Purple Pills

This article is about the song. For the medication advertised by AstraZeneca as "the purple pill", see Esomeprazole.

"Purple Pills", also known as "Purple Hills" in the clean version, is a song by American hip hop group D12. It is their second single from their debut studio album, Devil's Night. It reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, number two in United Kingdom, Ireland, and Norway, and the top 10 in Australia, Finland, Flanders, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

"Purple Pills"
Single by D12
from the album Devil's Night
B-side	"Shit on You" "That's How..."
Released	June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05)
Studio	54 Sound (Ferndale, Michigan) The Lodge (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Genre	Comedy hip hop
Length	5:04 ("Purple Pills") 4:19 ("Purple Hills")
Label	Shady Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Marshall Mathers Denaun Porter DeShaun Holton Rufus Johnson Von Carlisle Ondre Moore Jeff Bass
Producer(s)	Eminem
D12 singles chronology
"Shit on You" (2000) "Purple Pills" (2001) "Ain't Nuttin' But Music" (2001)
Music video
"Purple Hills" on YouTube
Audio
"Purple Pills" on YouTube

Track listings

US CD single[1]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Hills" (video version)	Eminem Jeff Bass[a]	5:09
2.	"Purple Hills" (instrumental)	Eminem Bass[a]	5:09

UK CD1[2]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Hills"	Eminem Bass[a]	5:03
2.	"Shit on You"	Eminem DJ Head[b]	5:27
3.	"That's How..."	Porter Eminem[b]	5:12
4.	"Purple Hills" (video)	Eminem Bass[a]

UK CD2[3]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem Bass[a]	5:04
2.	"Shit on You"	Eminem DJ Head[b]	5:27
3.	"That's How..."	Porter Eminem[b]	4:48
4.	"Purple Pills" (Director's Cut video)	Eminem Bass[a]

UK cassette single[4]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem Bass[a]	5:04
2.	"Shit on You"	Eminem DJ Head[b]	5:27

European CD single[5]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem Bass[a]
2.	"That's How..."	Porter Eminem[b]

European maxi-CD single[6]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Hills"	Eminem Bass[a]
2.	"Shit on You" (clean version)	Eminem DJ Head[b]
3.	"Purple Hills" (instrumental)	Porter Eminem[b]
4.	"Purple Hills" (video)	Eminem Bass[a]

Australian CD single[7]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Pills"	Eminem Bass[a]	5:03
2.	"Shit on You"	Eminem DJ Head[b]	5:27
3.	"That's How..." (explicit)	Porter Eminem[b]	5:12
4.	"Purple Hills" (video)	Eminem Bass[a]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies a co-producer.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 3 Australian Urban (ARIA)[9] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 41 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 22 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 7 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 10 Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 19 Ireland (IRMA)[16] 2 Italy (FIMI)[17] 30 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 10 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 8 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 17 Norway (VG-lista)[21] 2 Scotland (OCC)[22] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 5 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 25 UK Singles (OCC)[25] 2 UK Dance (OCC)[26] 5 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[27] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[28] 19 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[29] 21 US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)[30] 1 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[31] 40 US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[32] 5 US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)[33] 32

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Australia (ARIA)[34] 48 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[35] 78 Ireland (IRMA)[36] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[37] 96 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 74 UK Singles (OCC)[39] 36 US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)[40] 9 US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[41] 41

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[42]	Gold	35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43]	Platinum	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Platinum	600,000
^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	June 5, 2001	12-inch vinyl	Shady Interscope	[45]
Australia	July 9, 2001	CD		[46]
United Kingdom		12-inch vinyl CD		[47]