List of songs based on literary works

Template:Short description This is a list of songs that retell, in whole or in part, a work of literature. Albums listed here consist entirely of songs retelling a work of literature. Template:Dynamic list of songs

Albums

Album	Musical artist	Literary work	Author	Comments	Citations
An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End Of All Songs - Part 1	Spirits Burning & Michael Moorcock	The Dancers at the End of Time	Template:Sortname	Three albums covering the three books of the trilogy.
Template:Sort	Kamelot	Faust	Template:Sortname	The Black Halo is a concept album based on Faust, Part Two. It is a follow-up to Epica, which was based on Faust, Part One.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cacophony	Rudimentary Peni	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	All 30 tracks are related to Lovecraft or his work.	<ref name="Metal Welton"></ref>
Template:Sort	Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Based on aspects of the works of Moorcock, including Elric and Jerry Cornelius. Moorcock, who has appeared with the band on numerous occasions, does the narration on Live Chronicles.	<ref name="Austin Toland">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Gizmodo Freeman"></ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
Dust and Dreams	Camel	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Epica	Kamelot	Faust	Template:Sortname	Epica is a concept album based on Faust, Part One. It was followed by The Black Halo, which was based on Faust, Part Two.	<ref name="MER Krokfjord"></ref>
Template:Sort	Virgin Steele	Oresteia	Aeschylus	Two-part concept album based loosely on the Oresteia of Aeschylus	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Sound Inglis">Template:Cite news</ref>
I Robot	Template:Sort	I, Robot	Template:Sortname		<ref name="PopMatters Houle">Template:Cite news</ref>
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Template:Sortname	Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Leviathan	Mastodon	Moby-Dick	Template:Sortname		<ref name="AV Club Paul">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LitReactor Chaplinsky">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Consequence Pementel Kaufman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Revolver Bennett">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="3AM Mardell">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Mägo de Oz	Don Quixote	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Latin Music Stavans">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort	Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Louder Dome">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
Moby Dick or The Whale	Template:Sortname	Moby-Dick	Template:Sortname	Concept album from written from the perspective of various characters in the novel	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rock Era Magazine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe		Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Sight Michael">Template:Cite news</ref>
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Billboard Hart Maiden">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel	Rebellion	Macbeth	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Smallcreeps's Day	Template:Sortname	Smallcreep's Day	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Camel	The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Guardian Allardice">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	The Songs of Distant Earth	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tales of Mystery and Imagination	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Vinyl District Little">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Rebellion	King Lear	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Songs

Song	Album	Musical artist	Literary work	Author	Comments	Citations
"7th Step"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One	Template:Sortname	Angela's Ashes	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL One">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>
"40"	War	U2	Template:Sort			<ref name="America Martens">Template:Cite news</ref>
"1984"	Diamond Dogs	Template:Sortname	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname	One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book.	<ref name="Rolling Stone Grimm">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"2112"	2112	Rush	Anthem	Template:Sortname	Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes.	<ref name="BTR Bulger">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Abigail"	Creatures	Motionless in White	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Abigail">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts"	Template:Sort	Manowar	Template:Sort	Homer	A retelling of the fight between Hector and Achilles	<ref name="Ancient World Manowar">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Adam's Apple"	Toys in the Attic	Aerosmith	Template:Sort		Retells the biblical story of the Fall of man through the perspective of Adam and Eve's discovery of their own sexuality.	<ref name="VH1 McPadden">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Afternoons and Coffeespoons"	God Shuffled His Feet	Crash Test Dummies	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Adapts elements of the T. S. Eliot poem.	<ref name="Sun-Sentinel Dolen">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Ahab"	Template:Sort	MC Lars	Moby-Dick	Template:Sortname	Retells the story of Moby-Dick from the perspective of Captain Ahab.	<ref name="Riot McCracken">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Alice"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Go Ask Alice	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Abq Martinez">Template:Cite news</ref>
"All I Wanna Do"	Tuesday Night Music Club	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Times Sagal">Template:Cite news</ref>
