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| Length = 4:09 | Writer = | Label = | Producer = Dr. Dre | Certification = 3x Platinum (RIAA) | Last single = "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" (1998) | This single = "My Name Is" (1999) | Next single = "Role Model" (1999) | Misc = }} "My Name Is" (titled in the CD cover as "Hi, My Name Is Slim Shady", stylized as "HI! MY NAME IS SLIM SHADY") is a song by Eminem released in 1999. It is the debut single overall from his major label debut album, ''The Slim Shady LP''. The song samples Labi Saffre's " I Got The..."'s catchy bass line. The song was ranked at #26 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's". "My Name Is" also was ranked #6 on Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever". The recording garnered Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000. ==Background== Producer Dr. Dre wanted to use a sample of Labi Siffre's "I Got The ..." for the rhythm track; as revealed in the sleeve notes of the re-mastered CD of the source album, ''Remember My Song''. Siffre, who is openly gay, stated, "attacking two of the usual scapegoats, women and gays, is lazy writing. If you want to do battle, attack the aggressors not the victims." Eminem made lyric changes and Siffre cleared the sample. There are currently three different versions available. The "clean" and "explicit" versions are available on iTunes. There is also another version which is more explicit than the one available on iTunes, released as the B-side to "Guilty Conscience" on the CD single. The kid's voice at the beginning of the song has reverb on the explicit version on iTunes, but not on the clean version. During the time the song was released, Eminem and Insane Clown Posse were having a "rap feud". After the release of this song, Insane Clown Posse parodied this song with a song called "Slim Anus". "My Name Is" was later re-released in 2005 on Eminem's compilation album ''Curtain Call: The Hits''. The song is mixed with Jay-Z's song "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and Beck's song "Loser" on the video game DJ Hero. Eminem also made a remix of it, using the most explicit version, over the top of AC/DC's "Back In Black". Before ''The Slim Shady LP'' was released, an uncensored version was available on the Internet. The original lyrics on the dirty version of the song were: "Extra-terrestrial, killing pedestrians / Raping lesbians while they're screaming, 'Let's just be friends!'" The version on the CD was changed to "Extra-terrestrial, running over pedestrians in a spaceship / While they're screaming at me, 'Let's just be friends!'" There's a line that was changed from "My English teacher wanted to have sex in junior high / The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy" to "My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high / Thanks a lot; next semester, I'll be 35." There's also a line that was changed from "Chased him with a stapler / Stapled his nuts to a stack of paper" to "Chased him with a stapler / Told him to change the grade on the paper, Now!" The song ends with a line that was changed from "I'm steaming mad / And by the way, when you see my dad, tell him that I slit his throat in this dream I had" which was changed to "And by the way, when you see my dad / Ask if he bought a porno mag to see my ad." The uncensored version opens with the line "Hi kids! Do you like violence? Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids?" while the edited version replaces the word "violence" with Primus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Name Is」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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