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Originally posted by BehindHazelEyes
Positive:none, just the humor
Negative:Overoverplayed
20 days at #1 Devoid, not 18.
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It was either 20 or 17...I know that for a fact, unless the ATRL archives are messed up.
This was one of my favorite songs at the time, which shocked me, 'cause I was just getting into rock (Korn, P.O.D., limpbizkit, etc.) but I always thought he stood out from the rest of the rap scene, so I liked it a lot...still do, actually. Funny video, debuted at #6, fell to #10 after that, then soared to #2 over the weekend on its 3rd day...it was cool to see him beat all the boy bands and Britney Spears in May and June, considering that the song dissed on them.
A cool tidbit: After TRSS retired, Deftones' "Change (In the House of Flies)" took its place, making it the first countdown in over a year to have five rock videos on the countdown. "The Way I Am" got to 55 days, and "Stan" got to 20...I don't know why those two didn't retire, they were just as good, maybe even better than, "The Real Slim Shady." Like Korn, Eminem needs one more video to retire to be inducted into the TRL Half of Fame (5+ videos retired,) but that seems unlikely.