Song · Eminem
“Without Me” by Eminem
From the album The Eminem Show (2002)
“Without Me” by Eminem appears on 18 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Eminem Show. Its best result is #2 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2002, #7,386 alternative song of all time and #325 of the '00s.
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"Without Me" kicked off The Eminem Show in April 2002, the lead single from Eminem's fourth album, and it's a cartoonish, wisecracking romp with a grin a mile wide. It started on a late night in the summer of 2001: Eminem put on a drum track from DJ Head, Jeff Bass hunted through keyboard sounds until he found a bass tone that fit, and a two-note figure sent Eminem humming a melody that Bass then played on saxophone. With engineer Steve King, they had the music finished in about 30 minutes, wrapping at 3 in the morning; the lyrics came around three months later.
Eminem and Bass produced it, Dr. Dre mixed, and the writing credits stretch to Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley and Malcolm McLaren. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in fifteen countries.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 19 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 50 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 39 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 2 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 58 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 | 92 |
| 2002 | 16 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 18 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 20 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 43 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 24 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 16 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
| 2002 | 17 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 68 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 46 | K-Rock | K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) | 92 |
| 2006 | 475 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2022 | 540 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 305 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 749 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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