"The Real Slim Shady"
Single by Eminem from the album The Marshall Mathers LP
Released	2000
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Length	4:44
Label	Aftermath/Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre and Mel-Man
Eminem singles chronology
"Bitch Please II" (2000) "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) "The Way I Am" (2000)

"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2000. It was the first single off his album The Marshall Mathers LP, also released in that year. Image File history File links Eminem_-_The_Real_Slim_Shady_CD_cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... Alternate covers Alternate cover Limited Edition cover Singles from The Marshall Mathers LP Released: 2000 Released: May 16, 2000 Released: October 17, 2000 Released: January 9, 2001 Released: 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP is the second studio album from American rapper Eminem, released in 2000. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... CD redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... RAP may mean: the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport Rassemblement pour lalternative progressiste, a Québecois political party. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Aftermath Entertainment is an American record label founded by Dr. Dre. ... Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ... Melvin Bradford, better known as Mel-Man, is a hip-hop producer who co-produced Dr. Dres 2001 album. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... Bitch Please II is a song by Detroit rapper Eminem from his album The Marshall Mathers LP. It was released as a single in 2000. ... The Way I Am is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2000. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Alternate covers Alternate cover Limited Edition cover Singles from The Marshall Mathers LP Released: 2000 Released: May 16, 2000 Released: October 17, 2000 Released: January 9, 2001 Released: 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP is the second studio album from American rapper Eminem, released in 2000. ...

Premise

The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were being churned out at the time. It parodies these songs by including features of a typical pop song, a repetitive chorus etc. Most hardcore rap and general music fans missed the irony, and classed this as a novelty pop song itself rather than a parody of one. Manufactured music includes the following categories // A natural band is a band where all members knew each other and didnt audition any members, and got their recording contract purely through sending out demo tapes, spotted whilst busking or similar. ... Ironic redirects here. ...

The song was a hit single, becoming Eminem's first chart topper in some countries, and garnering much attention for insulting various celebrities, including:

• Actress Pamela Anderson's alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, rocker Tommy Lee
• Eminem jokingly claims in one line to have murdered Dr. Dre, and that he's locked him in his basement. This was a spin on one of his previous songs, My Name Is where Eminem goes, "And Dr. Dre said..." then Dre comes on and says "Slim Shady, you're a basehead".
• Comedian Tom Green's humping of a deceased moose on TV, and his song Lonely Swedish
• Rapper Will Smith's brand of commercialized and clean rap music
• Eminem also criticizes Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, both similarly commercially-oriented pop singers; Aguilera was angered by his claim that she performed oral sex on Carson Daly, an MTV VJ, and Fred Durst, of the band Limp Bizkit.

The chorus is about the sudden fashion changes caused by Eminem's success: "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady/All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating/So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?". The chorus echoes the tagline of the classic TV quiz show To Tell the Truth. (The TV show's signature phrase is ""Will the real ___________ please stand up?") Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian/American[1] actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ... This article is about the American drummer Tommy Lee. ... For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ... For other persons named Tom Green, see Tom Green (disambiguation). ... Look up Bestiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). ... Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song) is a song by comedian Tom Green, created in 1999 for The Tom Green Show. ... “W. S.” redirects here. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... This article is about the singer. ... Oral sex consists of all sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, which may include use of the tongue, teeth, and throat, to stimulate genitalia. ... Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television personality. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... A video jockey (usually abbreviated to VJ or sometimes veejay) can mean two things: One describes an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV or VH1. ... William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida) is the founder of the rap rock band Limp Bizkit. ... Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is a nu metal and rapcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...

Certain parts of the song feature allusions to other songs, such as Bloodhound Gang's The Bad Touch. This could possibly be construed as mocking impersonation and lyric-theft, for comedic value. “The Bloodhound Gang” redirects here. ... The Bad Touch is the first single by The Bloodhound Gang off their 1999 album Hooray for Boobies. ...

