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• "Patrick Bateman" by the Manic Street Preachers is about the lead character in American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.
• "Pattern Recognition" by Sonic Youth is based on William Gibson's novel of the same name.
• "The Pearl" by Fleming and John is based on the novella of the same name by John Steinbeck.
• "Penelope" by Robi Rosa is based on the character from Homer's Odyssey.
• "Pennywise" by Pennywise is about the character Pennywise from the novel It by Stephen King.
• "Pet Sematary" by The Ramones is about "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King.
• "The Phantom of the Opera" by Iron Maiden is about The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
• "The Phantom of the Opera Ghost" by Iced Earth is also about Leroux's play.
• "A Pict Song" by Billy Bragg is based on a poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.
• "Poor Little Rich Boy" by Regina Spector refers to a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• "Popular" by Nada Surf is based upon the book Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity by Gloria Winters (1964).
• "Prick! Goes the Scorpion's Tale" By Emilie Autumn is based on the fable "The Toad and the Scorpion"
• "Prince Caspian" by Phish is about C. S. Lewis' Prince Caspian.
• "The Prophecy" by Iron Maiden is based on the book Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card, and appears on the concept album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
• "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater is based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, from Prince Hamlet's point of view.