The chorus imitates the catchphrase of the quiz show " To Tell the Truth": "Will the real _ please stand up?"Ĭertain parts of the song feature allusions to other songs. 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?". * He also makes fun of the boy band *NSYNC, when he appears to dance in the video, with the "group". * 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. * Rapper Will Smith's brand of commercialized and clean rap music * Comedian Tom Green's humping of a deceased moose on TV, and his song " Lonely Swedish"
Dre said." then Dre comes on and says "Slim Shady, you're a basehead". This was a spin on one of his previous songs, " My Name Is", where Eminem says "And Dr. Dre, and that he's locked him in his basement. * Eminem claims in one line to have murdered Dr. * Actress Pamela Anderson's alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, rocker Tommy Lee It was a hit single, becoming Eminem's first chart topper in some countries, and garnering much attention for insulting various celebrities, including: The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were being churned out at the time. 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. Eminem wrote The Real Slim Shady just hours before the final copy of the album was due. Interscope Records chairman 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". "The Real Slim Shady" wasn't on the original copy of " The Marshall Mathers LP" before its release. It won multiple awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. "The Real Slim Shady" was Eminem's first song to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem's greatest hits album "". It was released as the lead single a week before the album's release. (2000)" The Real Slim Shady" is a hip hop song written by Eminem for his second album " The Marshall Mathers LP" (2000).
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