2003Released
3:13

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Interesting facts and trivia about In Da Club. By Songfacts®.

Produced by Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, the track was created for Eminem's group D-12 to rap over, with the intention of using it on the 8 Mile soundtrack. It never came together for D-12, but after 50 Cent signed with Dre's Shady/Aftermath label, he was brought into the studio and offered the track. According to Elizondo, he spent an hour writing the lyrics and recorded most of his vocals that night. The song was released as 50's first single, and it became a huge hit, topping the US Hot 100 for nine weeks. Predictably, it was especially popular in clubs, where some DJs played it twice in a row to satisfy demand.

This was he first song 50 recorded with Dr. Dre, and his first on a major label. After being dropped by Columbia Records without releasing an album, 50's mix tapes became wildly popular in underground scene and he was heavily bootlegged on the Internet. This got the attention of Dr. Dre and Eminem, who signed him to very lucrative deal with their label, Shady/Aftermath Records.

The video shows 50 going through training at Shady/Aftermath Records to become a superstar. It proved prophetic as 50 did become a star. The album sold 872,000 copies the first week it was released. At that point, Eminem was the only rapper to sell more records in a week.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of In Da Club.
F♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
90BPM

Album

The album In Da Club is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released In Da Club.
Shady Records
© 2003 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records
℗ 2003 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

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