"All Is Not Well"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wicked	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"All Nightmare Long"	Death Magnetic	Metallica	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Book Riot Harlitz-Kern">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Kerrang Krovatin"></ref>
"All Quiet On The Western Front"	Jump Up!	Template:Sortname	All Quiet on the Western Front	Template:Sortname		<ref name="His Song Rosenthal">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Alone"	Acoustic Verses	Green Carnation	Alone	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Among the Living"	Among the Living	Anthrax	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Among">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Horning Metal">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort	Blessed Are the Sick	Morbid Angel	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Based on The Call of Cthulhu, as well as the rest of the Cthulhu Mythos. An earlier version of this song, named "Azagthoth", appeared on the band's demo album, Abominations of Desolation.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"And Your Little Dog Too"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wicked	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Muruch Hannah"></ref>
"Animal in Man"	Let's Get Free	dead prez	Animal Farm	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Rap">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Anthem"	Fly by Night	Rush	Anthem	Template:Sortname	Loosely based on the Rand novel; The band would produce a fuller version in 2112.	<ref name="BTR Bulger"></ref>
Template:Sort	Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Vox Matthews">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="RS Greene">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Sort	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Nothing Like It in the World	Template:Sortname	Relates the story of "Poker" Alice Ivers	<ref name="SIBL Two">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>
Template:Sort	Barometer Soup	Template:Sortname	Tourist Season	Template:Sortname	A song about the character Skip Wiley from Hiaasen's 1986 novel.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Banana Co."		Radiohead	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Template:Sortname		<ref name=guard>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Music Times Carter">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Las Batallas"	Café Tacuba	Café Tacuba	Las batallas en el desierto	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="PopMatters Ramirez">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="RS Greene"></ref>
"Behind the Wall of Sleep"	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Fantasy Wagner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Kerrang Krovatin"></ref>
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair"	Liberation	Template:Sort	Bernice Bobs Her Hair	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Big Brother"	Diamond Dogs	Template:Sortname	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname	One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell.	<ref name="Rolling Stone Grimm"></ref>
"Billy Liar"	Her Majesty the Decemberists	Template:Sort	Billy Liar	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Birthing Addicts"	Unreleased	Melanie Martinez	Go Ask Alice	Beatrice Sparks		<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
"Black Blade"	Cultösaurus Erectus	Blue Öyster Cult	Elric of Melniboné	Template:Sortname		<ref name="AV Club Heller">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Black Corridor"	Space Ritual	Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Gizmodo Freeman">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Bloodbath & Beyond"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Dracula	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Bob's Country"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
"Brave New World"	Brave New World	Iron Maiden	Brave New World	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Ride the Lightning	Metallica	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	"Written from the point of view of the sea nymph who helps Odysseus after he is shipwrecked."	<ref name="Louder Lovecraft"></ref><ref name="Fantasy Wagner"></ref><ref name="Book Riot Harlitz-Kern"></ref>
"Calypso"	Solitude Standing	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Homer		<ref name="Irish Times Dillon">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Tales of Mystery and Imagination	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Open Culture Marshall Parsons"></ref><ref name="Vinyl District Little"></ref>
"Cassandra"		ABBA	Template:Sort	Homer		<ref name="NPR Vedantam">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Catcher in the Rye"	Distortland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="NPR Hilton">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Cent'anni di solitudine"	Terra e libertà	Modena City Ramblers	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Music Times Carter"></ref>
"Chapter 24"	Template:Sort	Pink Floyd	I Ching			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Chapter Four"	Waking the Fallen	Avenged Sevenfold	Template:Sort		The title refers to the fourth chapter of Genesis.	<ref name="Bible In Music Avenged">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Charlotte Sometimes"	Faith	Template:Sort	Charlotte Sometimes	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Fashioning Gothic">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="NYPL Fairweather">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Millions Gersen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rockpool 1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rockpool 2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="VLAK Barnes">Template:Cite journal</ref>
"Child of the Jago"	Template:Sort	Kaiser Chiefs	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
