Shit on You

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"Shit on You"
D12 - Shit on You - CD cover.jpg
Single by D12
from the album Devil's Night
B-side
  • "Under the Influence"
  • "I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford)"
ReleasedDecember 5, 2000 [1]
Recorded1999; 54 Sound and The Lodge
Genre
Length5:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
D12 singles chronology
"Shit on You"
(2000)
"Purple Pills"
(2001)
Music video
Video on YouTube

"Shit on You" also known by the clean versions as either "Sh*t on You" or "S*** on You", is a song by American hip hop group D12. It was their commercial debut single, released on December 5, 2000. It achieved moderate success by reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. It was not included on the American vinyl, CD, digital, or streaming editions of their 2001 debut studio album Devil's Night , but was included as a bonus track on the cassette version, [2] [3] UK, European, and Australian releases, and on the deluxe version of Eminem's greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits .

Contents

Background

The song features references to John Candy, JonBenét Ramsey, Richard Pryor, Steve Stoute, Deebo and Peabo Bryson. Eminem's line referring to the band as "five more zany-actin' maniacs in action" hearkens back to his first album Infinite . Detroit rapper Royce Da 5'9", who at the time was beefing with D12, made a song called "Shit on U" as a diss track using the "Shit on You" beat. Proof, the only group member not to rap in the original song, also utilised the beat in a solo cover version called "Shoot At You" in 2002, available from his website. The song was also a B-side on the follow-up single Purple Pills in some countries.

Music video

The video was shot on location in Detroit, the group performing in various locations around their home city, including Fox Theatre, Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, the Joe Louis Memorial, Michigan Central Station, Comerica Park, and Runyon Avenue. The entire video is shot in black-and-white, apart from some cutaway sequences, including Bizarre as an abusive alcoholic living in a run-down house, Eminem as an angry old man, a cutscene where Eminem is at his old house and when Proof is with the chicks. Although Proof does not appear in the record, he provides a spoken introduction to the video, and appears alongside his fellow MCs.

Track listing

European CD single and UK Cassette

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shit on You" (single version)5:30
2."Under the Influence"
5:14

UK and European Maxi single

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shit on You" (single version)5:30
2."Under the Influence"
5:14
3."Shit on You" (instrumental)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:19
4."Shit on You" (music video)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:26

American CD single [4]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shit on You" (street mix)5:30
2."Shit on You" (clean version)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:30
3."Shit on You" (acapella)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:26
4."Shit on You" (instrumental)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:19

UK 12" vinyl [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shit on You"5:30
2."Shit on You" (instrumental)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:19
3."Under the Influence"
5:14

American 12" vinyl [6]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shit on You" (street version)5:30
2."Shit on You" (clean version)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:30
3."Shit on You" (acapella)
  • Mathers
  • Porter
  • Carlisle
  • Moore
  • Johnson
  • Holton
  • Bell
  • Eminem
  • DJ Head [a]
5:26
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford)" (street version) (performed by Eminem)5:43
2."Shit on You" (instrumental)
5:19
3."I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford)" (instrumental)
  • Mathers
  • M. Bass
  • J. Bass
  • Eminem
  • J. Bass [b]
5:40
Notes

Charts

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