Iconic Music Videos That Defined The Past Few Decades

“Stan” by Eminem (2001)

If you’ve heard the phrase “stan culture,” now you know its origin. Devon Sawa plays Stan in Eminem’s “Stan” music video alongside pregnant girlfriend Dido. The notoriously dark song follows a man obsessed with Eminem who loses touch with reality after the rapper doesn’t respond to his letters, culminating in a disturbing tragedy.

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The More You Know

  • Soft Cell's “Tainted Love” is actually a cover. The original is by Gloria Jones and came out in 1964.
  • Only Metallica has played in all of the seven continents.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded Blood Sugar Sex Magik in a haunted house that was previously owned by Harry Houdini.
  • Barry Manilow did not, in fact, write “I Write The Songs.”
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