Elevator (Eminem song)

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"Elevator"
Eminem-elevator-single-cover.jpg
Promotional single by Eminem
from the album Relapse: Refill
ReleasedDecember 15, 2009 (digital) [1]
Recorded2008–09
Genre Hip hop
Length4:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Eminem
Eminem chronology
"Hell Breaks Loose"
(2009)
"Elevator"
(2009)
"Drop the World"
(2010)

"Elevator" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featured on his 2009 album Relapse: Refill, the re-release of his album Relapse . "Elevator" was the second promotional single released on December 15, released the same day as "Hell Breaks Loose". On the issue of January 2, 2010, "Elevator" debuted at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Controversy

The lyrics of the song struck controversy, as Eminem raps this message to former *NSYNCer Lance Bass: "Sorry Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it... They get so mad when I call them both faggots...." Adam Lambert, the American Idol season 8 runner-up said on Twitter: "Wow Eminem mentioned me in a song? I must be doin something right," and "Even if he used the f word. Whatev. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Elevator" (Explicit Album Version) Eminem 4:53

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 59
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 67

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