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"'''Beautiful'''" is the third and final official single from American [[rapper]] [[Eminem]]'s 2009 album [[Relapse (Eminem album)|Relapse]]. It was released on May 12, 2009 on [[iTunes]] as a digital download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611174/20090512/eminem.jhtml |title=Eminem's 'Beautiful' Hits [[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 13, 2009}}</ref> "Beautiful" entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay and was released as the third UK single after "[[We Made You]]". Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK but also his second official single to miss the Top 10. In the U.S., it debuted at #17 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song was on the A-List of the [[BBC Radio 1]] playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/hot-100?begin=91&order=position |title=Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts |language={{nl icon}} |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref>
"'''Beautiful'''" is the third and final official single from American [[rapper]] [[Eminem]]'s 2009 album [[Relapse (Eminem album)|Relapse]]. It was released on May 12, 2009 on [[iTunes]] as a digital download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1611174/20090512/eminem.jhtml |title=Eminem's 'Beautiful' Hits [[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 13, 2009}}</ref> "Beautiful" entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay and was released as the third UK single after "[[We Made You]]". Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK but also his second official single to miss the Top 10. In the U.S., it debuted at #17 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song was on the A-List of the [[BBC Radio 1]] playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/hot-100?begin=91&order=position |title=Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts |language={{nl icon}} |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref>

==Lyrics==

This song is being called the strongest song off 'Relapse', and it is one of the most lyrical songs since Eminem's comeback. You can find the lyrics [http://here http://eminembeautifullyrics.org/eminem-beautiful-lyrics/].


==Concept==
==Concept==

Revision as of 01:39, 14 September 2012

"Beautiful"
Song

"Beautiful" is the third and final official single from American rapper Eminem's 2009 album Relapse. It was released on May 12, 2009 on iTunes as a digital download.[1] "Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay and was released as the third UK single after "We Made You". Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK but also his second official single to miss the Top 10. In the U.S., it debuted at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.[2]

Lyrics

This song is being called the strongest song off 'Relapse', and it is one of the most lyrical songs since Eminem's comeback. You can find the lyrics http://eminembeautifullyrics.org/eminem-beautiful-lyrics/.

Concept

While the majority of Relapse is an attempt to be someone he no longer is(trying to regress to the personality and style of music that he had on The Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP), Beautiful is more of him actually being himself, the person he is now. He no longer is the person who composed the Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP. However, his nostalgia and insecurities had caused him to try rigorously to regain that old style, though it just isn't his personality anymore, and most of the songs on Relapse do not feel genuine and spontaneous. Beautiful is an exception.

It is on Beautiful that Eminem is the most genuine and true to who he is now. The song is a creative outlet for his depression, and deals with identity crisis and not being able to find himself, being lost. He describes events in his childhood where he searched for an identity, not trusting himself and emulating others, molding his identity based on what would please them. The theme of the song is Eminem's realization that one should be "true to thyself" i.e. not basing his or her self image on the expectations of their stereotypes and the people around them. It is one of Eminem's most mature songs, and ironically is near opposite of the other songs on the album, which are an example of insecurities with self image, with Eminem attempting to regress to who he was in 1999-2001, though he no longer is that person, he has matured. Beautiful is Eminem's self-realization of his lost identity, and his attempt to be himself, not trying to be tough(making songs insulting other rappers to maintain his ego and make sure everyone thinks he's tough so he gets respect)or trying to be who he was before(he was getting criticism for Encore, and his most praised albums were his first to, so he was hoping to "relapse" back to who he was before).

