The Real Slim Shady - wikipedia The Real Slim Shady `` The Real Slim Shady '' Single by Eminem from the album The Marshall Mathers LP Released April 15, 2000 Format CD Recorded 2000 Genre Comedy hip hop, hardcore hip hop Length 4 : 45 Label Aftermath Shady Interscope Songwriter ( s ) Eminem Dr. Dre Tommy Coster Mike Elizondo Producer ( s ) Dr. Dre Mel - Man Eminem singles chronology `` Forgot About Dre '' ( 2000 ) `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( 2000 ) `` The Way I Am '' ( 2000 ) `` Forgot About Dre '' ( 2000 ) `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( 2000 ) `` The Way I Am '' ( 2000 ) Curtain Call : The Hits track listing `` Like Toy Soldiers '' ( 9 ) `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( 10 ) `` Mockingbird '' ( 11 ) Music video `` The Real Slim Shady '' on YouTube Audio sample file help `` The Real Slim Shady '' is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP ( 2000 ). It was released as the lead single a week before the album 's release. The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem 's greatest hits album Curtain Call : The Hits. `` The Real Slim Shady '' was Eminem 's first song to reach number one in the United Kingdom and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. The song was the 14th best selling of 2000 in the United Kingdom. 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. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 80 on its list `` 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years ''. It was listed at number 396 on NME 's 500 greatest songs of all time. Contents 1 Premise 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Covers and parodies 5 Awards 6 Track listing 7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 7.3 Certifications 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Premise This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( June 2015 ) `` The Real Slim Shady '' was not originally intended to be part of The Marshall Mathers LP. Interscope Records 's 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, Dr. Dre, Tommy Coster and Mike Elizondo wrote `` The Real Slim Shady '' just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be `` Who Knew. '' The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were popular at the time. It 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 ( Jaws all on the floor, like Pam, like Tommy just burst in the door, and started whoopin ' her ass worse than before, they first were divorced, throwin ' her over furniture ) Eminem 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 says, `` And Dr. Dre said... '' then Dre comes on and says, `` Slim Shady, you 're a basehead. '' ( And Dr. Dre said -- nothing, you idiots / Dr. Dre 's dead, he 's locked in my basement. ) Comedian Tom Green 's humping of a deceased moose on TV, and his song `` Lonely Swedish ''. ( Sometimes, I wan na get on TV and just let loose, but ca n't / but it 's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose. ) Rapper Will Smith 's brand of commercialized and clean rap music and his VMA acceptance speech where he boasted that he did n't need to curse or kill anybody on his records ( Will Smith do n't got ta cuss in his raps to sell records / well, I do. So fuck him, and fuck you too. ) Eminem first dissed Smith in the music video in Dr. Dre 's `` Forgot About Dre '' when a news reporter asked him questions about the fire he and Dre started and he responded, `` Well I was just upstairs listening to my Will Smith CD '' in replacement to the middle of Eminem 's verse due to the explicit lyrics. Eminem also criticized Britney Spears ( You think I give a damn about a Grammy ? / Half of you critics ca n't even stomach me, let alone stand me / `` But Slim, what if you win, would n't it be weird ? '' / Why ? So you guys could just lie to get me here ? / So you can sit me here, next to Britney Spears ? ) Christina Aguilera was angered by his claim that she performed oral sex on Fred Durst of the band Limp Bizkit and on Carson Daly, an MTV VJ. ( Shit, Christina Aguilera, better switch me chairs / so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst / and hear ' em argue over who she gave head to first. ) He also makes fun of the boy band NSYNC when he appears to dance in the video with the `` group ''. ( I 'm sick of you, little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me / so I have been sent here to destroy you. ). However, Chris Kirkpatrick was unhappy with this, so he called Eminem a `` bully '' but Eminem attacked him with the song `` Without Me ''. 