Berzerk (song)

"Berzerk"
Single by Eminem
from the album The Marshall Mathers LP 2
ReleasedAugust 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
Recorded2012–13
Genre
Length3:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Eminem singles chronology
"C'mon Let Me Ride"
(2012)
"Berzerk"
(2013)
"Survival"
(2013)
Music video
"Berzerk" on YouTube

"Berzerk" is a song by American rapper Eminem. The song, released on August 27, 2013, is the first single from Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The song was produced by Rick Rubin and samples Billy Squier's "The Stroke", as well as the Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right", taken from their 1986 debut album Licensed to Ill, which Rubin had also produced, and Naughty by Nature's "Feel Me Flow". The song was heavily downloaded in its first week of release, resulting in the song debuting at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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