Lose Yourself - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• "Weird Al" Yankovic made a parody of the song, titled "Couch Potato", on his 2003 album Poodle Hat. Eminem had given him permission to parody the song.
• Irish pop rock band The Script did an alternative cover to this song in the BBC Radio's live lounge.
• In 2003, the Australian comedy duo Scared Weird Little Guys produced a rap version of the folk song "Waltzing Matilda" called "Cleanin' Out My Tuckerbag", which parodies both "Lose Yourself" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet", but does not credit Eminem.
• Christian parody band ApologetiX parodied the song as "Look Yourself". It is available on their 2003 album, Adam Up.
• The show Robot Chicken parodied part of the film in the rapping sequence involving Bugs Bunny and a collection of other Looney Tunes characters.
• Lupe Fiasco sampled this song on his track "Lu Myself" (Jypsyeye on bass) on his mixtape, Lupe the Jedi and the Touch the Sky mixtape.
• During an October 2006 interview with the K102 Morning Crew in Minneapolis, country artist Taylor Swift did an acoustic rendition of the intro and first verse of "Lose Yourself" live on the air, citing it as her favorite workout song.
• The East Village Opera Company performs this song live, usually as an encore with full orchestra backing.
• Fabolous made a remix to this track to honor Eminem.
• Singer Justin Bieber performed a part of "Lose Yourself" on his My World Tour, in 2010.
• Canadian rock band Three Days Grace have been covering "Lose Yourself" in a medley with their song "Home".
• During the farewell concert, Polish hip hop group Paktofonika performed their song "W moich kręgach" ("In My Circles") with music background from "Lose Yourself".
• Kelly Clarkson covered this song during her Clarkston, MI show on August 10, 2012 as part of her fan request cover song.