"Children of the Damned"	Template:Sort	Iron Maiden	Midwich Cuckoos	Template:Sortname	Also based on two of the film adaptations of that book: Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned	<ref name="Origins Daniels">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Maiden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Christabel"	No Kinda Dancer	Template:Sortname	Christabel	Template:Sortname		<ref name="FWW Prince">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Cometh Down Hessian"	Blessed Black Wings	High on Fire	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Metal Welton">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Communion of the Cursed"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)"	Fully Completely	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Crown of Creation"	Crown of Creation	Jefferson Airplane	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hi-Fi Sutherland">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Curse of Athena"	Atavism	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Homer	About Odysseus's return to Ithaca.	<ref name="MSJ Korn">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Dalai Lama"	Reise, Reise	Rammstein	Erlkönig	Template:Sortname		<ref name="DW Döing">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Damnation Alley"	Quark, Strangeness and Charm	Hawkwind	Damnation Alley	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
"Dante's Inferno"	Burnt Offerings	Iced Earth	Inferno	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Systematic Chaos	Dream Theater	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Fantasy Wagner"></ref>
Template:Sort	Nemesis Divina	Satyricon	Template:Sort			<ref name="Helvete Cotterell">Template:Cite journal</ref>
"Dead"	Doolittle	Pixies	Template:Sort		Refurbishes the biblical legend of David and Bathsheba.	<ref name="Bathsheba Koenig">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Dixieland"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname & The Del McCoury Band	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
"Don Quixote"	Don Quixote	Template:Sortname	Don Quixote	Template:Sortname		<ref name="World Literature Stam">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Doublespeak"	Beggars	Thrice	Nineteen-Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname		<ref name="PopMatters Johnson">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Faith	Template:Sort	Gormenghast	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Quietus Cure">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Dunwich"	Witchcult Today	Electric Wizard	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Louder Lovecraft"></ref>
"Edema Ruh"	Endless Forms Most Beautiful	Nightwish	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Einstein's Brain"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One	Template:Sortname	Driving Mr. Albert	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL One"></ref>
"Elvenpath"	Angels Fall First	Nightwish	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Sound in Motion Encabo">Template:Cite book</ref>
"End of the Night"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Journey to the End of the Night	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Envoi"	Absynthe Minded	Absynthe Minded	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Eumaeus the Swineherd"	Atavism	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Homer		<ref name="MSJ Korn"></ref>
"Eveline"	Why Should the Fire Die?	Nickel Creek	Eveline	Template:Sortname		<ref name="No Depression House">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Exit Music (For a Film)"	OK Computer	Radiohead	Romeo & Juliet	Template:Sortname		<ref name="CP Flory">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Fable"	Volcano	Gatsbys American Dream	Lord of the Flies	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Book Riot Smith">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Flower of the Mountain"	Director's Cut	Template:Sortname	Ulysses	Template:Sortname	The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However, the Joyce estate was unwilling to allow direct use of Joyce's words at that time, so she altered the lyrics. By 2011, the Joyce estate was open to licensing his work to her, so she re-worked that song as Flower of the Mountain, using Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses.	<ref name="New Yorker Max">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Flood Man of Genius">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Consequence Dunston">Template:Cite news</ref>
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"	Ride the Lightning	Metallica	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Book Riot Harlitz-Kern"></ref>
"Frankenstein"	Horror Show	Iced Earth	Frankenstein	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Medium Lines">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Franz Kafka"		Scäb	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	A fictional rock opera by the fictional band Scäb from the cartoon series Home Movies.	<ref name="NPR Gotrich">Template:Cite news</ref>
"From the Underworld"	Paradise Lost	Template:Sort	Template:Sort		Loosely based on the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice	<ref name="ICRT Rooksby">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort	Days Go By	Template:Sort	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SF Examiner Offspring">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Template:Sort"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="MTV Allen"></ref><ref name="Mental Floss Conradt">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Vansinnesvisor	Thyrfing	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Golden Hair"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Flood Man of Genius"></ref>
"Grandpa's Groove"		Parov Stelar	The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway		<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
