(Saturday, November 9, 2002) — “Lose Yourself” by Eminem peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of 12 weeks (Nov. 9/16/23/30, Dec. 7/14/21/28, 2002, Jan. 4/11/18/25, 2003).

In 2004, it was one of only three hip-hop songs from the twenty-first century to have been included on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” and was also the highest ranking, at number 166.