| "'Till I Collapse" | |
|---|---|
| Song byEminem featuringNate Dogg | |
| from the albumThe Eminem Show | |
| Released | May 26, 2002 (2002-05-26) |
| Recorded | 2001 |
| Genre | Rap rock |
| Length |
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| Label | |
| Songwriters | |
| Producer | Eminem |
"'Till I Collapse" is a song by the American rapperEminem featuringNate Dogg. It was originally released as a part of Eminem's fourth studio albumThe Eminem Show (2002). Without having been released as a single, the song charted numerous times worldwide and has become one of Eminem's most popular songs.
Although it has never been released as a single, it has charted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.[1] In 2012, it was certifieddouble-platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America for selling 2,000,000 copies in the United States.[2] This was followed by quintuple-platinum in 2018 and octuple-platinum in 2022.[2]
The songinterpolates the 1977 song "We Will Rock You" by Britishrock bandQueen; as a result,Brian May is credited as a songwriter.[3]
In a retrospective review, David Drake ofComplex highlighted "'Till I Collapse" as demonstrating Eminem's musical evolution onThe Eminem Show, noting how the "increasingly dramatic production choices" on songs like "'Till I Collapse" show him "abandoning some of the more irreverent cartoonishness in favor of capital-I Importance". Drake commended "Nate Dogg’s urgent hook and some of the most elaborate-yet-purposeful rapping of Eminem’s career" as saving "what should have been a leaden monster, as the bass-heavy funk of theBass Brothers andDr. Dre was dropping away in favor of arena-ready epics".[4]
When Eminem's single "Shake That" (also featuring Nate Dogg) was released in 2006, several Eminem songs re-charted that same week, including "'Till I Collapse". It charted in theUK at number 192 on April 15, 2006.[1]
In 2009, it was used in an advertisement for the gameCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It raised digital download sales of the song worldwide considerably,[5] 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. The Major League Baseball pitcherJesse Litsch used the song as his entrance music during the2011 season.[6] In 2023, the song was used in the multiplayer trailer forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III.[7] The Major League Baseball pitcherJustin Verlander uses the song as his entrance music.[8]
| Chart (2006–2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| CanadianDigital Songs (Billboard)[9] | 30 |
| Irish Singles Chart[10] | 77 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[11] | 100 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 3 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 73 |
| USDigital Song Sales (Billboard)[14] | 35 |
| Chart (2022–2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[15] | 92 |
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] | 84 |
| Germany (GfK)[17] | 99 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[18] | 115 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] | 26 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[11] | 100 |
| Portugal (AFP)[20] | 170 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[21] | 82 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[22] | 9× Platinum | 630,000‡ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] | 3× Platinum | 90,000* |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[24] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[25] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[26] | 3× Gold | 750,000‡ |
| Italy (FIMI)[27] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] | 6× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
| Portugal (AFP)[29] | 2× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[30] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[31] | 3× Platinum | 1,800,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[2] | 8× Platinum | 8,000,000‡ |
| Streaming | ||
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[32] | Platinum | 1,800,000† |
| Greece (IFPI Greece)[33] | Platinum | 2,000,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
