Eminem to top "My Name Is". Although Eminem parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the music video for "My Name Is", they are reportedly on good terms; Manson is mentioned in "The Way I Am", appeared in its music video and has performed a live remix of the song with Eminem. In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem tries to deal with his new fame, assuming the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend (mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" from "The Slim Shady LP"). "Q" called "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of
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