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A teenage tragedy song is a style of sentimental ballad in popular music that peaked in popularity in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lamenting teenage death scenarios in melodramatic fashion, these songs were variously sung from the viewpoint of the dead person's romantic interest, another witness to the tragedy, or the dead or dying person.
The song was rated 5 stars in both NME and AbsolutePunk.net. [citation needed] The song was #25 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [9] This song was also #80 on MTV Asia ' s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. [10] The single is certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA, 2× Platinum by the BPI, and Gold by the FIMI. [11] [12] [13]
This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Vince Gill began work on this tearjerker following the death of country singer Keith Whitley, who died of alcohol poisoning in 1989 at age 34, and finished the song years later after his own ...
The song was inspired by the videotaped confession to police that Robert Chambers made the morning after the death of Jennifer Levin. [2] It is a part of the Killers' alleged "Murder Trilogy", three songs detailing the murder of a girl named Jenny, [3] the other two being "Midnight Show" and "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf".
Damn Yankees is the self-titled debut album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees, released by Warner Bros. Records on March 13, 1990. It was certified double platinum in the US [5] and featured such chart topping hits as "High Enough", "Come Again", and "Coming of Age".
"Bleeding Me" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album, Load. Although never commercially released as a single , a promotional CD was sent out to radio stations in 1997, and the song would eventually reach #6 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 February 1996 by Mute Records.As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often consequences) of crimes of passion.