Critical reception

The song has received very high acclaim and much positive reception. Rolling Stone called it a "touching attempt at an inspirational ballad". It samples "Reaching Out", originally written by the supergroup Rock Therapy. This version of "Reaching Out" is taken from the Queen + Paul Rodgers's live show opener on the 2005–06 tour, which used Eminem's "Lose Yourself" as the house music. Pitchfork Media claim that "Relapse hits something of a stride with 'Beautiful'". Much speculation has followed as to who sang the chorus of the song, suggesting it was Paul Rodgers, but in fact it was Eminem himself.[3] "Beautiful" scored Eminem his ninth straight Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, going back to "Smack That" with Akon. Billboard called the song "epic" and described it as "Part confessional ("I'm just so fucking depressed," begins the track's explicit version) and part "Lose Yourself"-style motivational anthem, "Beautiful" encapsulates the introspective nature of "Relapse" but deviates from the shock tactics that dominate the album" adding that "The song is as much a lighters-in-the-air, arena rock power ballad as it is a lyrical showcase". [4] The song was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards in the Best Rap Solo Performance category, but lost to Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)".[5]

Music video

The video was shot in Detroit and it was directed by Anthony Mandler. It premiered on July 2, 2009 on Yahoo! music.[6] The video opens with a captions stating that "in 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the world's GNP" and that "Detroit was the greatest manufacturing city in the world". It then cuts to present-day images of the city, featuring Eminem walking through three abandoned structures from that era that symbolized the "Arsenal of Democracy", Michigan Central Station, the former Packard plant, and Tiger Stadium, including demolition footage of the latter, joined by several people appropriate to each building an older woman with a suitcase, several autoworkers holding their lunchboxes and tools, and a neighborhood youth baseball team respectively. Although the original song contains three verses, the music video only features the first two. There are two versions of the video, the shorter of the two editing out the Detroit statistics and coarse language. On August 26, 2011, "Beautiful" received 100 million YouTube views on EminemVEVO, making this the 4th song from EminemVEVO to reach 100 million views, after "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie" and "When I'm Gone".

Track listing

Digital Download[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful"6:32
Total length:6:32
Digital Single[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful"6:32
2."Beautiful" (Music Video)4:21
Total length:10:53
CD Single[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful"6:32
2."3am" (Travis Barker Remix)5:20
Total length:11:52
Digital EP[10]
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful" (Radio Edit)4:00
2."Beautiful"6:32
3."Beautiful" (Instrumental)6:37
4."3am" (Travis Barker Remix)5:20
Total length:22:29

Musical personnel

Credits adapted from Relapse digital booklet.

  • Songwriters: M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill
  • Recorded by: Mike Strange at 54 Sound in Ferndale, Michigan
  • Assistant engineers: Tony Campana at 54 Sound in Ferndale, Michigan
  • Mixed by: Eminem and Mike Strange at Effigy Studios
  • Keyboards by: Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
  • Bass and guitar by: Jeff Bass
  • Samples: Contains excerpts from "Reaching Out" by Queen + Paul Rodgers, written by Don Black and Andy Hill

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[11] 33
Austrian Singles Chart[12] 11
Canadian Hot 100[13] 8
Danish Singles Chart[14] 40
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[15] 26
German Singles Chart[16] 39
Irish Singles Chart[17] 5
New Zealand Singles Chart[18] 4
Swedish Singles Chart[19] 47
Swiss Singles Chart[20] 8
UK Singles Chart[21] 12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[22] 17
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 35

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
New Zealand Singles Chart[23] 40
UK Singles Chart[24] 173

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Grammy Awards Best Rap Solo Performance Nominated
Much Music Video Awards International Video of the Year Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Eminem's 'Beautiful' Hits [[iTunes]]". Retrieved May 13, 2009. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  2. ^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts" (in Template:Nl icon). Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ Cohen, Ian (2009-05-19). "Eminem: Relapse | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "And the 2010 Grammy Nominees Are…". Rap-Up.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  6. ^ "Eminem – Beautiful Official Music Video". WeLiveThis.com. Retrieved July 2, 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  7. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/be/album/beautiful-single/id315814529
  8. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beautiful-single/id324559997
  9. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B002GSNPK6/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
  10. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/beautiful-ep/id324474793
  11. ^ "Australia Singes Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. acharts.com. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  12. ^ "oe3.ORF.at / Woche 43/2011". Charts.orf.at. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  13. ^ "Information Not Found". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  14. ^ Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  15. ^ "Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  16. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  17. ^ "Ireland Singles Top 50 - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  18. ^ Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  19. ^ Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  20. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Charts - Singles Top 75 08.01.2012". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  21. ^ "Eminem - Beautiful - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  23. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Rianz.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  24. ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
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