Eminem singles discography the most successful single from "The Slim Shady LP". The lead single from Eminem's third studio album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", was the song "The Real Slim Shady", which became his first entry in the top ten of the "Billboard" Hot 100. The third single from the album, "Stan" featured vocals from British singer Dido, sampled from her song "Thank You". "Stan" was the album's most successful single outside of the States, while it failed to reach the top fifty in the rapper's home country. In 2002, Eminem released the singles "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet" from his
Stan (song) John. On the clean and explicit versions of "Curtain Call: The Hits," the live track censored only the profanity, unlike the clean version of the studio track version of "Stan". The song was met with generally very complimentary reviews, with praise directed to the song’s epistolary narrative structure, emotional range and lyrical depth. Stephen Thomas Erlewine highlighted the song. "Entertainment Weekly" praised the song, too: "Eminem proves himself a peerless rap poet with a profound understanding of the power of language. "Stan," an epistolary exchange between the artist and a dangerously obsessive fan, may be the most moving song about