"Grendel"		Marillion	Grendel	Template:Sortname	A retelling of John Gardner's 1971 novel Grendel, which is a retelling of Beowulf.	<ref name="Illustrated History Romano">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Hallelujah"	Various Positions	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Based on the biblical story of David and Bathsheba. It also incorporates elements of the story of Samson and Delilah	<ref name="Bathsheba Koenig"></ref>
"Haunted"	Haunted	Poe	House of Leaves	Template:Sortname	"Haunted" by Poe and the novel House of Leaves by her brother, Mark Danielewski, both draw heavily on their difficult experiences growing up with their father, Tad Danielewski.	<ref name="Guardian Simpson">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Weird Fiction Biancotti">Template:Cite news</ref>
"He Can't Come Today"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Waiting for Godot	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Hedda Gabler"	Animal Justice	Template:Sortname	Hedda Gabler	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Magnet Bierman">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Hell in the Hallways"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Carrie	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Hey (rise of the robots)"	Black and White	Template:Sort	I, Robot	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Peaches Endeacott">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Hey Ahab"	Template:Sort	Elton John & Leon Russell	Moby-Dick	Template:Sortname	Based on the character Captain Ahab.	<ref name="FT Hunter-Tilney">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Hey There Ophelia"	This Gigantic Robot Kills	MC Lars	Hamlet	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Spin Zemler">Template:Cite news</ref>
"High Rise"	PXR5	Hawkwind	High-Rise	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
"Home at Last"	Aja	Steely Dan	Template:Sort	Homer	Retells Ulysses' encounter with the Sirens.	<ref name="No-Man's Lands">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Horrorshow"		Scars	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk">Template:Cite news</ref>
"House at Pooh Corner"	Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	This song, written by Kenny Loggins, was later performed by Loggins and Messina on their 1971 album Sittin' In. In 1994, Loggins added additional lyrics and re-recorded it with Amy Grant as Return to Pooh Corner for his album Return to Pooh Corner.	<ref name="Tennessean Paulson">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AS Moore">Template:Cite news</ref>
"House of Leaves"	Juturna	Circa Survive	House of Leaves	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"How Beautiful You Are"	Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Literary Theory Rivkin Ryan">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Hug Me til You Drug Me"	Here, Here and Here	Meg & Dia	Brave New World	Template:Sortname		<ref name="LVW Feldberg">Template:Cite news</ref>
"I Can't Let You In"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wicked	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Muruch Hannah"></ref>
"I Robot"		U.K. Subs	I, Robot	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache"	For Your Pleasure	Roxy Music	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Reynolds Glam">Template:Cite book</ref>
"In Like a Lion (Always Winter)"	Apathetic EP	Relient K	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Saskatoon StarPhoenix">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort		Template:Sort	Tao Te Ching			<ref name="Artificial Paradise">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Template:Sort"	Template:Sort	Monks of Doom	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Quark, Strangeness and Charm	Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref>
"It Was Her House That Killed Nessarose"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wicked	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Muruch Hannah"></ref>
"Jack of Shadows"		Hawkwind	Jack of Shadows	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
"Jamaica Inn"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Jamaica Inn	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Birmingham Mail Caffery">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Jean Val Jean"		Edison Glass	Les Misérables	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Cross Rhythms Cummings">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Killing an Arab"		Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Statesman Bradshaw">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="MTV Allen"></ref><ref name="VLAK Barnes"></ref>
"Land"	Horses	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref><ref name="Consequence Young">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Homer		<ref name="SIBL One"></ref>
"Lay Down"	Bursting at the Seams	Strawbs	Template:Sort			<ref name="NJ Arts Silverman">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL One"></ref>
"Let it Show"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wicked	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Muruch Hannah"></ref>
"Listen (The Silences)"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Raids on the Unspeakable	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
"Lolita"	Template:Sort	Elefant	Lolita	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Sun Ollison Lolita">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Somewhere in Time	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Mean Deviation Wagner">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Lord of Light"	Doremi Fasol Latido	Hawkwind	Lord of Light	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref><ref name="Clarkes Heller"></ref>
