# Songs about fictional people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024 "2009-01-26T05:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/21 "2009-01-26T17:34:44Z")
Romeo and Juliet - Indigo Girls ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/22 "2009-01-26T17:38:17Z")
Romeo and Heathcliff - “No Myth,” by Michael Penn Romeo and Juliet, Sampson and Delilah - “Fire” by The Pointer Sisters (?) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/23 "2009-01-26T18:02:25Z")
[Frankenstein](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1mV_5-bRPo) - Edgar Winter Group [Werewolves of London](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY&feature=related) - Warren Zevon **The Vampire Lestat** - [Moon over Bourbon Street](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubtZO-wmEg) - Sting ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/24 "2009-01-26T18:05:43Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > [Werewolves of London](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY&feature=related) - Warren Zevon Isn’t this about werewolves in general? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/25 "2009-01-26T18:16:37Z")
I am Iron Man. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/26 "2009-01-26T18:19:18Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I am Iron Man. I thought about that too, but apparently that’s a different iron man for copyright reasons… ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/27 "2009-01-26T18:32:38Z")
“Carlotta Valdez” – Harvey Danger (based on Vertigo) [Good tune, too](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UrdY6AwSUQ). ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/28 "2009-01-26T18:49:43Z")
Charlie Brown — the Coasters Superstar (Jesus)— Andrew Lloyd Webber d&r ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/29 "2009-01-26T18:55:46Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Charlie Brown — the Coasters Not the same as the comic strip character. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/30 "2009-01-26T19:07:26Z")
You’re a good man Charlie Brown — Clark Gesner ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/31 "2009-01-26T19:09:01Z")
Ramble On by Led Zepplin has a verse that mentions Gollum. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/32 "2009-01-26T19:17:37Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Isn’t this about werewolves in general? You know any non-fictional werewolves? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/33 "2009-01-26T19:24:21Z")
I’m not sure if this counts, but the Cure song, Killing an Arab is based on the Albert Camus novel, the Stranger and is sung from the persepctive of Meursault. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/34 "2009-01-26T19:26:54Z")
[Don’t Stand So Close to Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXU8kCrRHJY) - The Police _It’s no use He sees her He starts to shake and cough just like the old man in that book by Nabakov_ “old man in that book by Nabakov” = Humbert Humbert, thr protagonist of [Lolita](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita) ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/35 "2009-01-26T19:30:35Z")
“Quinn the Eskimo”? – Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/36 "2009-01-26T20:11:06Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > You know any non-fictional werewolves? 😃 > [@elfkin477](#): > > these songs should be about specific characters: Dracula or Casper, yes, vampires or ghosts in general, no. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/37 "2009-01-26T20:23:16Z")
The song title is a reference to the movie [Werewolf of London](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027194/), _ergo_, it refernces a specific character. Ta da! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/38 "2009-01-26T20:47:42Z")
Uhm, _Superman (It’s Not Easy)_, by . . . . I can’t think of the band right now. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/39 "2009-01-26T21:02:15Z")
_Cat’s In The Cradle_ – Harry Chapin (Silver Spoon, Little Boy Blue, Man in the Moon) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024/40 "2009-01-26T21:10:13Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Daria - Cake Who does the song Daria refer to? If you’re alluding to the animated show “Daria,” I believe the CAKE song predates the show by a year or two. I’ll add: Barenaked Ladies - “One Week” - Mentions Aquaman and Sailor Moon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-fictional-people/483024.md?page=3)