"Till I Collapse" is a song by American rapper
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...
featuring fellow American rapper and singer
Nate Dogg, released from his fourth studio album ''
The Eminem Show
''The Eminem Show'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Eminem. After it had originally scheduled for release on June 4, 2002, the album was released nine days earlier on May 26, 2002, through Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and ...
'' (2002). Despite never being released as a single, the song has managed to chart numerous times worldwide and is now Eminem's second most streamed song on
Spotify
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, with over 1.5 billion streams, as of December 12, 2022.
Background
Although it has never been released as a single, it has charted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.
In 2012 it was certified
double-platinum
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by the
Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2,000,000 copies in the United States.
[ This was followed by quintuple-platinum in 2018 and octuple-platinum in 2022.][
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In popular culture
When Eminem's single "Shake That
"Shake That" (also known as "Shake That Ass") is the second and final single taken from American rapper Eminem's first compilation album, '' Curtain Call: The Hits'' (2005), following " When I'm Gone". Featuring Nate Dogg, it is one of three n ...
" (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. In 2008, it appeared in HBO's series ''De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7''.
In 2009, it was used in an advertisement for the then-upcoming game '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''. It raised digital download sales of the song worldwide considerably, 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. Shane Mosley
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used this song as an entrance theme with his bout with Floyd Mayweather
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as did Shane Carwin
Western Colorado Mountaineers
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for his bout against Junior dos Santos
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. Major League Baseball pitcher Jesse Litsch
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used the song as his entrance music during the 2011 season. The song has also been used in the credits of the Season 8 premiere of ''Entourage
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''. It was also used in September 2011 in the trailer and soundtrack for the film ''Real Steel
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'', and in trailers and TV spots for the Oliver Stone-directed film '' Savages''. During the 2013–14 NBA season, the song was used during the Brooklyn Nets
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' team introductions. It has been in use for a few years by the Portuguese soccer team Sport Lisboa e Benfica
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in home matches when the team first enters the field of play to warm up.
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References
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2002 songs
Eminem songs
Nate Dogg songs
Songs written by Eminem
Songs written by Luis Resto (musician)
Songs written by Nate Dogg
Song recordings produced by Eminem
Rap rock songs
American hip hop songs