Music video and awards

The music video features several subplots that follow the song's context. It features cameo appearances by D12, Dr. Dre, Fred Durst, Mel-Man and Eminem dressed as Britney Spears while attending the Grammy Awards. A factory can be seen turning young white men into clones of Eminem, with hair dyed platinum blonde, baggy jeans and a plain white T-shirt. This video won the MTV Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as being a nominee for Best Rap Video, Best Direction, Best Editing and Viewer's Choice. Many fans view it as one of the best videos of Eminem's career. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... D12 (also known as D-12, The Dirty Dozen, D-Twizzy and Detroit-Twelve) is an American hip-hop group from Detroit, Michigan, which has had albums reach the top of the American, British, and Australian album charts: Devils Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004. ... For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ... William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida) is the founder of the rap rock band Limp Bizkit. ... Melvin Bradford, better known as Mel-Man, is a hip-hop producer who co-produced Dr. Dres 2001 album. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the season. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Video of the Year. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Male Video. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Rap Video. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Direction. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for Best Editing. ... The following is a list of MTV Video Music Award winners for the Viewers Choice award. ...

"The Real Slim Shady" won the 2001 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance and was later released on Eminem's greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance was awarded from 1991 to 2002, alongside the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. ...

Actress and comedienne Kathy Griffin, who is also known for insulting celebrities in her act[1], appears in the video as an attending nurse in a psychiatric ward. Griffin said during a July 21, 2005, interview on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that Eminem selected her for the video because fellow rapper Snoop Dogg told him she was "really funny."[2] Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, Producer, and actress. ... The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush and current host Jay Leno. ... Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. ...

Covers and Parodies

Parody songs include:

• The Real Church Lady, a Saturday Night Live parody in "Church Chat" with Dana Carvey
• The Saddam Song, A parody (flash animation) about events surrounding the US build up to the Iraq War. It can be viewed here
• Will The Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up, This song was originally written by Mike Spencer and performed by a female rapper named Emily Ellis, for the US radio station KLUC. A common mistake was that it was performed by Christina Aguilera due to Ellis's similar voice and comments in the song.
• Another song titled "Will The Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up," was performed by Cletus Haus, with the narrator portraying a parody of Eminem himself admitting to his own fame and talentlessness.
• A parody titled "Will the Real Slim Shady Shut the Fuck Up," has circulated on the internet. The main rapper chides Eminem for his lack of street cred, as well as his roots in Detroit, contrasting with his upbringing in New York City, "where we talk the talk, and then we walk the walk." This parody also intersperses clips of the two parodies entitled "Will The Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up."
• The Real Greg Brady, which was actually written and performed by Barry Williams (Greg Brady from The Brady Bunch) himself.
• The Real Bing Cavy, a song by a superstar guinea pig: [3]
• The Real Sugar Baby, generally thought to be created with Sailor Moon's Chibiusa in mind.
• The Real Sin Savior, by Christian parody band Apologetix
• This song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Angry White Boy Polka" on his album Poodle Hat.
• William Shatner also performed a spoken word cover of the song during the "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" episode of Futurama. In the episode, an appalled Walter Koenig asks "How can you do a spoken word version of a rap song?", prompting Melllvar to exclaim, "He found a way."
• The Real Rahim Jaffer, parodied on the Canadian satirical current affairs show This Hour Has 22 Minutes when Rick Mercer performed a rap based on the Canadian MP having his aide impersonate him on a radio interview due to scheduling conflicts.
• A Song only able to be heard in downloading websites (JapeTv.com) has a song called "The Real Slim Santa"
• Peter Boyles of Denver talk radio station KHOW has referred mockingly to George W. Bush as "The Real Slim Shady," producing clips of Bush's speeches (supporting Senate Immigration bill S. 1348) interspersed with clips from the song. Boyles considers the bill an "amnesty bill", and considers Bush "shady" for denying that it is not.

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Trivia

• The Real Slim Shady wasn't on the original copy of The Marshall Mathers LP. Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way My Name Is was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. Eminem wrote The Real Slim Shady just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be "I'm Back", but was not released as a single due to the lyrics concerning Columbine High School. ^{[citation needed]}

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• US Comedian Kathy Griffin starred as a nurse in the film clip.
• The lines "they got the Discovery Channel, don't they?" and "we ain't nothing but mammals", refers to the song "The Bad Touch", by The Bloodhound Gang.
• In the video where Eminem is spinning around in a room full of D12 members, it bears resemblance to one of the videos of "Made Niggaz" where 2Pac is in a room full of The Outlawz.