THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

936-Eminem featuring Dido-Stan.

2000-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 5.52.The name ‘Stan’ was included in the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ in 2017, it is a slang term meaning, overzealous, maniacal, an overly obsessed fan of a celebrity, or personality. STalker + fAN = STAN.

Music producer Mark James, better known by his stage name,’The 45 King’, sent Eminem a remix he had done, of the first verse of a Dido song he had heard called ‘Thank You.’ Eminem was writing lyrics for a song about how some fans can become obsessed with their idols, and take things two far, and thought the two would match up nicely. The songs writing credits also include Paul Herman, the co-writer with Dido of ‘Thank You’.

The song tells the story of a fan obsessed with Eminem. The fan writes letters to Eminem, but he doesn’t get to see them The fan (Stan) thinks that Eminem is wilfully ignoring him, which makes him angry, and frustrated. With all the other mental issues going on in Stan’s head, he drives himself, and his pregnant girlfriend, who he has locked in the cars boot, over a bridge, killing them all. A while later Eminem having finally received his fan-mail, is setting about answering it, when he comes across Stan’s letter, and remembering the story of the bridge incident he had heard on the news, puts two and two together, and the reality hits him.

‘Come to think about, his name was, it was you.’

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