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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.
"Maniac" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance that was written by Dennis Matkosky and its performer, Michael Sembello. The original idea for the song came to Matkosky while watching a news report on a serial killer, which inspired gruesome lyrics that he and Sembello expanded upon after finding a 1980 horror film with the same name.
The list as is only includes songs about specific killers; I feel it should also have a section listing songs about serial killers or serial killing in general, such as Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads or If I Was A Serial Killer by Insane Clown Posse — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.6.113 22:32, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
I will never be able to listen to "Jenny Was A Friend of Mine" by The Killers the same way ever again.View Entire Post › 15 Famous Songs That Were Based On Or Inspired By Heinous Events Skip to ...
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The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor, which overlooks Manchester, between 1963 and 1965. [1] At the time of their deaths, many of the victims were only a few years older than Morrissey (born 1959), who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the murders, Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and its Detection by Emlyn Williams.
The new demo earned The Killers their Warner showcase, and Merrick also slipped it under the hotel door of an Atlantic-affiliated A&R scout named Alex Gilbert at SXSW 2003.