One of those songs is listed below, as well as six by other artists who were inspired by newspaper articles.

1. Songs That Were
Inspired By News Articles

2. Songs these days rarely make the headlines, even when they hit
the very top of the charts. For example, you might have to dig
deep into the newspaper to find the title of even the current
number one single, "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy
Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.

3. Conversely, many classic songs owe their very creations to
headlines of newspaper articles, including one from an album
by The Beatles that is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this
summer. Much more recently Will Butler of Arcade Fire once
spent a week writing songs based on headlines from The
Guardian, citing Bob Dylan as his inspiration for the idea.

4. It was Dylan himself who once made the comment that some of
his songs were based on headlines, compositions that probably
helped him earn the honor of receiving the Nobel Prize for
Literature last year. One of those songs is listed below, as well
as six by other artists who were inspired by newspaper articles.

5. A Day In the Life by The Beatles
John Lennon read the newspaper account detailing the fatal
accident that claimed the life of a well-known 25 year old, and
the co-leader of the Fab Four soon had the song that would
close out the legendary Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band album.

6. The Ballad of Alferd Packer by Phil Ochs
Enclosed with the lyrics inside the case holding The Broadside
Tapes CD is a copy of the actual news article that led the folk
singer to write this song about a mountain guide who resorts to
cannibalism after being stranded in a blizzard.

7. The Legend of Andrew McCrew by Don McLean
The Homeless Brother album features a snippet of the article
that led McLean to tell the world about a legless hobo who, after
being preserved until someone claimed his corpse, is picked up
by a traveling carnival and labeled as the Mummy Man.

8. Rockin' the Paradise by Styx
Since the band was born in the Windy City, it makes sense that
they would see the article in The Chicago Star about the
demolition of the historic Paradise Theater.
Grow Old With Me In Colorado by Tom Paxton
Governor Dick Lamb's criticism of the expense of life-support
machines in the Rocky Mountain State gave rise to this 1984
satire from the veteran folk singer.

9. Cologne by Ben Folds
The piano-playing alternative rocker composed this tune from
Way To Normal after the newspaper story of the female
astronaut who drove across the country to assault the lover of
her ex-boyfriend.
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan
This song came about after Dylan read the news story about the
murder of an African-American bar maid in 1963, the same
year the track would appear on The Times a They Are A-
Changin' album.

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