Kamikaze (Eminem song)

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"Kamikaze"
Song by Eminem
from the album Kamikaze
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018
Genre Hip hop
Length3:36
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kamikaze track listing
13 tracks
  1. "The Ringer"
  2. "Greatest"
  3. "Lucky You" (featuring Joyner Lucas)
  4. "Paul (skit)"
  5. "Normal"
  6. "Em Calls Paul"
  7. "Stepping Stone"
  8. "Not Alike" (featuring Royce Da 5'9")
  9. "Kamikaze"
  10. "Fall" (featuring Justin Vernon)
  11. "Nice Guy" (featuring Jessie Reyez)
  12. "Good Guy" (featuring Jessie Reyez)
  13. "Venom (Music from the Motion Picture)"

"Kamikaze" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his album of the same name (2018). [2] [3] The song was written and produced by Eminem and Tim Suby, with more writing credits going to DJ Bobcat, Muffla, and LL Cool J for the sampling of the latter's "I'm Bad".

Contents

Release

The song was released on August 31, 2018, with the rest of Kamikaze . [4]

When the album was first released, the title of this and "Fall" were misplaced, [5] but this mistake was quickly fixed.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] 31
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [8] 13
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [9] 9
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [10] 11
France (SNEP) [11] 94
Germany (GfK) [12] 53
Greece Digital International Singles (IFPI) [13] 9
Hungary (Single Top 40) [14] 19
Hungary (Stream Top 40) [15] 8
Italy (FIMI) [16] 41
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 55
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [18] 34
Norway (VG-lista) [19] 19
Portugal (AFP) [20] 35
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [21] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 43
US Billboard Hot 100 [23] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [24] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [25] Platinum70,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [26] Gold20,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [27] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [29] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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