"Lord of the Flies"	Template:Sort	Iron Maiden	Lord of the Flies	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Lost Boy"		Template:Sortname	Peter Pan	Template:Sortname		<ref name="TV Ceron">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Love and Death"	Dream Harder	Template:Sort	Love and Death	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Courant Catlin">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Love and Destroy"		Franz Ferdinand	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="WNYC Schaefer">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Lucy"	Liberation	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Standing in the Light	Level 42	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Clarkes Heller">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Macondo"		Template:Sortname	One Hundred Years of Solitude	Template:Sortname	Based on the fictional town Macondo, used by Marquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude and other of his works.	<ref name="Music Times Carter"></ref>
"Martin Eden"		Template:Sortname	Martin Eden	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Magnu"	Warrior on the Edge of Time	Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Matilda"	Harry's House	Template:Sortname	Matilda	Template:Sortname		<ref name="NPR Styles">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Me, Myself & Hyde"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Thrice	Template:Sort		Retells the story of The Fall of Icarus	<ref name="CMJ Thrice">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Misery Loves Company"	State of Euphoria	Anthrax	Misery	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Billboard Hart Anthrax">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"Moi... Lolita"	Gourmandises	Alizée	Lolita	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Slethaug Adaptation">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Moon over Bourbon Street"	Template:Sort	Sting	Interview with the Vampire	Template:Sortname	About the character Louis de Pointe du Lac.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Mr. Raven"		MC Lars	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Wired MC Lars">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Sort	Fireball	Deep Purple	Foundation series	Template:Sortname	Based on the character "The Mule" from the Foundation series.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"	Killers	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Maiden"></ref>
"My Antonia"	Red Dirt Girl	Template:Sortname with Dave Matthews	My Antonia	Template:Sortname	Told from the perspective of the character Jim Burden.	<ref name="Mental Floss Conradt"></ref>
"Narcissist"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Loosely based on the character of Dorian Gray.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Narnia"	Please Don't Touch!	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Animal Farm	Template:Sortname		<ref name="AltPress INK">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
Template:Sort	Caress of Steel	Rush	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="RS Greene"></ref>
"Nescio"	Omsk	Nits	Template:Sort	Nescio	Song is mainly inspired by the novella's ending, when protagonist Japi jumps off the Waalbrug. In the song, however, Japi does not drown but is implied to have ended up in Italy.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice"	Ambrosia	Ambrosia	Cat's Cradle	Template:Sortname	Lyrics taken almost verbatim from the poem in chapter 2 (and the bridge from the one on chapter 58)	<ref name="Atlantic Smith Ambrosia">Template:Cite news</ref>
"No Love Lost"	Template:Sort	Joy Division	Template:Sort	Ka-tzetnik 135633		<ref name="Haaretz Fox-Bevilacqua">Template:Cite news</ref>
"November Rain"	Use Your Illusion I	Guns N' Roses	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	The video for "November Rain" is loosely based on the short story "Without You". Axl Rose wrote the introduction to James's 1995 collection The Language of Fear, which included "Without You".	<ref name="udiscover Draper">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Pitchfork Dombal">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Symphony X	Template:Sort	Homer	A seven-part song based on Homer's The Odyssey	<ref name="Ancient World Symphony X">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Of Unsound Mind"	Blessing in Disguise	Metal Church	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Loudwire Irizarry Poe"></ref>
"Off to the Races"	Born to Die	Template:Sortname	Lolita	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Spin Hogan">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Ol' Evil Eye"	Riddle Box	Insane Clown Posse	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Daily Dot Watson">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="USA Today Adler Rap"></ref>
"One"	Template:Sort	Metallica	Johnny Got His Gun	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Book Riot Harlitz-Kern"></ref>
"Oor Hamlet"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Hamlet	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Herald Duncan">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Orestes"	Mer de Noms	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Aeschylus		<ref name="25 Years Later">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Owen Meaney"	Let's Talk About Feelings	Lagwagon	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="COS Caffrey">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Ozymandias"		Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
"Pantagruel's Nativity"	Acquiring the Taste	Gentle Giant	Gargantua and Pantagruel	Template:Sortname		<ref name="udiscover Armstrong">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Patrick Bateman"		Manic Street Preachers	American Psycho	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Story of Manic">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Pattern Recognition"	Sonic Nurse	Sonic Youth	Pattern Recognition	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Seattle Smith">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Paula Ausente (Absent Paula)"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Paula	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
