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"We Made You" 
Single by Eminem from the album Relapse Released April 7, 2009 Format CD single, maxi single, digital download Recorded October 2008 Genre Hip hop Length 4:30 (Album version)
4:47 (Single/Video edit)Label Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Producer Dr. Dre, Doc Ish, Eminem Certification Platinum (ARIA) Eminem singles chronology "Crack a Bottle"
(2009)"We Made You"
(2009)"3 a.m."
(2009)"We Made You" is a song by American hip hop musician Eminem. It was released as the first single from his sixth studio album Relapse on April 7, 2009.[1][2][3] Produced by Dr. Dre and co-produced by Doc Ish and Eminem himself, the song samples "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan.[4] Eminem performed this song along with "Crack a Bottle" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. The official cover for the single is a picture of the music video, with Eminem, Lisa Ann and Bobby Lee.
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Reception
"We Made You" has generally mixed reviews. Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone magazine gave it a positive review stating, "It's nice to see Eminem goofing around again after a few years out of the spotlight during which he grappled with serious issues like the death of his friend Proof, and 'We Made You' with its damnation of current celebrities will likely prove to be a solid pop cultural time capsule of this weird 2009 moment we're experiencing now."[5] Billboard said, "Atop Dr. Dre's marching beat is primarily piano instrumentation, which amid drums and tubas give the track a carnival feel... And in case his word play was too fast and strange accent too difficult to decipher, Charmagne Tripp sings the chorus."[6] Tim Jonze of The Guardian however, reported, "'We Made You' is not Eminem doing what he does best."
Music video
Development and release
The single's music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who also shot "Without Me" from The Eminem Show. The video was filmed in Las Vegas and features star appearances by Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Denaun Porter, Bobby Lee, The Palms hotel owner George Maloof, Melissa Peterman, actress Trisha Paytas (playing Jessica Simpson), Derrick Barry (of America's Got Talent fame) (playing Britney Spears) and pornographic actress Lisa Ann (as Sarah Palin).
The music video for "We Made You" premiered on April 7, 2009 at 6:00 AM on several MTV networks, as well as MTV.com. The video also premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on the next day.[7]
Concept
The music video is a parody of the television series Rock of Love and Star Trek (with the Starfleet insignia replaced with an inverted 2nd Infantry Division (United States)), as well as Eminem singing in a background of an imitation version of the notes of Guitar Hero while the casino-based sequence in the video is an homage to the film Rain Man, a film Eminem has previously referenced in his lyrics.[8] The casino scene was shot in The Palms hotel and casino. References to Nanook of the North are also made, especially seen in the scenes with Sarah Palin, those scenes parodying Larry Flynt's Who's Nailin' Paylin?. There is also an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho (the only black-and-white episode in the clip in which Eminem enters the shower with "Jessica Alba"). On April 3, 2009, Eminem talked about the music video in an MTV News interview, stating that there is some "Celebrity bashing in it," which is often a feature of his album's lead singles.[9] In addition to Sarah Palin, notable celebrities mocked using look-alike actresses/actors include Jessica Simpson, Bret Michaels, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Alba, Elvis Presley, Tony Romo, John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, and Kim Kardashian.[10] Eminem even spoofed himself, wearing an ALF t-shirt and holding a cake, referencing a commonly circulated pre-fame photo of him of when he was a youth. This Music Video also marks the return of Eminem's alter ego "Slim Shady".
Reception
Bill O'Reilly of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor deemed the video "crude" for its depiction of Sarah Palin, calling Eminem a "vile rapper" and "the lowest form of entertainment."[11]
The music video won the award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Video and was nominated for Best Male Video, as well as Video of the Year. The video also ranked at #81 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.[12] The music video also features Beats by Dr. Dre Monster headphones.
