List of autobiographical songs

Autobiographical and biographical songs. This is a list of songs concerning real people and events in the life of the songwriter.

Alphabetical order by song title

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• "1968" by The Incredible String Band (Mike Heron directly addresses Robin Williamson)
• "2000 Light Years Away" by Green Day (about the first time lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong kissed his girlfriend, now wife, Adrienne Armstrong, formerly Adrienne Nesser, and being apart for a while)
• "And It Stoned Me" by Van Morrison about a day in his childhood fishing with a friend.
• "Alive 'n' Kickin' by Kenny Loggins about his road to stardom
• A Quitter" by Rasputina is Melora Creager's suicide note.
• "Autobiography" by Ashlee Simpson
• "Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles
• "Ballad in Plain D" by Bob Dylan (about Suze Rotolo and her sister)
• "Ballad of Billy the Kid" by Billy Joel
• "Ballad Of Moon Dog Mayne" by Ricky Ringside written by Deanna Summers
• "Brian" by Brian Wilson
• "Brian is Back" by The Beach Boys
• "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John (About John's songwriting partnership......
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