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) 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