Sales and charts
"We Made You" sold 167,000 downloads in its first week to enter the Hot Digital Songs chart in Billboard Magazine at number three. The song also debuted at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, to become Eminem's second top ten in a row on the chart, ranked "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. This marks the first time that Eminem has had back-to-back top-ten hits on the Hot 100 (as a lead artist) since 2002, when he scored with "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "Lose Yourself".[13]
"We Made You" has reached the top ten in twelve countries, including number one in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
Track listing
- Digital Single
No. Title Writer(s) Sample(s) Length 1. "We Made You" M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan - Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan
4:47 2. "We Made You" (music video) 4:43 Musical personnel
- Mark Batson – keyboards
- Charmagne Tripp – chorus vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2009)[14][15] Peak
positionAustralian ARIA Singles Chart[16] 1 Austrian Singles Chart[17] 6 Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 13 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 12 Canadian Hot 100[18] 6 Danish Singles Chart 8 Dutch Singles Chart 14 European Hot 100 Singles 4 French Singles Chart[19] 11 German Singles Chart[20] 8 Irish Singles Chart 1 Japan Hot 100 Singles[21] 13 New Zealand Singles Chart 1 Norwegian Singles Chart[22] 5 Romanian Singles Chart 5 Swedish Singles Chart 11 Swiss Singles Chart[23] 4 UK Singles Chart 4 US Billboard Hot 100 9 US Hot Rap Tracks 19 US Pop 100 14 Year-end charts
Chart (2009) Position Hungarian Singles Chart[24] 127 New Zealand Singles Chart[25] 27 Swiss Singles Chart[26] 44 UK Singles Chart[27] 50 Certifications
Region Certification Australia (ARIA)[28] Platinum See also
- List of number-one singles in Australia in 2009
- List of number-one singles of 2009 (Ireland)
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
- List of Romanian Singles Chart top 10 Singles in 2009
References
- ^ Reid, Shaheem (March 23, 2009). "Photo From Eminem's 'We Made You' Video Set Hits Web". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1607587/20090323/eminem.jhtml. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ^ Paine, Jake (May 8, 2009). "Eminem's "We Made You" Co-Producer Explains His Big Break". HipHopDX.com. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9098/title.eminem-s-we-made-you-co-producer-explains-his-big-break. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
- ^ Trust, Gary (April 15, 2009). "Chart Beat: Rascal Flatts, Seal, Eminem". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart-beat-bonus/chart-beat-rascal-flatts-seal-eminem-1003962342.story. Retrieved April 16, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Eminem-Relapse/release/1808979
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (2009-04-07). "Eminem Skewers Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Sarah Palin in "We Made You" Video". MTV. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/07/eminem-skewers-britney-spears-amy-winehouse-sarah-palin-in-we-made-you-video/. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
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- ^ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/03/mtv_scores_exclusive_premiere_of_the_new
- ^ "Is Eminem's New Name 'Rain Man'?". MTV News (MTV). March 24, 2009. http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/03/24/is-eminems-new-name-rain-man/. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
- ^ "Eminem Says 'We Made You' Video Has 'Some Celebrity Bashing'". April 3, 2009. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1608549/20090403/eminem.jhtml.
- ^ [2]
- ^ O'Reilly On Eminem Targeting Sarah Palin
- ^ Black Entertainment Television's. "Notarized: Top 100 Videos 2009". http://www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows/notarized2009_top100videos. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ Paul Grein, Chart Watch, Week Ending April 19, 2009: She's The Youngest To Ever Do It, Yahoo.com
- ^ ""We Made You" Billboard charts". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=we+made+you&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37. Retrieved 2009-04-17.[dead link]
- ^ "Eminem - We Made You". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/song/43087. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50
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- ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/germany
- ^ Billboard Japan Hot 100
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- ^ "Éves összesített listák - MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 (súlyozott)". Mahasz. Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=radios&ev=2009.
- ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp
- ^ "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart". Swiss Music Charts. 2009. http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2009. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accr.htm.
External links
Eminem singles discography Discography · Production discography · Awards and nominations
D12 singles discography · Bad Meets Evil discographyThe Slim Shady EP The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP The Eminem Show 8 Mile soundtrack Encore Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem Presents: The Re-Up "You Don't Know" · "Jimmy Crack Corn"Relapse/Refill "Crack a Bottle" · "We Made You" · "3 a.m." · "Old Time's Sake" · "Beautiful" · "Hell Breaks Loose" · "Elevator"Recovery Collaborations "Dead Wrong" · "Forgot About Dre" · "Renegade" · "Rock City" · "Rap Name" · "One Day at a Time" · "Patiently Waiting" · "Welcome 2 Detroit" · "Smack That" · "Touchdown · "Forever" · "Drop the World" · "Roman's Revenge" · "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" · "That's All She Wrote" · "I Need a Doctor" · "Writer's Block"Other songs "Kim" · "White America" · "'Till I Collapse" · "Mosh" · "The Warning" · "Bagpipes from Baghdad" · "Won't Back Down"Categories:- 2009 singles
- Eminem songs
- Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Songs produced by Eminem
- Songs produced by Dr. Dre
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