Song · Eminem
“My Name Is” by Eminem
From the album The Slim Shady LP (1999)
“My Name Is” by Eminem appears on 13 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album The Slim Shady LP. Its best result is #9 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #68 alternative song of 1999, #4,788 alternative song of all time and #472 of the '90s.
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"My Name Is" is the song that walked Eminem through the front door: the opening track and first single from The Slim Shady LP, his second album, out on Aftermath and Interscope in 1999. Dr. Dre produced it, building the beat on an interpolation of Labi Siffre's 1975 track "I Got The...", with the bass and guitar riff Chas & Dave had originally played, and the result is loose, springy and a little bit deranged.
Over it, Eminem's nasal sneer turns the whole thing into part comedy routine, part horror show, and you can't look away. It gave him his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and his first Grammy, Best Rap Solo Performance in 2000, and Rolling Stone later placed it at number 39 on its list of the greatest hip-hop songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 91 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 66 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 21 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 19 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 71 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 64 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 9 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 347 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2004 | 145 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2021 | 503 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 245 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 690 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 93 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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