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 wo n't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up ? '' The chorus imitates the catchphrase of the quiz show To Tell the Truth : `` Will the real ______ please stand up ? '' Critical reception PopMatters described this song : `` In a number of songs on the new album, including the current single, ' The Real Slim Shady, ' Eminem slams his ' enemies ' with comic book intensity. In the video, he wears a superhero costume and an insane asylum straitjacket while rapping, ' I 'm sick of you little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me / So I have been sent here to destroy you / And there 's a million of us just like me / Who cuss like me ; who just do n't give a fuck like me / Who dress like me ; walk, talk and act like me / And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me ! ' Of course, the irony is built into the song : Eminem 's signature style the bleached blond hair, pale skin, humungous T - shirt has spawned droves of lookalikes and wannabes. Voila, he 's a teen idol. Poor Em, ca n't win for losing. '' Allmusic highlighted the single. Will Hermes was positive : `` In the aftermath of Slim Shady, he married the girlfriend he imagined killing, while his mother, immortalized in his hit single ' My Name Is ' ( I just found out my Mom does more dope than I do ), sued him for $10 million for defamation of character. '' The defamation case was settled in 2001 for $25,000, with Debbie Mathers ' former attorney being awarded $23,354 -- netting Ms. Mathers ' just over $1600 for her efforts. LA Times wrote : `` ' The Real Slim Shady, ' the first single from the album, is a modest step to the mainstream -- a fresh and funny, almost PG - rated swipe at everything from the Grammy Awards to shallow teen pop. '' IGN cited : `` The album 's obligatory ' pop ' number is exposed on ' The Real Slim Shady, ' which chugs and lurches along to a boinging electro funk beat. It would be a total pop smash if it were n't for the lyrics, though. Leave it to Em to juice it up with ear candy effervescent, but keep the words in the subversive. As with the other Dre crafted tunes on the album, there 's plenty of cool special effects bustling about -- fart noises, heavy breathing, all of it coalescing with Em 's cartoon character on crystal meth delivery. Sure it 's pop, but of the most demented nature. '' Rolling Stone praised the sound of the single : `` slick, bright, melodic funk that 's so R&B - ish, you can dance to it. '' It has been in many movies, including 21 Jump Street. It has been one of his most well - known songs. Music video The music video features Eminem performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast - food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a factory where multiple clones of the rapper are produced. The video also features cameo appearances by Dr. Dre, D12, a lookalike of Kid Rock, Fred Durst, a lookalike of Carson Daly, Kathy Griffin, lookalikes of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, and even a stuffed Bill the Cat doll can also be seen being held in possession by one of the mental patients in the hospital scenes. Actress and comedian Kathy Griffin, who is also known for insulting celebrities in her act, 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. '' The video also features Eminem dressed in the same superhero costume used by Tom Green in the `` Lonely Swedish '' video chasing a boy band, taking one of its members down to the ground and putting ' his bum on the man 's lips. ' The costume can be seen later in the `` Without Me '' music video following the release of The Eminem Show. The video features scenes corresponding to specific lyrics : Two young boys watching the Discovery Channel on television with two rhinoceroses mating, then looking at each other in awe, referring to the 1999 song `` The Bad Touch '', by Bloodhound Gang. ( Of course, they 're gon na know what intercourse is by the time they hit fourth grade / They got the Discovery Channel, do n't they ? / `` We ai n't nothing but mammals... '' Well, some of us cannibals ) Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee chasing each other around a couch and Anderson screaming in front of the camera. ( Like Pam, like Tommy just burst in the door, and started whoopin ' her ass worse than before, they first were divorced, throwin ' her over furniture. ) An obese man in underwear being enslaved by a dominatrix with a paddle. ( Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose, but no worse than what 's goin ' on in your parents ' bedrooms. ) A gay marriage is shown and Eminem breaks up the two men about to kiss each other and showing disgust. ( But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes / then there 's no reason that a man and another man ca n't