"Pennsylvania"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Songmaster	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
"Pennywise"	Pennywise	Pennywise	It	Template:Sortname	About the character Pennywise.	<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
Template:Sort	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Pet Sematary"	Brain Drain	Ramones	Pet Sematary	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
Template:Sort	Iron Maiden	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Metal Music Horning">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort	William Bloke	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
Template:Sort	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Popular"	High/Low	Nada Surf	Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Prince Caspian"	Billy Breathes	Phish	Prince Caspian	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Go Phish Thompson">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Quelque chose de Tennessee"	Rock'n'Roll Attitude	Template:Sortname	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Beast Zaleski">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Ramble On"	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Mentions characters and places from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including "Mordor" and "Gollum".	<ref name=guard /><ref name="Mental Floss Conradt"></ref><ref name="RS Greene"></ref>
"Rebecca"	Something Real	Meg & Dia	Rebecca	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Sun Ollison Rebecca">Template:Cite news</ref>
"ReJoyce"	After Bathing at Baxter's	Jefferson Airplane	Ulysses	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Flood Man of Genius"></ref>
"Richard Cory"	Sounds of Silence	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Donaldson/Robinson">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"	Powerslave	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Atlantic Smith Maiden">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Kerrang Toase">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Rivendell"	Fly by Night	Rush	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	The song is about the fictional valley Rivendell from Tolkien's works.	<ref name="Tolkien Encycl Drout">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Treble Harvey">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Robot"		Hawkwind	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Refers to the Three Laws of Robotics.	<ref name="Solar Flares Butler">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Romeo and Juliet"	Making Movies	Dire Straits	Romeo and Juliet	Template:Sortname	The Dire Straits songs makes use of certain aspects of Shakespeare's play, as well as elements of some of the play's stage and screen adaptations. It also purposely diverges from the play's plot and characterizations in certain respects (such as Juliet's reaction to being approached by Romeo).	<ref name="CUP Shakespeare">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Rusty James"	Template:Sort	Green Day	Rumble Fish	Template:Sortname	The song is named for the protagonist of the novel.	<ref name="USA Today Adler Punk"></ref>
"Sailing to Philadelphia"	Sailing to Philadelphia	Template:Sortname	Mason & Dixon	Template:Sortname		<ref name="WaPo Harrington">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Saint Veronika"	Billy Talent III	Template:Sortname	Veronika Decides to Die	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Edmonton Sperounes">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Samson"	Songs Begin to Hope	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		References the biblical story of Samson and Delilah.	<ref name="Billboard Rincon">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"Scentless Apprentice"	In Utero	Nirvana	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Mental Floss Conradt"></ref>
"Template:Sort"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Ulysses	Template:Sortname	The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However, the Joyce estate was unwilling to allow direct use of Joyce's words at that time, so she altered the lyrics. By 2011, the Joyce estate was open to licensing his work to her, so she re-worked that song as Flower of the Mountain, using Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses.	<ref name="New Yorker Max"></ref><ref name="Flood Man of Genius"></ref><ref name="Consequence Dunston"></ref>
"Shadows and Tall Trees"	Boy	U2	Lord of the Flies	Template:Sortname		<ref name="U2 Calhoun">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Sigh No More"	Sigh No More	Mumford and Sons	Much Ado About Nothing	Template:Sortname		<ref name="How and Why Homan">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Sirens of Titan"	Modern Times	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Yes Adamian">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Among the Living	Anthrax	Apt Pupil	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Among"></ref>
"So Said Kay"	Coastal	Template:Sort	Desert of the Heart	Jane Rule	The song is based on Donna Deitch's 1985 film Desert Hearts, which is an adaptation of Rule's novel.	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Soma"	Is This It	Template:Sort	Brave New World	Template:Sortname	Refers to the fictional drug used in Brave New World.	<ref name="Forty-Five Craig">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Song For Clay"	Template:Sort	Bloc Party	Less than Zero	Template:Sortname		<ref name=guard />
Template:Sort	Declaration	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Star-Crossed Enemies"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Romeo and Juliet	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Steppenwolf"	Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music	Hawkwind	Steppenwolf	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Encyc Sci Fi Hawkind"></ref>
