Music Box (song)

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"Music Box"
Song by Eminem
from the album Relapse: Refill
ReleasedDecember 21, 2009
Recorded2008
Genre Horrorcore
Length5:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dr. Dre

"Music Box" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featured on his 2009 album Relapse: Refill, the reissue of his album Relapse .

Contents

Content and production

In the song Eminem raps through the eyes of a sadistic killer who likens his prey to a delicious meal, fueled by the haunting sound of his music box. The production was praised as "minimalistic, which consists simply of deep bass thump and a looping toy-chest's song, which provides the perfect backdrop for Eminem's ferocious delivery." [1]

Track listing

iTunes digital single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Music Box"5:05

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82 [2]
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)63 [3]

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