Stan (song) Grammy Awards, when he was facing all manner of criticism from GLAAD over his lyrics, Eminem responded by performing "Stan" with singer Elton John, who is openly gay, singing Dido's lines. Many of the profanities were substituted, for example, "You're like his favorite idol" in place of "You're like his fucking idol", and "stuff" for "shit". Recordings of this performance were available for download on Eminem's official website Eminem.com and, later, on his 2005 greatest hits release "". Christian rap artist KJ-52 recorded two songs: "Dear Slim" and "Dear Slim, Part II", attempting to contact Eminem and talk to him
Stan (song) #45 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs. The song ranked #15 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, and #2 on their Countdown Millennium Songs. It was also named the 46th Best Song of the Decade by "Complex" magazine, and the 10th Best Song of the decade by "Rolling Stone Magazine". The song was ranked at number 58 in "Rolling Stone Magazine"'s list of "100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time". Eminem has referenced "Stan" in some of his later songs, including "Bad Guy", "Walk on Water", "The Ringer", and "Killshot". Stan (song) "Stan" is a song by American