"Still Life"	Piece of Mind	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort		Tuxedomoon	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Westword Livingston">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Such a Shame"	It's My Life	Talk Talk	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="CP Harnell">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Sweet Thursday"	Songs We Sing	Template:Sortname	Sweet Thursday	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Cleveland Scene Costa">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Sympathy for the Devil"	Beggars Banquet	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name=guard /><ref name="WNYC Schaefer"></ref><ref name="Mental Floss Conradt"></ref>
"Template:Sort"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort			<ref name="Examiner Power">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Tales of Brave Ulysses"	Disraeli Gears	Cream	Template:Sort	Homer		<ref name="Mental Floss Conradt"></ref>
"Tea in the Sahara"	Synchronicity	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	King Crimson also has an instrumental called "The Sheltering Sky", named for the same book.<ref name="Something Deriso">Template:Cite news</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Tell Your Story Walking"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Motherless Brooklyn	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Brown Rodgers">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Tess-Timony"	Every Trick in the Book	Ice Nine Kills	Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Hammer Ice"></ref><ref name="Abq Martinez"></ref>
"Thieves in the Night"	Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star	Black Star	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Talib Kweli wrote in the album's liner notes that The Bluest Eye "...struck me as one of the truest critiques of our society, and I read that in high school when I was 15 years old. I think it is especially true in the world of hip-hop, because we get blinded by these illusions."	<ref name="USA Today Adler Rap"></ref>
Template:Sort	Master of Puppets	Metallica	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Book Riot Harlitz-Kern"></ref>
"Three Sisters"	Liberation	Template:Sort	Three Sisters	Template:Sortname		<ref name="WVPH Schaefer"></ref>
"Time to Dance"		Panic! at the Disco	Invisible Monsters	Template:Sortname		<ref name="RS Panic">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"To Tame a Land"	Piece of Mind	Iron Maiden	Dune	Template:Sortname		<ref name=guard />
"tolerate it"	Evermore	Template:Sortname	Rebecca	Template:Sortname		<ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Template:Sort		Template:Sortname	Treasure Island	Template:Sortname		<ref name="MUSICultures Montgomery">Template:Cite journal</ref>
"Tread Softly"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL Two"></ref>
Template:Sort	Piece of Mind	Iron Maiden	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Kerrang Toase"></ref>
"Turn! Turn! Turn!"		Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Notably covered by The Byrds; Takes its lyrics from chapter three of the Book of Ecclesiastes	<ref name="RS Legaspi">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"T'Was Her Hunger Brought Me Down"	Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One	Template:Sortname	Sister Carrie	Template:Sortname		<ref name="SIBL One"></ref>
"United States of Eurasia"	Template:Sort	Muse	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Telegram Semon">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	Album Title Goes Here	Deadmau5	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="RS Cubarrubia">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"Venus in Furs"	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Venus in Furs	Template:Sortname		<ref name="MTV Allen"></ref>
"Walking on the Chinese Wall"	Chinese Wall	Template:Sortname	Dream of the Red Chamber	Cao Xueqin		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
"We Are the Dead"	Diamond Dogs	Template:Sortname	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname	One of several songs Bowie wrote about Nineteen Eighty-Four	<ref name=guard /><ref name="Rolling Stone Grimm"></ref>
"When the War Came"		Template:Sort	Hunger	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Pitchfork Howe">Template:Cite news</ref>
"White Rabbit"	Surrealistic Pillow	Jefferson Airplane	Alice in Wonderland	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Happy Mag Saunders">Template:Cite news</ref>
"William, It Was Really Nothing"	Hatful of Hollow	Template:Sort	Billy Liar	Template:Sortname		<ref name="FAQ Luerssen">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="M&M Rogan">Template:Cite book</ref>
"Willie Burke Sherwood"	R.A.P. Music	Killer Mike	Lord of the Flies	Template:Sortname		<ref name="USA Today Adler Rap"></ref>
"Windmills"	Dulcinea	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Don Quixote	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Trib Webber">Template:Cite news</ref>
"Winston Smith Takes It on the Jaw"	Oblivion	Utopia	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Graz Feizlmayr">Template:Cite journal</ref>
"Wuthering Heights"	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname	Wuthering Heights	Template:Sortname		<ref name=guard /><ref name="MTV Allen"></ref>
"Wonderland"	1989	Template:Sortname	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Template:Sortname		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Xanadu"	Template:Sort	Rush	Template:Sort	Template:Sortname		<ref name="Rolling Stone Greene">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
"Yes!"	Naked	Amber	Ulysses	Template:Sortname	Lyrics include part of Molly Bloom's soliloquy	<ref name="Metro Rule">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="New Yorker Max"></ref>
"Don Quixote"	Face the Sun	Seventeen	Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes

See also

• List of songs based on a film
• Wizard rock