Shot in Los Angeles, the video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who, in addition to his work on previous Eminem videos, has also directed clips for Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, and 50 Cent among many others. Rihanna appears in the video, which also features Megan Fox (Transformers) and Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings, Lost) playing a couple going through the extremes of an abusive relationship.

"Joseph and I worked pretty closely together to make sure we got this right," commented Eminem. "Trying to make this tough subject work visually is a challenge. It was great to have Rihanna, Megan and Dominic on board for this ... .they really brought it and made this video super-powerful."

"Love The Way You Lie" is Eminem's fourth single to top the Billboard Hot 100. It has reigned at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart for five consecutive weeks and has sold more than 1.4 million downloads. The track is the second single released from Eminem's latest album Recovery (Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records), which bowed at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in June with sales of 741,000 copies, and held the top slot for five weeks. The album has outpaced any other release for this year, and set a bar that no other album has reached for first-week sales in nearly two years.

In May, Recovery's first single, "Not Afraid," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the first rap song to do so in 13 years. Recovery has being hailed as a tour de force for the rapper, earning a four-star review from Rolling Stone, which described it as "his fiercest and most focused work in a long time," while USA Today proclaimed it "a strong return to the form that made him a star in the first place."