'Till I Collapse

"'Till I Collapse" is a song by the American rapper Eminem featuring Nate Dogg. It was originally released as a part of Eminem's fourth studio album The 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.

"'Till I Collapse"
Song by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg
from the album The Eminem Show
Released	May 26, 2002 (2002-05-26)
Recorded	2001
Genre	Rap rock
Length	4:58 (album version) 5:45 (instrumental version)
Label	Aftermath Shady Interscope
Songwriters	Marshall Mathers Nathaniel Hale Luis Resto Brian May
Producer	Eminem

Background

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 certified double-platinum by the Recording 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 song interpolates the 1977 song "We Will Rock You" by British rock band Queen; as a result, Brian May is credited as a songwriter.^[3]

Reception and legacy

In a retrospective review, David Drake of Complex highlighted "'Till I Collapse" as demonstrating Eminem's musical evolution on The 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 the Bass Brothers and Dr. Dre was dropping away in favor of arena-ready epics".^[4]

In popular culture

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 the UK at number 192 on April 15, 2006.^[1]

In 2009, it was used in an advertisement for the game Call 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 pitcher Jesse Litsch used the song as his entrance music during the 2011 season.^[6] In 2023, the song was used in the multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.^[7] The Major League Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander uses the song as his entrance music.^[8]

Charts

Chart (2006–2018)	Peak position
Canadian Digital 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
US Digital 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

Certifications

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. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.