elope ) Eminem performing in a private room with all his clones produced from the factory with their heads bobbing to the music. ( the chorus : ' Cause I 'm Slim Shady, yes, I 'm the real Shady / all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating / So wo n't the real Slim Shady please stand up ? / Please stand up ? / Please stand up ? ) Eminem at the Grammy Awards dressed as Britney Spears, along with Fred Durst and Carson Daly pulling a blow - up doll of Christina Aguilera between their seats towards each other angrily until it flies out of the chair. ( Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst, an ' hear ' em argue over who she gave head to first. ) A clip from a cartoon of a frog tap - dancing on a turtle ( from the ' Flip the Frog ' film, Fiddlesticks ) can be seen on a TV in the hospital and the viewer laughs at it. When he says that he will creampie someone in it, he was censored by the radio. Eminem working in a fictional fast - food restaurant with an ' Ask Me ' patch giving a woman her order and rejecting it because of the onion rings being forgotten, however he gets the onion rings and he spits in them as a form of revenge for her rude treatment of him, and gives the onion rings to the woman to complete her order, which she begins eating as she walks away. The same scene also shows Eminem driving recklessly around in circles in a parking lot in a blue AMC Pacer. ( He could be working at Burger King, spitting on your onion rings / or in the parking lot, circling, screaming : `` I do n't give a fuck ! '' / With his windows down and his system up ) In the uncensored version of the music video, the fat man in underwear wears a ball gag ; in the censored version, he does not. The edited version also does not show Eminem raising his middle fingers ; instead, he points at the camera. Covers and parodies Parody songs include : In the UK Queen - musical We Will Rock You the phrase Who ( the Hell ) is the real Slim Shady appears during an interrogation. `` The Real Church Lady '', a Saturday Night Live parody in `` Church Chat '' with Dana Carvey `` The Real Greg Brady '', a song written and performed by Barry Williams. `` The Real Rahim Jaffer '', a This Hour Has 22 Minutes parody performed by Rick Mercer and Cathy Jones in 2001 following the incident where one of Canadian Federal MP Rahim Jaffer 's aides posed as Jaffer in a radio interview. `` The Real Sin Savior '', by Christian parody band Apologetix `` The Real Sugar Baby '', by Stephanie Beard. `` Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up '', a parody written and performed by a female rapper Emily Ellis, who is frequently confused with Christina Aguilera A performance in the UK satirical spoof documentary Brass Eye in the controversial 2001 `` Paedogeddon '' episode. It features satirist Christopher Morris performing as a rapper, `` JLb - 8 ''. In their song `` On Passing Lilac Urine '' from the 2001 EP, Editor 's Recommendation, Half Man Half Biscuit sing `` I 'm Slim Shady / I 'm the real Slim Shady / the other Slim Shady 's gone to play tennis '' `` Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up '', a parody written and performed by Cledus T Judd, with a clip of Emily Ellis ' version `` Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up ? '', a viral video satire of Mitt Romney, 2012 's Republican candidate for President of the United States, his campaign, persona, religious beliefs, gaffes, controversies and public - relations ( PR ) problems. The `` rap '' featured in this video is constructed almost entirely out of clips of Romney from a wide variety of public speaking engagements and interviews ; a number of other politicians, including Barack Obama, fill in the rest. `` Will the Real Brian Griffin Please Stand Up '' is a viral video satire of Family Guy character Brian Griffin being criticized by his life style. Cover versions : The song was featured in `` Weird Al '' Yankovic 's song `` Angry White Boy Polka '' on his album Poodle Hat. William Shatner performed a spoken word cover of the song during the `` Where No Fan Has Gone Before '' episode of Futurama prompting Melllvar to exclaim, `` He found a way. '' This is a parody of Shatner 's spoken word music album The Transformed Man, as well as his recitation of Elton John 's `` Rocket Man '' at the 1978 Saturn Awards. In an episode of Coronation Street, Kirk Sutherland recited the main chorus of the song in order to win the heart of Fiz Brown. `` The Real Pacers Fans '', by Indianapolis, Indiana - based radio station RadioNow 93.1, when the Indiana Pacers were playing the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000 NBA Finals. In the final episode of Peter Kay 's Phoenix