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"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his second studio album The Marshall Mathers LP produced by The 45 King and featuring sampling Dido's vocals from her song "Thank You". Originally released as the third single from the album, the song, along with a live version of it, was re-released as part of Eminem's 2005 compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits.

Eminem was sent a tape of beats from The 45 King by his manager Pual Rosenberg. After hearing one of the beats, sampling Dido's first verse of "Thank You", Eminem felt the lyrics described an obsessed fan, which became an inspiration for the song.

Recording
The song "Stan" was produced by The 45 King. Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg, sent Eminem a tape of the producer's beats, and the second track featured a sample of English singer-songwriter Dido's "Thank You". Upon hearing the song's lyrics, Eminem felt they described an obsessed fan, which became the inspiration for the song. The writing process for "Stan" differed greatly from Eminem's usual strategy, in which song concepts form during the writing: "'Stan' was one of the few songs that I actually sat down and had everything mapped out for. I knew what it was going to be about." Dido later heard "Stan" and enjoyed it, and observed, "I got this letter out of the blue one day. It said, 'We like your album, we've used this track. Hope you don't mind, and hope you like it.' When they sent ['Stan'] to me and I played it in my hotel room, I was like, 'Wow! This track's amazing.'" The only outside producer on the album was The 45 King, who sampled a verse from Dido's song "Thank You" for "Stan", while adding a slow bass line.