'Till I Collapse

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"'Till I Collapse"
Song by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg
from the album The Eminem Show
ReleasedMay 26, 2002 (2002-05-26)
Recorded2001
GenreRap rock
Length
  • 4:58 (album version)
  • 5:45 (instrumental version)
Label
Songwriters
ProducerEminem

"'Till I Collapse" is a song by the American rapper Eminem featuring Nate Dogg. It was originally released as a part of Eminem's fourth studio album The Eminem Show (2002). Without having been released as a single, the song charted numerous times worldwide and has become one of Eminem's most popular songs.

Background

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Although it has never been released as a single, it has charted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.[1] In 2012, it was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2,000,000 copies in the United States.[2] This was followed by quintuple-platinum in 2018 and octuple-platinum in 2022.[2]

The song interpolates the 1977 song "We Will Rock You" by British rock band Queen; as a result, Brian May is credited as a songwriter.[3]

Reception and legacy

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In a retrospective review, David Drake of Complex highlighted "'Till I Collapse" as demonstrating Eminem's musical evolution on The Eminem Show, noting how the "increasingly dramatic production choices" on songs like "'Till I Collapse" show him "abandoning some of the more irreverent cartoonishness in favor of capital-I Importance". Drake commended "Nate Dogg’s urgent hook and some of the most elaborate-yet-purposeful rapping of Eminem’s career" as saving "what should have been a leaden monster, as the bass-heavy funk of the Bass Brothers and Dr. Dre was dropping away in favor of arena-ready epics".[4]

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When Eminem's single "Shake That" (also featuring Nate Dogg) was released in 2006, several Eminem songs re-charted that same week, including "'Till I Collapse". It charted in the UK at number 192 on April 15, 2006.[1]

In 2009, it was used in an advertisement for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It raised digital download sales of the song worldwide considerably,[5] but in Britain the song sold so many copies after the ad aired that it re-charted that week (November 21, 2009) at number 73, a new peak. The Major League Baseball pitcher Jesse Litsch used the song as his entrance music during the 2011 season.[6] In 2023, the song was used in the multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.[7] The Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander uses the song as his entrance music.[8]

Charts

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Chart (2006–2018) Peak
position
Canadian Digital Songs (Billboard)[9] 30
Irish Singles Chart[10] 77
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[11] 100
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 73
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[14] 35
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 92
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] 84
Germany (GfK)[17] 99
Global 200 (Billboard)[18] 115
Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] 26
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[11] 100
Portugal (AFP)[20] 170
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[21] 82

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] 9× Platinum 630,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] 3× Platinum 90,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[24] Gold 30,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[25] 2× Platinum 180,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[26] 3× Gold 750,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[27] 2× Platinum 100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] 6× Platinum 180,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[29] 2× Platinum 80,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[30] 2× Platinum 120,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] 3× Platinum 1,800,000‡
United States (RIAA)[2] 8× Platinum 8,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[32] Platinum 1,800,000†
Greece (IFPI Greece)[33] Platinum 2,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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