'97 Bonnie & Clyde

'03 Bonnie & Clyde March 2014 February 2026 January 2025 '97 Bonnie & Clyde Eminem - Role Model single CD cover.jpg Promotional cover art Eminem Slim Shady EP and The Slim Shady LP February 12, 1998 (Slim Shady EP version) November 2, 1999 (The Slim Shady LP version) 1997 Horrorcorehttp://www.westword.com/music/horrorcore-from-esham-to-hopsin-a-look-at-the-history-of-raps-most-terrifying-subgenre-5717030 Horrorcore: From Esham to Hopsin, a look at the history of rap's most terrifying subgenre August 12, 2013 Westword 4:20 ("Just the Two of Us")5:16 ("97 Bonnie & Clyde") Aftermath Interscope Web Marshall Mathers Jeff Bass Mark Bass DJ Head (pre.) Bass Brothers Eminem (co.) "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song by the American rapper Eminem. The song appears on the Slim Shady EP (as "Just the Two of Us") and The Slim Shady LP. Eminem recorded a prequel for The Marshall Mathers LP, "Kim". The song was covered by Tori Amos on her 2001 album of gender-swapped covers, Strange Little Girls. Background The song has Eminem disposing of the corpse of his ex-wife, Kim Mathers, in the lake with his then-infant daughter Hailie. The sounds played at the beginning of the song, including the jingling of keys and the slamming of a car door, imply that Eminem put Kim's body in the trunk of his car. These are the same sounds played at the end of the song "Kim" by Eminem. In "Kim", the sounds are heard immediately after the lines end. Eminem got the idea to write this song at a time when Kim was stopping him from seeing his daughter.https://archive.org/details/eminemcrossingli00huxl registration I lied to Kim and told her I was taking her to Chuck E. Cheese that day. Eminem: Crossing the Line Martin Huxley St. Martin's Press 1429975741 63 2000 8 January 2016 Eminem asked Marilyn Manson to guest appear on the song, but the singer declined because he felt that the song was "too misogynistic".https://genius.com/a/marilyn-manson-passed-on-eminem-s-97-bonnie-clyde-because-it-was-too-misogynistic Knowledge Drop: Marilyn Manson Passed On Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" Because It Was "Too Misogynistic" Fu Eddie February 23, 2019 Genius 2022-05-08 Because the song focuses on disposing of Kim's corpse, Eminem was not comfortable with explaining the situation to Kim, and instead told her that he would be taking Hailie to Chuck E. Cheese's, when he actually wanted to go to the studio with Hailie and feature her vocals in the song. He explained, "When she found out I used our daughter to write a song about killing her, she fucking blew. We had just got back together for a couple of weeks. Then I played her the song and she bugged the fuck out." Eminem also said, "When she (Hailie) gets old enough, I'm going to explain it to her. I'll let her know that Mommy and Daddy weren't getting along at the time. None of it was to be taken too literally, although at the time I wanted to fucking do it."https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-blows-up-20091105 Eminem Blows Up Bozza Anthony November 5, 2009 February 16, 2012 Rolling Stone live https://web.archive.org/web/20130224071543/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-blows-up-20091105 February 24, 2013 Critical response AllMusic highlighted and praised the song: "notorious track where he imagines killing his wife and then disposing of the body with his baby daughter in tow" and critic noted that this song is connected with Eminem's life struggles.Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-slim-shady-lp-mw0000601851 The Slim Shady LP - Eminem AllMusic Steve "Flash" Juon called the remix bad and he continued, "[It is] lifeless and oddly out of place among an album full of mostly dope cuts."http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/1999_03_slimshadylp.html Eminem :: The Slim Shady LP :: Aftermath Rapreviews.com 9 March 1999 Rob Sheffield wrote, "[T]he wife-killing jokes of "97 Bonnie and Clyde" aren't any funnier than Garth Brooks'."Rob Sheffield https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-slim-shady-lp-19990401 The Slim Shady LP Rolling Stone 1 April 1999 22 August 2017 31 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331014931/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-slim-shady-lp-19990401 dead Entertainment Weekly gave a positive opinion: "In the album's funniest slice of black humor, a smart-ass parody of Will Smith's unctuous "Just the Two of Us" called "97 Bonnie & Clyde," Eminem and his baby daughter take a pleasant drive to a lake — into which he tosses the dead body of the child's mother. Sending up the gooey sentiments and pop melody of the Smith hit, Eminem raps: "Mama said she wants to show you how far she can float/And don't worry about that little boo-boo on her throat."David Browne https://ew.com/article/1999/03/12/slim-shady-lp/ The Slim Shady LP Review Entertainment Weekly 12 March 1999 See also Bonnie and Clyde, 1967 film "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", 2002 song by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé References Category:1998 singles Category:Eminem songs Category:Songs about Bonnie and Clyde Category:Tori Amos songs Category:Horrorcore songs Category:Obscenity controversies in music Category:Songs written by Eminem Category:1997 songs Category:Songs about parenthood Category:Interscope Records singles Category:Fiction about uxoricide Category:Songs about domestic violence Category:Songs about death Category:Songs written by Jeff Bass Category:Murder ballads