Track Listing

1. Lose Yourself
2. Lose Yourself (Instrumental)
3. Renegade (With Jay Z)
4. Lose Yourself (The Video Enhanced Section)
5. 8 Mile Movie Trailer (Enhanced Section)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #112544 in Music
• Released on: 2002-12-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Single, Enhanced, Import

Album Description
The first single to be lifted from the '8 Mile' soundtrack. The album version is backed with three non-LP tracks, 'Lose Yourself' (Instrumental Version), 'Renegade' feat. Jay-Z, 'Lose Yourself' (video-enhanced section), & the trailer for '8 Mile'. Interscope. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Over the Top
I'm not much of a rap fan, nor am I an Eminem fan for that matter, but there's something about this song that you just can't make out. Taken from the Eminem's debut hit movie, which in its own way speaks of what life Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers, might have gone through. The movie was great! Eminem's acting abilities were top notch especially the serious cold outlook of his eyes in some scenes. He portrayed a person with a vision, a dream to be something more than he is.

The song is featured three times in the movie in different parts. The first is when Eminem's character is on a bus and he's heading back home. This is the smooth piano part. Very soothing and works well when mixed with the hard bass and guitars. The second part includes the heavy bass and beginning rhythm and some of the lyrics. Put those two together and the full song is played in the final credits of the movie.

The song's lyrics sums up the movie in just under minutes of music. It literally does that. Not only does it do that, it also plays testimony to Eminem's current and past life and not just the character's. The music is just over the top. This one is different, because you don't have just a beat, but also the work of bass, synth, guitars and that haunting piano all mixed into the fray. This helps make this Eminem's single, something not to be forgotten.

All in all, I truly recommend it. The song works in inspiring as well as lifting morale up when things just don't seem to be going your way. Just the first few verses of the song, would make you strive to be in a place better than you are now. And gives you a sense of achievement that makes your adrenaline pumping.

Great song, but it's getting old fast...
The first couple of times you listen to Lose Yourself, enjoy it for what it is. Great rapping by Eminem, a solid beat, the sort of song that gets stuck in your head.

Then, see the movie 8 Mile on DVD, and listen to the song's lyrics to see how much of the movie is told in it.

Good song, but if you really want to hear it, buy the DVD and listen to it in the context of the film. This is where it is supposed to be, and fits best.

Guess Who's Back
I personally love "Lose Yourself", but didn't want to but the whole 8 Mile soundtrack for that one song. So, the single is the way to go. It has the main version along with an instrumental that is dope and a couple of other songs. I definately reccomend this CD, and any other thing having to do with the great and powerful Slim Shady.