Hot Hits: songs that tell stories

Fictional stories
“Outlaw Pete” – Bruce Springsteen
“The Ballad of Billy the Kid” – Billy Joel
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” – DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
“Devil Went Down to Georgia” – The Charlie Daniels Band
“Stan” – Eminem, Dido
Based on true stories
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” – Gordon Lightfoot
“Hurricane” – Bob Dylan
“American Pie” – Don McLean
“Viva La Vida” – Coldplay
“Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” – Arlo Guthrie

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