When I'm Gone
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- There is also "When I'm Gone", the 3 Doors Down single.
| "When I'm Gone" | ||
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| Single by Eminem | ||
| from the album Curtain Call: The Hits | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Hip hop | |
| Length | 4 min 41 s | |
| Label | Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | |
| Producer(s) | Eminem | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Eminem singles chronology | ||
| "Ass Like That" (2005) |
"When I'm Gone" (2005) |
"Shake That" (2005) |
"When I'm Gone" is a song from Eminem's 2005 Curtain Call: The Hits greatest hits album , and one of the most critically acclaimed songs of his to-date . The song is about Eminem's career's effect on his relationship with his wife Kim. It talks about him not being there for his daughter, Hailie, and (in a sort of metaphoric "dream") Hailie confronts him at a concert in Sweden and demands to know why he was so cruel towards Kim (and his then ex-wife). She ends the confrontation by telling Eminem that he loves his fame, career, and fans more than his own family. After she leaves, Eminem turns around and sees a gun. He picks it up, screams "Die Shady!" and shoots his Slim Shady alter-ego. After that, he wakes up, realizing that it was only a dream. It's spring, Hailie's playing in the yard, and he kisses Kim.
Furthermore, this is a continuation of Marshall's difficulty coping with fame and his dark alter ego, Slim Shady ("When I'm gone just carry on, don't mourn"). "When I'm Gone" is a progression of this dilemma: where does Marshall end, and Shady begin? Who is the dominant alter ego and how does this figure into Eminem the artist and family man?
The single was released officially in the United States on the 6 December 2005. It was released in Australia on January, 2006.
Tarick Salmaci, (from the TV show, The Contender) makes an appearance in the video with his wife.
Whitney Scott is Kim Mathers's daughter by another man, from the period in which she and Eminem were divorced. She appears in the video to the song.
[edit] Track listing
- "When I'm Gone (Album Version) (Explicit)"
- "Business (Album Version) (Explicit)"
- "When I'm Gone (Instrumental)"
- "When I'm Gone (Trl Final Version) (Video)"
| Preceded by: "Run It!" by Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana |
ARIA (Australia) number one single January 29, 2006 |
Succeeded by: "Run It!" by Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana |
| Eminem |
| Discography |
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| Infinite | The Slim Shady EP | The Slim Shady LP | The Marshall Mathers LP | The Eminem Show | Straight from the Lab EP | Encore | Curtain Call: The Hits |
| Singles |
| "My Name Is" | "Guilty Conscience" | "The Real Slim Shady" | "The Way I Am" | "Stan" | "Without Me" | "Cleanin' Out My Closet" | "Lose Yourself" | "Sing For The Moment"| "Superman" | "Business" | "Just Lose It" | "Encore" | "Like Toy Soldiers" | "Mockingbird" | "Ass Like That" | "When I'm Gone" | "Shake That" | "You Don't Know" |
| Other songs and collaborations |
| "Forgot About Dre" | "Just Don't Give a Fuck" | "Dead Wrong" | "My Fault" | "Role Model" | "Mosh" | "Smack That" |
