10 Famous Songs That Were Somehow Recorded In A Single Take

2. Eminem - Lose Yourself

Kim Carnes may have won two Grammy Awards for Bette Davis Eyes, but Eminem managed to bag an Oscar for his song. Released in 2002 from the soundtrack to the film 8 Mile, Lose Yourself was massively acclaimed, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (making it the first rap song to ever win the award).

Since then, the song has gone on to be regarded as one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. So how was it recorded?

According to a Rolling Stone interview with the song's engineer and mixer Steve King, Eminem (who wrote the song on set during breaks during filming) had been unable to spend much time in the studio due to filming commitments, and was desperate to lay the song out.

When it finally came time to record, Eminem did all three verses perfectly in just a single take, shocking everyone in the studio (it's not uncommon for rap songs to be recorded in sections due to their high demand on the artist's vocals).