Mockingbird (Eminem song)

"Mockingbird"
Single by Eminem
from the album Encore
Released	April 25, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Conscious hip hop
Length	4:11
Label	Aftermath Shady Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Marshall Mathers Luis Resto
Producer(s)	Eminem Luis Resto (add.)
Eminem singles chronology
"Like Toy Soldiers" (2005) "Mockingbird" (2005) "Ass Like That" (2005)
Music video
"Mockingbird" on YouTube

"Mockingbird" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth studio album Encore (2004). It was released as the fifth single from the album on April 25, 2005, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The song was later included on Eminem's greatest hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits (2005). It was written and produced by Eminem himself and Luis Resto. The song is dedicated to Eminem’s two daughters, Hailie Jade and Alaina Marie, who were 9 and 11 years old at the time.^[1]

"Mockingbird" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the song for the content matter and Eminem's delivery. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 51 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as well as Number 10 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. On March 8, 2022, RIAA certified the track 5× Platinum. The song won a Teen Choice Award for "Choice Music: Rap Track". It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance. During 2023, it got popularized on social media platform TikTok, causing the song to rechart on various charts. On March 23, 2023, "Mockingbird" surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.^[2]

The song was accompanied by a music video, which Eminem himself and John 'Quig' Quigley directed. The video was released on February 21, 2005 through Interscope Records, and later was released on December 24, 2009 on YouTube. As of 2024, the video has over 1 billion views on YouTube, making it Eminem's 5th most viewed video on the platform.