Remember the Name (Ed Sheeran song)

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"Remember the Name"
Black text "Ed Sheeran Remember the Name feat. Eminem & 50 Cent" afront a white background
Song by Ed Sheeran featuring Eminem and 50 Cent
from the album No.6 Collaborations Project
RecordedDecember 2018
Studio
  • MxM Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Effigy Studios (Detroit, US)
  • Promised Land Music Studios (London, UK)
GenreHip hop
Length3:27
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Remember the Name" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from his fourth studio album No.6 Collaborations Project, which was released as its eighth track on 12 July 2019 via Asylum/Atlantic Records along with the album. Recording sessions took place at MXM Studios in Stockholm, at Effigy Studios in Detroit and at Promised Land Music Studios in London. Production was handled by Max Martin, Shellback, Fred Again and Sheeran himself. It features American rappers Eminem and 50 Cent, and contains words from Organized Noize-produced Outkast's single "So Fresh, So Clean". The song charted worldwide and also was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Gold by Music Canada.

Background[]

Ed Sheeran released his first collaboration with American rapper Eminem when they teamed up on the track "River" (2017), from the latter's ninth studio album Revival (also 2017). Sheeran told BBC News he wished to collaborate with the rapper on two tracks, an "introspective, storytelling" one and another that was a "nod towards the cheekier songs" on earlier Eminem albums.[1] According to him, "River" accomplished the former goal, so he sought the involvement of American rapper 50 Cent to create the latter track after encountering him during a visit to Eminem's dressing room: "Then I walked into Eminem's dressing room and 50 Cent was in there, and I was like: this has to be meant to be".[1] Sheeran thought that being allowed on a track with the two rappers proved his detractors' claims that he cannot rap did not matter.[1]

Recording sessions for "Remember the Name" took place at MXM Studios in Stockholm, at Effigy Studios in Detroit and at Promised Land Music Studios in London. Production for the song was handled by Max Martin, Shellback, Fred Again and Sheeran himself.[2] It was recorded in December 2018; 50 Cent recalled the following day, "I recorded a song last night with Eminem & Ed Sheeran, I had fun doing it we got some heat".[3]

Composition and lyrical interpretation[]

On "Remember the Name", Sheeran raps a reference to the English town Ipswich, by saying, "I was born a misfit / Grew up 10 miles from the town of Ipswich". He described the lyric as a "personal highlight", noting it was "funny [as] Eminem would never ever know where Ipswich is".[1] Sheeran "does some light rapping" on the song, while the two rappers deliver lyrics about their rise to stardom.[3] Sheeran begins it by sing-speaking about how he was repeatedly doubted during the beginning of his career, and discouraged from rapping, "Stick to singing, stop rappin' like it's Christmas". He also talks about "drugs, fame and stature", and how he idolizes Eminem and 50 Cent, on "Remember the Name". The song's instrumentation makes use of staccato guitars, pounded pianos, plucked strings and piercing synths, played over a 2001-inspired stomp-clap beat. From the hook up to the chorus, Sheeran channels the delivery and vocal stylings of American singer Nate Dogg.[4]

Critical reception[]

Andy Cush of Spin considered the featured artists' announcement as an "unholy sequence of words" as it implied Sheeran would curse on "Remember the Name".[5] He anticipated "epic chord changes, probably a guitar, and Ed belting out a triumphant hook between some verses of straight nonsense from Em and whatever it is 50 is doing these days".[5] Writing for NME, Nick Levine reviewed the song by saying: "Sheeran and Eminem collaborated effectively enough on their 2017 hit "River", but this cheesy throwback jam (which features 50 Cent for added retro vibes) almost feels like a parody". He opined that the Ipswich reference "sound[s] as though he's recruited David Brent to ghost-write his rhymes. There's also an unappealing chippiness to proceedings as Sheeran pouts: 'And if you thought I was good, well, then I'm better today, but it's ironic how you people thought I'd never be great'. Clangers like this are part of the problem, sadly".[6]

HipHop-N-More's Navjosh called it "catchy" and likened the instrumental to the work of Dr. Dre, noting that unlike other superstar collaborations, it did not disappoint.[7] Though Andrew Unterberger of Billboard thought 50 Cent's verse sounds "a little phoned-in" and Eminem's verse opts for an unnecessary amount of puns, he praised the Dr. Dre-inspired production and Sheeran's delivery during the hook.[4] He commended Sheeran for making his dream of collaborating with the two rappers come true, "It's a situation of such unreal wish-fulfilment you'd probably never even think to fantasize about it in the first place, and you can't help but smile a little bit for Sheeran that he gets to live it out".[4]

Chart performance[]

In the United Kingdom, "Remember the Name" debuted at number one on the Official Trending Chart.[8] The song reached number three on the UK R&B Singles chart, and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[9][10] It peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[11] In Canada, "Remember the Name" charted at number 20 and earned a Gold certification.[12][13] The song reached number 15 in Australia.[14] In New Zealand, it peaked at number 10.[15] Despite not receiving a release as a commercial single, "Remember the Name" charted globally, at number nine on Slovakia's Singles Digitál Top 100,[16] number 11 on the same chart in the Czech Republic,[17] number 13 in Finland,[18] number 20 in Sweden,[19] number 22 in Denmark,[20] number 24 in Norway,[21] number 29 in Germany,[22] number 45 on Netherlands's Single Top 100,[23] number 84 in Italy,[24] and number 145 in France.[25]

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of No.6 Collaborations Project.[2]

  • Ed Sheeran – main artist, vocals, guitars, songwriter, producer
  • Marshall Mathers – featured artist, vocals, songwriter
  • Curtis Jackson – featured artist, vocals, songwriter
  • Karl Martin Sandberg – programming, keyboards, producer
  • Karl Johan Schuster – programming, keyboards, producer
  • Fred Gibson – drums, keyboards, guitar, bass, programming, producer
  • Mike Strange – mixing, recording
  • Ky Miller – engineering
  • Michael Ilbert – engineering
  • Tony Campana – recording
  • Joe Strange – recording

Charts and certifications[]

Charts[]

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 20
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[17] 11
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 22
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 13
France (SNEP)[25] 145
Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 29
Italy (FIMI)[24] 84
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 45
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[21] 24
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[16] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 20
UK R&B (OCC)[9] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 57
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[26] 22

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 40,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 200,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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