Nights, this was performed by Jerry St Clair ( Dave Spikey ) impersonating Eminem as part of the Stars In Their Eyes sequence. `` Seurasaari Rap '' featuring Seurasaari Open Air Museum, Helsinki, by Tapio Nurminen. The Finnish - language rap from 2000 deals with the museum, guides, their parties and the tourists. ProjectRNL, an Israeli band did a progressive rock cover to this song. The song 's instrumental was used in The `` Drink Wontons '' song ( He hundun, 喝 混沌 ), a rap song sung in the Nanjing dialect. It became very popular with teenage Nanjingers in 2006 and remains a great example of the so called Nanjing dialect. Awards See also : List of awards and nominations received by Eminem `` The Real Slim Shady '' was very successful at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, winning awards for Video of the Year and Best Male Video, as well as being a nominee for Best Rap Video, Best Direction, Best Editing and Viewer 's Choice. The song was also performed by Eminem at the show with look - a-likes of himself, as in the video. `` The Real Slim Shady '' also won at the 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance. Track listing UK CD single `` The Real Slim Shady '' - 4 : 44 `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( Instrumental ) - 4 : 44 `` Guilty Conscience '' ( Radio Version with New Hook ) ( featuring Dr. Dre ) - 3 : 19 `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( Video ) - 4 : 44 UK Cassette `` The Real Slim Shady '' - 4 : 44 `` My Fault '' ( Pizza Mix ) - 3 : 53 German CD single `` The Real Slim Shady '' - 4 : 44 `` Bad Influence '' - 3 : 40 German Maxi CD single `` The Real Slim Shady '' - 4 : 44 `` Bad Influence '' - 3 : 40 `` The Real Slim Shady '' ( Instrumental ) - 4 : 44 `` My Fault '' ( Pizza Mix ) - 3 : 53 `` Just Do n't Give AF * * k '' ( Music Video ) - 4 : 39 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2000 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 11 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 6 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 7 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) Brazilian Singles Chart ( ABPD ) 39 Canada ( RPM ) 6 Denmark ( Tracklisten ) Eurochart Hot 100 ( Billboard ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 6 France ( SNEP ) 6 Germany ( Media Control AG ) 6 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 5 New Zealand ( RIANZ ) 15 Norway ( VG - lista ) Romania ( Romanian Top 100 ) 8 Spain ( AFYVE ) 6 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) 19 US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 11 US Pop Songs ( Billboard ) 13 US Rap Songs ( Billboard ) 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 2000 ) Position Australian Singles Chart 57 Austrian Singles Chart 18 Belgian ( Flanders ) Singles Chart 30 Belgian ( Wallonia ) Singles Chart 10 French Singles Chart 16 Swiss Singles Chart 5 UK Singles ( Official Chart Company ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 51 Certifications Country Certification Austria Gold Belgium Platinum Canada 2 × Platinum France Gold Germany Gold Italy Gold Norway Gold Sweden Platinum Switzerland Gold United Kingdom Platinum See also Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Rhythmic chart List of number - one singles of 2000 ( Ireland ) List of European number - one hits of 2000 List of number - one singles from the 2000s ( UK ) References Jump up ^ `` The Real Slim Shady ''. 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( Retrieved January 4, 2009 ) External links `` The Real Slim Shady '' Official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Awards and achievements Preceded by My Name Is Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance 2001 Succeeded by Get Ur Freak On Eminem songs Discography Production discography Awards and nominations D12 discography Bad Meets Evil Slim Shady EP `` Just Do n't Give a Fuck '' The Slim Shady LP `` My Name Is '' `` Role Model '' `` Guilty Conscience '' The Marshall Mathers LP `` The Real Slim Shady '' `` The Way I Am '' `` Stan '' The Eminem Show `` Without Me '' `` Cleanin ' Out My Closet '' `` Superman '' `` Sing for the Moment '' `` Business '' 8 Mile soundtrack `` Lose Yourself '' Encore `` Just Lose It '' `` Mosh '' `` Encore '' `` Like Toy Soldiers '' `` Mockingbird '' `` Ass Like That '' Curtain Call : The Hits `` When I 'm Gone '' `` Shake That '' Eminem Presents : The Re-Up `` You Do n't Know '' `` Jimmy Crack Corn '' Relapse `` Crack a Bottle '' `` We Made You '' `` 3 a.m. '' `` Old Time 's Sake '' `` Beautiful '' Refill `` Forever '' `` Hell Breaks Loose '' `` Elevator '' `` Music Box '' Recovery `` Not Afraid '' `` Love the Way You Lie '' `` No Love '' `` Space Bound '' The Marshall Mathers LP 2 `` Berzerk '' `` Survival '' `` Rap God '' `` The Monster '' `` Headlights '' Shady XV `` Guts Over Fear '' `` Detroit vs. Everybody '' Southpaw soundtrack `` Phenomenal '' `` Kings Never Die '' Revival `` Walk on Water '' `` Untouchable '' `` River '' Collaborations `` Dead Wrong '' `` Forgot About Dre '' `` The Watcher '' `` Renegade '' `` Rock City '' `` Hellbound '' `` Rap Name '' `` Shit Hits the Fan '' `` One Day at a Time '' `` Welcome 2 Detroit '' `` Smack That '' `` Touchdown `` Drop the World '' `` Roman 's Revenge '' `` Love the Way You Lie ( Part II ) '' `` That 's All She Wrote '' `` I Need a Doctor '' `` Writer 's Block '' `` Throw That '' `` My Life '' `` C'mon Let Me Ride '' `` Numb '' `` Calm Down '' `` Best Friend '' `` No Favors '' `` Revenge '' Other songs `` ' 97 Bonnie & Clyde '' `` Kim '' `` Bitch Please II '' `` White America '' `` ' Till I Collapse '' `` The Warning '' `` Wo n't Back Down '' `` Bad Guy '' `` Rhyme or Reason '' `` Legacy '' `` So Far... '' `` Campaign Speech '' MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ( 2000s ) 2000 Eminem -- `` The Real Slim Shady '' 2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil ' Kim, Mýa and P ! nk -- `` Lady Marmalade '' 2002 Eminem -- `` Without Me '' 2003 Missy Elliott -- `` Work It '' OutKast -- `` Hey Ya ! '' 2005 Green Day -- `` Boulevard of Broken Dreams '' 2006 Panic ! at the Disco -- `` I Write Sins Not Tragedies '' 2007 Rihanna ( featuring Jay - Z ) -- `` Umbrella '' 2008 Britney Spears -- `` Piece of Me '' 2009 Beyoncé -- `` Single Ladies ( Put a Ring on It ) '' Complete list ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) NME Single of the Year 1975 - 1979 Bob Marley and the Wailers - `` No Woman, No Cry '' 1976 Thin Lizzy - `` The Boys Are Back in Town '' 1977 Sex Pistols - `` Pretty Vacant '' 1978 Buzzcocks - `` Ever Fallen in Love ( With Someone You Should n't 've ) '' 1979 The Jam - `` Eton Rifles '' 1980 - 1989 1980 Joy Division - `` Love Will Tear Us Apart '' 1981 The Specials - `` Ghost Town '' 1982 Grandmaster Flash - `` The Message '' Michael Jackson - `` Billie Jean '' 1984 Womack and Womack - `` Love Wars '' 1985 The Jesus & Mary Chain - `` Never Understand '' 1986 Prince - `` Kiss '' Prince - `` Sign o ' the Times '' Nick Cave - `` The Mercy Seat '' The Stone Roses - `` She Bangs the Drums '' 1990 - 1999 Deee - Lite - `` Groove Is in the Heart '' 1991 Primal Scream - `` Higher Than the Sun '' Suede - `` The Drowners '' The Breeders - `` Cannonball '' Blur - `` Girls & Boys '' 1995 Black Grape - `` Reverend Black Grape '' Underworld - `` Born Slippy '' The Verve - `` Bitter Sweet Symphony '' 1998 Beastie Boys - `` Intergalactic '' 1999 Aphex Twin - `` Windowlicker '' 2000 - 2009 2000 Eminem -- `` The Real Slim Shady '' 2001 Missy Elliot -- `` Get Ur Freak On '' 2002 Doves -- `` There Goes the Fear '' 2003 Beyoncé -- `` Crazy in Love '' The Libertines -- `` Ca n't Stand Me Now '' 2005 The Futureheads -- `` Hounds of Love '' 2006 Hot Chip -- `` Over and Over '' 2007 Klaxons -- `` Golden Skans '' 2008 MGMT -- `` Kids '' 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- `` Zero '' 2010 -- present Foals -- `` Spanish Sahara '' 2011 Lana Del Rey -- `` Video Games '' 2012 Palma Violets -- `` Best of Friends '' 2013 Daft Punk -- `` Get Lucky '' 2014 Future Islands -- `` Seasons ( Waiting on You ) '' 2015 Skepta -- `` Shutdown '' 2016 Rihanna -- `` Work '' 2017 Lorde - `` Green Light '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Real_Slim_Shady&oldid=820288426 '' Categories : Eminem songs 2000 singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles European Hot 100 Singles number - one singles Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in New Zealand MTV Video of the Year Award MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video Songs about domestic violence Songs about the media Songs written by Eminem Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre Songs written by Dr. Dre Shady Records singles Aftermath Entertainment singles Interscope Records singles 2000 songs Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Webarchive template wayback links CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Articles that may contain original research from June 2015 All articles that may contain original research Singlechart usages for Billboardalternativesongs Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano ქართული Nederlands Polski Português Русский Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 14 January 2018, at 01 : 48. 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Question: when did the real slim shady song come out
Answer: April 15, 2000