In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine placed the song at #166 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time". The song was also ranked on Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Best Songs of the Aughts at #12.[9]

Writing process

Eminem says that Lose Yourself was written on set, during breaks during the filming of 8 Mile.[10] Taryn Manning, who played Eminem's ex-girlfriend Janeane in the movie 8 Mile, said in an interview with MTV, that during the filming of the movie, in any downtime, Eminem was writing and that "you could just see him formulating stuff in his head."[11] According to studio engineer Steven King, who spoke to Rolling Stone magazine, Eminem recorded the song in a portable studio on the set while he was on a break from shooting, recording all three verses in one take.[12] The sheet on which he wrote the song appears in 8 Mile in a scene where his character is writing while riding the bus. This sheet was sold on eBay for $10,000.[13]

The song's lyrics explicitly sum up the background info about Eminem's character in 8 Mile, B. Rabbit, with the first verse summing up much of the plot of the movie.

Success and legacy

"Lose Yourself" is the most successful single of Eminem's mainstream career. It had a 12-week run at #1 in the United States & Australia, and topped the charts in many other countries as well, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Denmark among others. It debuted at number nine in Canada and moved up to #1 the following week. According to the Guinness Book Of World Records, "Lose Yourself" became the "Longest Running Single at Number One for a Rap Song" at 23 weeks.

In the United States, "Lose Yourself" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of October 5, 2002, at #43. A week later, the single jumped to #18, and hit #1 by November 9. The single spent 16 total weeks in the Top 10, and a total of 23 weeks in the Top 50. While in the #1 spot (from 11/09/02 through 1/25/03), "Lose Yourself"'s impressive run kept several top contenders for the #1 spot from ever reaching #1, including Jay-Z, Nelly, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and especially Missy Elliott, whose single "Work It" was at #2 for 10 weeks.

The song went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Song[1] (the first time a rap song ever won this award), beating potential winners such as, "The Hands That Built America", by U2. Eminem, who was not present at the award ceremony believing he would not win, said in a Shade 45 Behind The Boards interview with Cipha Sounds that he was actually sleeping at the time the award was announced.[14] This was the first time in 14 years the winner of the Best Original Song category did not perform at the ceremony. Luis Resto, one of the song's co-writers, had attended the ceremony and accepted the award instead. "He's creative, he has symphonies in his head," Resto said at the lectern about Eminem. [15] The American Film Institute later ranked it #93 on their list of the 100 Greatest Songs from American Films.

At the Grammy Awards of 2004, "Lose Yourself" became Eminem's second career nomination for Record of the Year (following "Without Me"), and the first rap song ever to be nominated for Song of the Year. It won Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song, which was a brand new category at the time.

At #166, "Lose Yourself" is the highest ranked of the three songs from the 21st century featured in the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (joining "Stan" at #290). Outkast's "Hey Ya!" was the other, at #180. The magazine later ranked the song the twelfth best of the decade.[16] The song was the 51st best-selling single of the 2000 decade in UK.[17]

"Lose Yourself" was later released on Eminem's compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits, in 2005.

"Lose Yourself"
The song's chorus consists of two repeated short verses.
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The song was also covered by The Script for the compilations album live lounge released in 2008 .[18]

Music video

The music video for "Lose Yourself" was filmed in Detroit, Michigan, and thus contains numerous shots of the city, including the Ambassador Bridge. The video is a mixture of multiple scenarios, including scenes from and reminiscent of the movie 8 Mile, and Eminem rapping next to the "8 Mile Rd. Mobile Court" sign that appears on the cover of the movie's soundtrack.

It contains scenes focusing on Rabbit's and the real life Eminem's character, for example, the difficulties he has to face while rapping, the insult and booing of crowds as he is a white rapper and the trouble he has to face due to his alcoholic mother and people he hangs out with.

He won a MuchMusic Video Award in 2003 for Favorite International Artist with the video for "Lose Yourself".

At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards it received the award for Best Video from a Film in the final year this award was given out. It also received nominations for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Viewer's Choice.

The official video (uploaded by EminemVEVO) has been viewed over 65 million times on Youtube making it one of Eminem's most popular videos on that site. However, it has been removed as of 2011, spawning various privately uploaded versions.

Cover versions

  • "Weird Al" Yankovic made a parody of the song, titled "Couch Potato", on his 2003 album Poodle Hat. Eminem had given him permission to parody the song, but not to produce a music video for the parody. Al has also released a t-shirt in his online store that parodies the 8 Mile movie poster.
  • Irish pop rock band The Script did an alternative cover to this song in the BBC Radio's live lounge.
  • In 2003, the Australian comedy duo Scared Weird Little Guys produced a rap version of the folk song "Waltzing Matilda" called "Cleanin' Out My Tuckerbag", which parodies both "Lose Yourself" & "Cleanin' Out My Closet", but does not credit Eminem.
  • Christian parody band ApologetiX parodied the song as "Look Yourself". It is available on their 2003 album, Adam Up.
  • The show Robot Chicken parodied part of the film in the rapping sequence involving Bugs Bunny and a collection of other Looney Tunes characters.[27]
  • Lupe Fiasco sampled this song on his track "Lu Myself" (Jypsyeye on bass) on his mixtape, Lupe the Jedi and the Touch the Sky mixtape.
  • During an October 2006 interview with the K102 Morning Crew in (Minneapolis, MN), country artist Taylor Swift did an acoustic rendition of the intro and first verse of "Lose Yourself" live on the air, citing it as her favorite workout song.
  • The East Village Opera Company performs this song live, usually as an encore with full orchestra backing.
  • Fabolous made a remix to this track to honor Eminem.
  • Singer Justin Bieber performed a part of "Lose Yourself" on his My World Tour, in 2010.
  • Canadian rock band Three Days Grace have been covering "Lose Youself" in a medly with their song "Home".
  • During the farewell concert Polish hip-hop group Paktofonika performed their song "W moich kręgach" (In My Circles) with music background from "Lose Yourself"[28].

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lose Yourself"M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. BassEminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass5:27
2."Renegade" (feat. Jay-Z)M. Mathers, S. Carter, L. RestoEminem5:37
3."Lose Yourself" (instrumental)M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. BassEminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass5:29

Chart performance and certifications

See also

References

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