"Beautiful" is the seventeenth track on and the fourth single from American rapper Eminem's album Relapse. It was released on May 12 on iTunes available for digital downloads. "Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38. It has also been confirmed that Beautiful will be released on August 3, 2009 in the UK. Also in the U.S. it made a "Hot Shot Debut" at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is currently on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.

Content

"Beautiful" deals with Eminem's different feelings and impressions, ranging from depression about his fame and career to more upbeat and inspirational concepts, similar to "Lose Yourself." It's also worth noting that Eminem started writing "Beautiful" when he was in rehab then finished it when he was sober, which may explain the stark contrast in the lyrics in comparison with the other songs from Relapse.

Critical reception

The song has received very high acclaim and much positive reception. Rolling Stone called it a "touching attempt at an inspirational ballad". It samples "Reaching Out", originally written by Rock Therapy (an ensemble). This version of "Reaching Out" is taken from the Queen + Paul Rodgers 2005-2006 tour. Pitchfork Media claim that "Relapse hits something of a stride with 'Beautiful'". "Beautiful" scored Eminem his ninth straight Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, going back to Smack That with Akon. Billboard called the song "epic" and described it as "Part confessional ("I'm just so fucking depressed," begins the track's explicit version) and part "Lose Yourself"-style motivational anthem, "Beautiful" encapsulates the schizophrenic nature of "Relapse" but deviates from the shock tactics that dominate the album" adding that "The song is as much a lighters-in-the-air, arena rock power ballad as it is a lyrical showcase".

Music video

The video was shot in Detroit and it was directed by Anthony Mandler. It premiered on July 2, 2009 on Yahoo! music.

The video opens with a captions stating that "in 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the world's GNP" and that "Detroit was the greatest manufacturing city in the world". It then cuts to present-day images of the city, featuring Eminem walking through three abandoned structures from that era that symbolized the "Arsenal of Democracy" (Michigan Central Station, the former Packard plant, and Tiger Stadium, including demolition footage of the latter), joined by several people appropriate to that building (an older woman with a suitcase, several autoworkers holding their lunchboxes and tools, and a neighborhood youth baseball team respectively). Although the original song contains three verses, the music video only displays the first two.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
ARIA Australian Singles Chart	47
Canadian Hot 100	8
Danish Singles Chart	40
New Zealand Singles Chart	12
Swedish Singles Chart	49
Swiss Singles Chart	44
UK Singles Chart	38
Irish Singles Chart	38
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	17
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	11
Top 40 Mainstream	35

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