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"We Made You"
Song

"We Made You" is a song by American hip hop musician Eminem, featuring vocalist Richard Hoult and Charmagne Tripp, is the first official single from his most recent album Relapse. Produced by Dr. Dre and co-produced by Doc Ish and Eminem himself, the song was released as the first single from the album on April 7, 2009.[1][2][3]The single is a hiatus bash, a method used in comedy television series Mind of Mencia and Family Guy in which a returning artist proceeds to bash everything that has happened since their disappearance.

Reception

"We Made You" has generally received positive 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."[4] 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".[5] Tim Jonze of The Guardian however, reported, "'We Made You' is not Eminem doing what he does best."

Track listings

CD single
  1. "We Made You" (album version) – 4:30
  2. "We Made You" (instrumental) – 4:47
Maxi single
  1. "We Made You" (album version) – 4:30
  2. "We Made You" (clean version) – 4:30
  3. "We Made You" (instrumental) – 4:47
  4. "We Made You" (music video) – 4:51

Music video

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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.[6]

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 cameo appearances by Dr. Dre, Laura Jones (laura_j_2k), 50 Cent, Cynthia Nixon, Kon Artis, Bobby Lee, The Palms hotel owner George Maloof, Melissa Peterman, pornographic actresses Trisha Paytas (playing Jessica Simpson) and Lisa Ann as (Sarah Palin). The female background singer is Charmagne Tripp.

The music video mocks the TV shows Rock of Love and Star Trek, as well as Eminem singing in a background of an imitation version of the notes of Rock Band 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.[7] 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. 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.[8] Notable celebrities mocked include Jessica Simpson, Bret Michaels, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Amy Winehouse, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Alba, Sarah Palin, Elvis Presley, Tony Romo, John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, and Kim Kardashian.[9] Bill O'Reilly of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor deemed the video "crude" for its depiction of Sarah Palin and anti-feminist lyrics, calling Eminem, "the lowest form of entertainment" .[10]

Chart performance

"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, following the #1-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".[11]

"We Made You" has reached the top ten in twelve countries, including number one in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.

Charts

Chart (2009)[12][13] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[14] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[15] 6
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 17
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 24
Canadian Hot 100 6
Danish Singles Chart 8
Dutch Top 40 14
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 4
German Singles Chart[16] 9
Irish Singles Chart 1
Israeli Singles Chart[17] 11
Japan Hot 100[18] 31
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[19] 6
Swedish Singles Chart 11
Swiss Singles Chart[20] 4
Turkey Top 20 Chart[21] 4
UK Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 19
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 14

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Australia ARIA singles chart number-one single
May 11, 2009 - May 17, 2009 		Succeeded by
Irish IRMA singles chart number-one single
April 23, 2009 - April 29, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand RIANZ singles chart number-one single
May 11, 2009 - May 18, 2009 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Reid, Shaheem (March 23, 2009). "Photo From Eminem's 'We Made You' Video Set Hits Web". MTV. Retrieved March 25, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Paine, Jake (May 8, 2009). "Eminem's "We Made You" Co-Producer Explains His Big Break". HipHopDX.com. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary (April 15, 2009). "Chart Beat: Rascal Flatts, Seal, Eminem". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Kreps, Daniel (2009-04-07). "Eminem Skewers Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Sarah Palin in "We Made You" Video". MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/03/mtv_scores_exclusive_premiere_of_the_new
  7. ^ "Is Eminem's New Name 'Rain Man'?". MTV News. MTV. March 24, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  8. ^ "Eminem Says 'We Made You' Video Has 'Some Celebrity Bashing'". April 3, 2009.
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2009-04-09). "Eminem's 'We Made You' Video Slammed By Bill O'Reilly". MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  11. ^ Paul Grein, Chart Watch, Week Ending April 19, 2009: She's The Youngest To Ever Do It, Yahoo.com
  12. ^ ""We Made You" Billboard charts". Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  13. ^ "Eminem - We Made You". acharts.us. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  14. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50
  15. ^ [3]
  16. ^ http://www.viva.tv/Charts/Detail/id/6/part/1/name/VIVA+TOP+100
  17. ^ [4]
  18. ^ Billboard Japan Hot 100
  19. ^ [5]
  20. ^ [6]
  21. ^ "Turkey Top 20 Chart". Billboard Turkiye. Billboard. May 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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