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“The Real Slim Shady” by Eminem
From the album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
“The Real Slim Shady” by Eminem appears on 18 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2000 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Marshall Mathers LP. Its best result is #1 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2000, #4,774 alternative song of all time and #445 of the '00s.
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Eminem fired "The Real Slim Shady" out a month ahead of The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, the lead single from his third studio album, and it's cartoon menace with a grin. Dr. Dre and Mel-Man built the beat, a bouncy, rubbery thing with Tommy Coster, Jr. on keyboards and Mike Elizondo on bass and guitar, and Dre mixed it, while Eminem sneers and clowns in equal measure over the top.
It gave him his biggest US hit so far, reaching 4 on the Hot 100, and his first number one in the UK and Ireland. The video took Best Video and Best Male Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, the song won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, and NME later placed it 80th among its 150 best tracks of the previous 15 years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 47 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 68 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 55 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 11 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 42 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 1 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 41 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 9 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 17 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 50 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 40 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 95 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 345 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2006 | 316 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2009 | 101 | WFNX | WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) | 101 |
| 2022 | 99 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 521 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 808 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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